Maybe I'm Crazy...

Published on July 21, 2006 By dragonmage In OS Customization

Now I could be delusional, but I swear I remember being able to drag a toolbar off of XPs taskbar onto the desktop, and then dock it to a screen edge.

Now when I try to do it I get the lttle drag n' drop image under the cursor, but when I release on the desktop nothing happens except for a couple seconds of harddrive activity.

Anyone want to tell me I'm crazy or tell me why I can't do this?

Comments

CerebroJD

on Jul 21, 2006

Hmm, I recall this feature as well. I just tried it with the "Address" bar in XP SP2 and it worked fine... make sure the Taskbar is set to 'unlocked'.

dragonmage

on Jul 22, 2006

Yeah, thats the first thing I looked for. I even went so far as to open IE and unlock the toolbars there... still no help

ZubaZ

on Jul 22, 2006

ObjectBar and Objecectbar+ and DesxtopX = no taskbar.

Bichur

on Jul 22, 2006

Works for me.

dragonmage

on Jul 22, 2006

Well this is actually something I was tryin to do for my girlfriend, she doesn't care for all the fancy stuff like OB and DX. I still want to get the icons off her desktop though.

Bichur

on Jul 22, 2006

Can you drag a folder from the desktop to the edge and make a bar?

dragonmage

on Jul 23, 2006

Yes that works. I can drag the desktop folder for her and for All Users to the edge and make 2 toolbars and then drag one on to the other. This effectively accomplishes what I want. Thanks Bichur.

I would still like to know why I can't drag the taskbar toolbars off...

Bichur

on Jul 23, 2006

Don't know.

Maybe it has to do with Active Desktop?

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