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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Customizing the Links bar

Did you know that you can customize the Links bar in Windows XP SP2, and Windows Vista? You can add, remove, or rearrange shortcuts to your Favorites and folders of Favorites. Customizing the Links bar gives you one-click access to your favorite folders, and webpages.

Here's how:

To enable the Links bar in Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista

Right-click on the Windows Taskbar. Click on Toolbars, and then click Links to select it (a checkmark will be displayed beside it)

Windows Taskbar

You will now see "Links" Links added just to the left of the system tray on the taskbar.

To add a shortcut to the Links bar

Drag the webpage's icon from the Address bar of the browser

Drag a link from a webpage directly to the Links bar

Drag a folder path from a search window to the Links bar

Click the Add to Favorites/Bookmarks button in your browser, and then click Add to Favorites/Bookmarks. NOTE: If you are using a different browser this feature may not be implemented, or may work differently

In the Add to Favorites dialog box, click the Create In dropdown list, and then select Links

To remove a shortcut from the Links bar

Right-click the shortcut in the Links bar, and then click Delete

To rearrange how your Favorites show on the Links bar

On the Links bar, drag a shortcut to a new location

To enable the Links bar in your browser
NOTE: This feature may not be implemented, or may work differently, in different browsers.

Click the Tools button, click Toolbars, and then click Links

To add a shortcut to the Links bar

Click the Add to Favorites button, and then click Add to Favorites

In the Add to Favorites dialog box, click the Create In dropdown list, and then select Links

You can also drag the webpage's icon from the Address bar or drag a link from a webpage directly to the Links bar.

In the Favorites Center, drag a shortcut to a new location in the Links folder


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