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Katy · Sep 28, 2004

How To Turn a Folder into a Toolbar

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Here's a very neat trick you can try out. If you experiment with it, you'll find it comes in very handy.

To save cluttering up your Desktop with too many icons, you can save a lot of hunting around for saved stuff by creating a folder and downloading related stuff to it - like all your motoring ebooks, or free marketing ebooks...

RIGHT click on an empty area of your Desktop

Select 'New' then 'Folder'

A new folder appears on your Desktop. While the name 'New Folder' is still active, type in the name you want - like 'Motoring'.

If your PC won't allow you to do this, then RIGHT click on the folder and select 'Rename' and type in 'Motoring' or whatever.

You can fill this folder with anything already sitting on your Desktop by left clicking on an existing object or folder and while keeping your finger depressed, drag it across into the new folder. Then release the button.

Easy Peasy, but here's the cool part ...

Click your mouse pointer over the new folder and hold the left mouse button down. Now drag the folder to the edge of the screen.

Magically it turns into a taskbar with all the individual folders, ebooks or whatever on display!

Every time you place something into that folder it will appear in your new taskbar.

When you get fed up with it, just RIGHT click anywhere on the toolbar and click the Close toolbar command, or untick the toolbar name.