10-05-2009, 12:16 PM -
That is rather a shame. I really just want a very simple drop-down toolbar. Microsoft took this feature away in Vista, but I found a workaround. I created a shortcut to the Desktop on the Desktop, and the shortcut could then be docked to the screen edge where it did exactly what I wanted. The shortcut was made a hidden file so that it didn't appear in the toolbar. A bit of a kludge, but it works almost all of the time. Of course, Microsoft promptly removed this capability in Windows 7.
I can think of one way round this by creating shortcuts in my own Desktop folder to any missing programs. Not ideal, but looks like it would work.
At the a deeper, code change level, I can see a few possible ways in which this might perhaps be done, although obviously they might not actually be feasible.
1. Allow a toolbar to draw from multiple folders and present the aggregated set of icons.
2. Allow a toolbar to take a shortcut to a folder instead of an actual folder.
It just seem a shame that since you can access the full contents of the Desktop to create a menu, it can't be used to create a toolbar. Is that a TLB or a Microsoft limitation?
I can think of one way round this by creating shortcuts in my own Desktop folder to any missing programs. Not ideal, but looks like it would work.
At the a deeper, code change level, I can see a few possible ways in which this might perhaps be done, although obviously they might not actually be feasible.
1. Allow a toolbar to draw from multiple folders and present the aggregated set of icons.
2. Allow a toolbar to take a shortcut to a folder instead of an actual folder.
It just seem a shame that since you can access the full contents of the Desktop to create a menu, it can't be used to create a toolbar. Is that a TLB or a Microsoft limitation?