> Help. My Quick Launch toolbar disappears in Windows XP.
>
> Is there a freeware program to return the Microsoft Windows Quicklaunch to
> the desired state in the Windows taskbar?
>
> Whenever my WinXP SP3 pc abnormally shuts down, I have to reset the WinXP
> quicklaunch in the toolbar because the windows quicklaunch disappears. (Of
> course, you'll say "don't abnormally shut down" but the fact remains, that
> after a forced reboot, the quick launch is more often than not, missing.)
>
> Each time, I have to manually run the following six (6) steps:
> 0. Right click in the windows taskbar to uncheck "Lock the taskbar"
> 1. Right click in the windows task bar to check "Toolbars -> Quick Launch"
> 2. Left click and hold and then move the border between the quick launch
> and the running programs icons away, so as to give enough right click room
> in the quick launch bar for the next step
> 3. Once you have enough room in the windows quicklaunch bar, right click in
> the newly created empty space in the quick launch bar and select "View ->
> Small icons"
> 4. Manually move the border between the Microsoft Windows XP quicklaunch
> and the running programs' icons back up to the end of the now small
> quicklaunch icons
> 5. Right click in the empty space created in the taskbar and select "Lock
> the taskbar".
>
> Instead of manually running these six (6) steps each time Windows loses the
> quicklaunch bar, wouldn't it be easier if there were freeware existing that
> accomplishes the task.
>
> Do you know if there is any Windows freeware to restore the quicklaunch
> properly after it's lost? (Why does the windows quicklaunch disappear
> anyway?)