Xah Lee, 2010-05-19, 2010-11-13
Some Windows Vista tech details.
In the Taskbar, you can turn on the Quick Launch toolbar. (right click on a empty area in Taskbar, then Properties, Toolbars tab.) When Quick Launch toolbar is on, you can drag any shortcut files to it. Also, each shortcut file also automatically creates keyboard shortcut for it, that's Win+1, Win+2, …, corresponding to the order of the shortcuts in the Quick Launch bar. You can drag them around to change their order.
The Quick Launch tool bar stores its files at:
C:\Users\xah\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
In Windows Vista, there are 2 folders that represents the Desktop. They are at:
C:\Users\xah\Desktop C:\Users\Public\Desktop
And there's also a virtual directory at:
Desktop
The virtual desktop is show when you press 【Win+d】. You can also open it by typing “Desktop” in the address bar of a folder.
Any file shortcuts in 〔C:\Users\xah\Desktop〕 and 〔C:\Users\Public\Desktop〕 show in the virtual one, plus additions like Recycle Bin and Computer, Network, Internet Explorer.
Start Menu app list is located at:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\