Add shortcuts to toolbar windows 8 how to#
See? I can quickly and easily access my most often-used programs and links (and my most used folder) just by clicking my spankin’ new Popular Programs toolbar.ģ thoughts on “ How to Quickly and Easily Add a Custom Toolbar to Windows 7, 8 or 10” The possibilities are limited only by your imagination. You might want to make your Pictures folder a toolbar, or you MP3 collection folder into a toolbar. Now I can quickly access my favorite programs quickly. I can easily access it by clicking on the double arrows next to its name. In this case, I chose the folder called MAIN_DESKTOP and made it into a toolbar. Right click on your taskbar and choose Toolbars –> New toolbar -> and choose a folder you want to make a toolbar. You can see in the example below that I’ve created a folder called MAIN DESKTOP - which keeps my most often used programs at my fingertips. You can create a folder on your desktop and drag the shortcuts to the programs you use most often into it and then make it a toolbar. Or let’s say your desktop is covered with shortcuts and you find yourself using just a few of them all of the time. If you have a folder you need to access often you can make that folder a toolbar. This is one of the most useful tips ever and we should have shared this with you long ago – but better late than never, right? One trick we’ve been using for a number of years is turning our most-often-used folders into toolbars that can be accessed quickly and easily from the system tray (Notification area). Add a Custom Toolbar to Windows 7, 8 or 10