The Quick Launch toolbar is disabled by default in Windows 7 and is also missing from the list of toolbars. This is because the concept of having a set of pinned shortcut icons is now integrated directly into the new taskbar. To re-enable the old Quick Launch toolbar, do the following:
- Right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars / New Toolbar
- In the folder selection dialog, enter the following string and hit OK:
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
- Turn off the “lock the taskbar” setting, and right-click on the divider. Make sure that “Show text” and “Show title” are disabled and the view is set to “small icons”.
- Use the dividers to rearrange the toolbar ordering to choice, and then lock the taskbar again.
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Windows 7 can now mount Microsoft’s Virtual PC VHD files (virtual machine hard drives) directly so you can access them in the host operating system.
Click Start, type diskmgmt.msc and press Enter
In the Disk Management windows click Action > Attach VHD and choose the file you’d like to mount. It will then appear as a virtual drive in Explorer. This VHD file can now be accessed, copied or written just like any other disk drive.
If you would like to create a new virtual drive, click Action > Create VHD. Of course, you will have to initialise the new disk before you can use it. To do this right-click it, select Initialise Disk, and after it’s initialised right-click the unallocated space and select New Simple Volume. This process will give you a virtual drive that is just like any other drive. You can drag and drop files, install programs, test partitioning software or do whatever you like. But it’s actually just this VHD file on your real hard disk which you can easily back up or share with others. Right-click the disk and select Detach VHD to remove it.
Don’t try this unless you know what you’re doing.
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Have you desperately tried messing around with the OEM display driver utilities which came along with your hardware to display your screen contents on a projector or a secondary monitor? This quick tip lets you quickly toggle the display projection or secondary monitor settings on Windows 7.
Just hit Win + P and use the arrow keys (or keep hitting Win+P) to switch to “clone”, “extend” or “external only” display settings.
The underlying application can also be accessed by running ‘displayswitch.exe’ (without the quotes).
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Categories: Microsoft, Windows 7
Tags: Clone display, Display, display settings, extend display, External Monitor, external only, Projector, Secondary Monitor, Windows, Windows 7
