Comments on: CyberNotes: Add Toolbars to Your Desktop

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:36:37 +0000

Hey Ryan, to be very honest and not to sound rude, but your knowledge of Windows and Office seems intermediate.

If you're judging by the tips that I post then I can see how you gather that. Here at CyberNet we're not trying to post the complicated tasks that only a handful of people will ever want to use. We're trying to hit a much larger audience with tips that are fast and effective. If you're concerned about my knowledge you might find some comfort in knowing that I develop websites on a regular basis, know almost a dozen different programming languages, and have developed specialized Excel spreadsheets for large corporations.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:53:00 +0000

Hey Ryan, to be very honest and not to sound rude, but your knowledge of Windows and Office seems intermediate.

By: doe

doe — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:13:26 +0000

Have used this trick for years…have mine stored on a partitioned drive. The folder itself won’t be deleted and all I have to do is create a shortcut back to my desktop after reformatting, etc…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:28:18 +0000

Cody wrote:

Just one question: is there any way I can lock the toolbar window? I might accidentally close it and I don’t want to have to create it again from scratch.

Huh, I thought you would be able to lock it but it looks like you can't. Guess that's something they should have added.

Omar Upegui wrote:

Wow! You just made my day. My Desktop is now clean as a whistle.

I always love when one of my posts is a "day maker". :D

Pieter wrote:

FYI, this trick also works on Windows XP machines.

Huh, I thought I mentioned that in the article. Guess I just used "Windows" generically.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:10:58 +0000

FYI, this trick also works on Windows XP machines.

By: Omar Upegui

Omar Upegui — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:19:13 +0000

@Ryan:

Wow! You just made my day. My Desktop is now clean as a whistle.

Thanks a lot.

Omar.-

By: Cody

Cody — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:33:00 +0000

Hi Ryan, this is really amazing! Thanks for the tip!

Just one question: is there any way I can lock the toolbar window? I might accidentally close it and I don’t want to have to create it again from scratch.

By: Jacques

Jacques — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:53:19 +0000

I’ve disabled icons show on desktop so it stays clean.
My QLaunch bar (in taskbar) doesn’t show any icon. Instead,except Aero 3D view, they’re all hidden behind QLaunch bar arrow that I never use, having assigned easy kb shortcuts to each one (as they’re shortcuts links to apps themselves).
Also use AppLauncher for 8 apps in Vista sidebar. (Wide screen laptop
So I’ve got an nice desktop with only a taskbar almost empty (tray…), and a sidebar.
With anything else, I directly access 17 apps plus x2plorer. And four most used from tray: N360, WLMail, Opera, portableapps menu showing a twenty from usbHD. Vista’s beautiful.