the dockable taskbar

Windows has had a dockable Taskbar for a while now. You could leave the Start Menu, Programs list at the bottom, move the Explorer Address bar to the top and have a New Toolbar pointing to a Data Folder - showing a list of documents etc. down the side of a large widescreen. Greatly improved usability of the interface. With two screens you could have 2 (or more) address bars e.g. one at the top of each screen.
Where has this dockability gone in Vista?
- is there alternative functionality to achieve these functions -> direct web address access, desktop list of specified folders in customizable locations.

Don't think it's available now - I certainly can't do this on any of my machines.
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--: Original message follows :-- "Jules" wrote in message

Windows has had a dockable Taskbar for a while now. You could leave the Start Menu, Programs list at the bottom, move the Explorer Address bar to the top and have a New Toolbar pointing to a Data Folder - showing a list of documents etc. down the side of a large widescreen. Greatly improved usability of the interface. With two screens you could have 2 (or more) address bars e.g. one at the top of each screen.
Where has this dockability gone in Vista?
- is there alternative functionality to achieve these functions -> direct web address access, desktop list of specified folders in customizable locations.

Zack Whittaker schrieb:

Don't think it's available now - I certainly can't do this on any of my machines.

What about DeskBands? Are they still running on Vista? I've implementet a DeskBand on Xp and it runs fine. I don't have Vista to test this.

Could you make a print screen of this and post it to image shack? Right click the Taskbar > Toolbar and you will see various options for adding clutter to your Taskbar. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jules" wrote in message

Windows has had a dockable Taskbar for a while now. You could leave the Start Menu, Programs list at the bottom, move the Explorer Address bar to the top and have a New Toolbar pointing to a Data Folder - showing a list of documents etc. down the side of a large widescreen. Greatly improved usability of the interface. With two screens you could have 2 (or more) address bars e.g. one at the top of each screen.
Where has this dockability gone in Vista?
- is there alternative functionality to achieve these functions -> direct web address access, desktop list of specified folders in customizable locations.

He's asking about the ability to drag that clutter to other edges of the screen, which appears to be gone in Vista beta 2.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Could you make a print screen of this and post it to image shack? Right click the Taskbar > Toolbar and you will see various options for adding clutter to your Taskbar. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jules" wrote in message Windows has had a dockable Taskbar for a while now. You could leave the Start Menu, Programs list at the bottom, move the Explorer Address bar to the top and have a New Toolbar pointing to a Data Folder - showing a list of documents etc. down the side of a large widescreen. Greatly improved usability of the interface. With two screens you could have 2 (or more) address bars e.g. one at the top of each screen.
Where has this dockability gone in Vista?
- is there alternative functionality to achieve these functions -> direct web address access, desktop list of specified folders in customizable locations.

Ahh, you, unlock the Taskbar and give it a try. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Chris Altmann" wrote in message

He's asking about the ability to drag that clutter to other edges of the screen, which appears to be gone in Vista beta 2.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Could you make a print screen of this and post it to image shack? Right click the Taskbar > Toolbar and you will see various options for adding clutter to your Taskbar. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jules" wrote in message Windows has had a dockable Taskbar for a while now. You could leave the Start Menu, Programs list at the bottom, move the Explorer Address bar to the top and have a New Toolbar pointing to a Data Folder - showing a list of documents etc. down the side of a large widescreen. Greatly improved usability of the interface. With two screens you could have 2 (or more) address bars e.g. one at the top of each screen.
Where has this dockability gone in Vista?
- is there alternative functionality to achieve these functions - direct web address access, desktop list of specified folders in customizable locations.