Maybe I'm Crazy...

Friday, July 21, 2006 by dragonmage | Discussion: 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?
8 Reply 13 Referrals
CerebroJD
Reply #1 Friday, July 21, 2006 5:03 PM
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
Reply #2 Saturday, July 22, 2006 1:18 AM
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
Reply #3 Saturday, July 22, 2006 1:33 AM
ObjectBar and Objecectbar+ and DesxtopX = no taskbar.   

Bichur
Reply #4 Saturday, July 22, 2006 1:53 AM
Works for me.

dragonmage
Reply #5 Saturday, July 22, 2006 4:22 PM
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
Reply #6 Saturday, July 22, 2006 10:43 PM
Can you drag a folder from the desktop to the edge and make a bar?

dragonmage
Reply #7 Sunday, July 23, 2006 10:03 AM
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
Reply #8 Sunday, July 23, 2006 1:49 PM
Don't know.

Maybe it has to do with Active Desktop?

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