briangw Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Still can't find an answer to this, but is there a workaround to pin a URL icon or a network drive to the Superbar? I can't believe MS won't allow some icons/apps to be pinned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excalpius Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Only way I know is to add the quicklaunch bar back and then put shortcuts there. Otherwise, you have to put URLs etc. in the "stack" which I'm still not sold on at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpressland2 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Well, Firefox allows you to make applications around websites using Prism, so you could always do that? As for Networked drives, you can pin them to the explorer icon on the taskbar, just drag the drive onto the icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excalpius Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 As for Networked drives, you can pin them to the explorer icon on the taskbar, just drag the drive onto the icon. He wants to have separate icons per drive, not subitems pinned to one icon. You know, the way all DOCK type programs have given one the option to since they were first on the Amigas. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daftperception Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I think its just their way of organizing things. I guess they could add a prompt asking if you want an individual icon for each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08993 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 That is what jump lists are for. Considering the shortcuts you want will then have to be opened with an application, you'll get two icons in the Taskbar for one task, where is the logic in that? Is right clicking an icon to access the jump list too hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briangw Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 That is what jump lists are for. Considering the shortcuts you want will then have to be opened with an application, you'll get two icons in the Taskbar for one task, where is the logic in that?Is right clicking an icon to access the jump list too hard? It is when I just want to access the webpage for Virtual Server or VMWare Server, or an Altiris shortcut to my company's Altiris server. It sounds like I'm just going to have to add quick launch then, but given that you can manually add icons to the AppData folder for the superbar, why don't they display? Just doesn't make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tranceandy Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 It is when I just want to access the webpage for Virtual Server or VMWare Server, or an Altiris shortcut to my company's Altiris server. Can't you do that with jump lists though? I have pinned jump lists for internet and intranet webpages I visit regularly with mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briangw Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 Can't you do that with jump lists though? I have pinned jump lists for internet and intranet webpages I visit regularly with mine. I could, but I wanted to do it in one click, given that I'm used to quick launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted June 9, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 9, 2009 The icons on the Superbar each represent a separate program. They're not only shortcuts, they also monitor the state of the program. Since a URL shortcut is not a program, it doesn't work with the way the Superbar works. This is how it should be, IMO. As said, you'll need to use Quick Launch to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excalpius Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Can't you do that with jump lists though? I have pinned jump lists for internet and intranet webpages I visit regularly with mine. Yes, but he wants the option to MIX shortcuts with jump lists. I would assume in part because it would allow FASTER navigation to the drive/link you want. It's why there are shortcuts AND stacks on all docks...so you can mix and match to your choosing. The problem with the Windows 7 superbar is that the jumplists work well, but you're going to find that home users will try to drag things to it, only to have it not work. And since there's no helper function, etc. they are going to be confused about this. Which is a shame, because the superbar is 90% there and that 90% is pretty tasty. I guarantee you this will NOT be the last you hear about this question...especially if you are in IT and are going to be supporting Windows 7...sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briangw Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 Yes, but he wants the option to MIX shortcuts with jump lists. I would assume in part because it would allow FASTER navigation to the drive/link you want.It's why there are shortcuts AND stacks on all docks...so you can mix and match to your choosing. The problem with the Windows 7 superbar is that the jumplists work well, but you're going to find that home users will try to drag things to it, only to have it not work. And since there's no helper function, etc. they are going to be confused about this. Which is a shame, because the superbar is 90% there and that 90% is pretty tasty. I guarantee you this will NOT be the last you hear about this question...especially if you are in IT and are going to be supporting Windows 7...sigh. Good points, excalpius. I, like you, are not looking forward to hearing these complaints from my peers and end users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ba'al Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Yes, but he wants the option to MIX shortcuts with jump lists. I would assume in part because it would allow FASTER navigation to the drive/link you want.It's why there are shortcuts AND stacks on all docks...so you can mix and match to your choosing. The problem with the Windows 7 superbar is that the jumplists work well, but you're going to find that home users will try to drag things to it, only to have it not work. And since there's no helper function, etc. they are going to be confused about this. Which is a shame, because the superbar is 90% there and that 90% is pretty tasty. I guarantee you this will NOT be the last you hear about this question...especially if you are in IT and are going to be supporting Windows 7...sigh. Some good point you're raising there. The superbar needs indeed still some fine-tuning, but that probably won't come before SP1 :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom1981 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Like others have said some icons are just shortcuts to web pages and would be in the jumplist of internet explorer. So far any Program can be pinned but webpages can't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crankenstein.exe Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 they might be saving that option for the 'final' release.... maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 If you want to pin something that can't be pinned, simply pin something else to the superbar, go to %appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\Taskbar then change the shortcut in there, rename / change icon / change target etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted June 10, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 10, 2009 Like others have said some icons are just shortcuts to web pages and would be in the jumplist of internet explorer. So far any Program can be pinned but webpages can't be. There is a way to pin any webpage, though :) Using Prism in Firefox or the "Create application shortcuts..." option in Chrome, will allow you to convert the website into an application, which can be pinned to the taskbar like any desktop application. I find this useful for Facebook, because I can keep Facebook open and have easy access at all times, instead of losing it within all of the tabs I have open. I can have Facebook constantly open, with no toolbars in the way, whatsoever. Just Facebook in one windo to navigate around and everything. It's brilliant and the same can be done with any website. I recommend using Prism because, although I hate the Gecko engine and it makes the application clunkier than it would be using the Chrome version, there are more options in the Prism version. You can select a PNG file to use as the icon, whereas with the Chrome version, you have to change the icon using an ICO file, once you've created the application. By default, it uses the Favicon, which looks distorted when not at 16x16 px, so you will need to use a larger icon and it's much harder to obtain larger ICOs, from website favicons, if you don't have the software to create them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Thats quite a lot of work for something MS should include out of the box. I really don't care for the degree of tunnel vision the superbar has for applications and not content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw1tch.. Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Still can't find an answer to this, but is there a workaround to pin a URL icon or a network drive to the Superbar? I can't believe MS won't allow some icons/apps to be pinned! I feel your frustration. It gives me the sh*ts to no end not being able to do this. My work around is to create a Shortcuts toolbar. You can use the below steps to do this: 1. Create a new folder named Shortcuts on a local drive on your machine 2. Place your shortcuts in this folder 3. Right click the task bar and select Toolbars 4. Click New Toolbar 5. Navigate to the folder you created and click select folder. Its not ideal but its a quick way to get to your shortcuts without accessing the desktop or otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted June 11, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 11, 2009 Thats quite a lot of work for something MS should include out of the box. I really don't care for the degree of tunnel vision the superbar has for applications and not content. It depends on how you see it. To me, it makes complete sense. The point of the superbar is the ability to launch and monitor applications. URL shortcuts are not applications and therefore do not belong there. I don't see it as tunnel vision, I see it as completely logical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excalpius Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 It depends on how you see it. To me, it makes complete sense. The point of the superbar is the ability to launch and monitor applications. URL shortcuts are not applications and therefore do not belong there. I don't see it as tunnel vision, I see it as completely logical. I guess you missed the fact that 99% of Windows users don't know the difference between an Application Shortcut and a URL Shortcut...you know, the same people who think uninstalling a program is deleting the shortcut off of their desktop. This is going to be a HUGE learning curve problem with normal home user upgraders to Windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08993 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I guess you missed the fact that 99% of Windows users don't know the difference between an Application Shortcut and a URL Shortcut Yeah I missed that fact as well, owing to the fact that it's nonsense, unless you have the source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun N. Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I guess you missed the fact that 99% of Windows users don't know the difference between an Application Shortcut and a URL Shortcut Oh that reminds me of something that happened here recently, We were rolling out some new PC's to salesman and asked them to back up their desktops and documents to their network share. Most of them made shortcuts to their stuff on the old PC's. That was a long day :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y_notm Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I guess you missed the fact that 99% of Windows users don't know the difference between an Application Shortcut and a URL Shortcut...you know, the same people who think uninstalling a program is deleting the shortcut off of their desktop.This is going to be a HUGE learning curve problem with normal home user upgraders to Windows 7. I've also never seen a single windows user with a url shortcut on their quick launch, so you are probably blowing the potential impact of this issue wayyyyyyyy out of proportion. Grouping is the default behavior of the new taskbar. If you were allowed to add shortcuts to documents that launch other applications it would break the grouping or work just like toolbars do now, but the latter would be inconsistent with the superbar design - one icon/group for launching and switching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cga Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 What irritates me is that i can't pin my VPN connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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