Windows Vista: Create a Custom Toolbar

Did you know that you can create a custom toolbar from a folder that contains files in Windows Vista? If you have a folder of related documents, application shortcuts, Internet links, etc. Then you can turn it into a toolbar very easily.

• Right-click an empty area on your computer's desktop, then select New>Folder.
• Name the folder whatever you want to call the toolbar (i.e. 'Audio Tools').
• Place application shortcuts, Internet links, etc. that you want in the toolbar in the new folder you just created.
• Drag the folder to one of the monitor's 'hard' edges (i.e. an edge where you can't move from one monitor to another if you have multiple monitors) where there isn't a toolbar already. This will create the new toolbar there with the contents of the folder.

Notes:

• You can right-click an empty area on the toolbar to configure it.
• if you have multiple monitors you can't place the toolbar on the 'soft' edge between the monitors.