Detaching Vista toolbars from the taskbar

[Rhys]

Hi,
Previously i was using windows xp and had really good experienced with it. Just wanted to know is there any way to detach the toolbars from the taskbar in Vista like you could in XP?
Thank you.

[Isaac1]

No you can't do in Vista. Yeah but here you can drag a folder to the edge of the screen of your desktop to use it as a desktop toolbar.

[Hasib]

There is no way to detach the Quick Launch bar, I found a way to get Quick Launch bar back where it’s supposed to be:

1. In Windows Explorer, browse to the Quick Launch folder (typically Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer). Vista’s Start menu search feature makes it easy to find: Just type Quick Launch in the box.
   
2. Drag the Quick Launch folder to the edge of your desktop. It creates a toolbar there. You’ll probably want to right-click and select View | Small Icons to make it look better.

[need Tos]

One of the feature (or bug) of the Vista you can't to detach the toolbars like in the Windows XP. But you still can to create the toolbar not only on the taskbar. Here are the steps you need to process:

1. Minimize all windows to get the clear desktop
   
2. Take the Computer icon by the left mouse button and drag it to any side of the screen as close as possible
   
3. When you drop the Computer icon Vista will create the toolbar with the content of the Computer folder
   
4. Right-click the empty space of toolbar select Toolbars->True Launch Bar...
   
5. To close the Computer toolbar, right-click the empty space of toolbar remove the checkmark from the Toolbars->Computer

Now you have TLB in the external toolbar.