Make Windows Quick Start feature even more powerful with software

The Windows "Quick Start" menu we used in the past is convenient but has many regrets, such as not supporting group operations, not supporting custom folder colors. Now, we can make up for these regrets with the help of the software True Launch Bar, and achieve a more powerful "quick start".

Software Name:

True Launch Bar v7.3.3 Official English Installation

Software Size:

12.1MB

updated:

2016-08-16

Note that after installing the software, we can not A shortcut to the software is found on the desktop, and the main program or configuration program entry for the software cannot be found through the Start Menu program group. Only a few shortcuts such as component management, skin installation, and description information links can be seen in the program group menu (Figure 1).

So, how do software settings enter? Right-click in the blank space of the taskbar and select “Toolbar” and you will see the True Launch Bar option in the lower menu (Figure 2). When this option is selected, a quick launch bar similar to our usual Windows will appear on the taskbar.

1. Prepare the software icon service to start quickly

Now we have to create our own group menu on the taskbar, for example to create “system tools”,“office Software & rdquo; and & ldquo; network tools & rdquo; 3 menus. To do this, we first need to create three folders with the name as described above under a certain folder on the system disk, and then save the software shortcuts to be managed into the above folder (Figure 3).

Small Tips:

The creation of subfolders is also supported under these folders in order to generate submenus .

2. Generate icon menu to achieve faster speed up

Click the right mouse button on the quick launch bar just generated, select “New →Menu" in the right-click menu (Figure 4); in the Create Menu dialog box, enter the menu name "System Tools", the virtual folder path selects the category folder just created "System Tools" folder .

Click “Complete" button to complete & ldquo; system tools” menu item production (Figure 5). The new “System Tools” menu icon appears on the toolbar.

Create the remaining other category menus in the same way. In this way, we have set up a set of quick-start menus on the “Quick Start” column to achieve the “Menu Up” menu option (Figure 6).

Tip: Drag and Drop Operation Management Shortcuts

If you want to add new items to the category menu in the future, you don't need complicated operations like this. Simply drag the program icon on the desktop with the left mouse button to the corresponding shortcut launch group menu icon, and the desktop shortcut will be automatically moved to the group menu.

3. Beautify the group menu to create a personality vision

By using the shortcut group menu created above, we can see that these menu folders look like golden ordinary folders, the appearance is flat Nothing special. The color of the text is also the black text we are used to. We need to customize a more personalized grouping menu based on this.

Right-click on the newly created menu icon and select the "Appearance" item to customize the text labels, text colors, etc. of the menu icons to reflect their own characteristics. Select “Appearance & Rarr; Text Color”, select the basic color in the pop-up swatch, or open the color palette with the “More Colors” option to select your own personalized text color (Figure 7). Select “Appearance →Text Label” to have the folder and its name displayed together to identify its content. However, it doesn't matter if the text label is not displayed, because the folder label information is automatically displayed when the mouse is hovered over the folder.

In addition, if you think that the default icon style is too single, you can also select the "look & rarr; change icon" button (or use Ctrl+I) Your categorizer icon is assigned a more personalized icon (this icon can also be created by yourself) (Figure 8).

After the taskbar menu is created, adjust the position and size of the menu item on the taskbar, and then re-lock the taskbar. Start the production of the program menu system.

Extended reading: Virtual folder organizes all resources

In the group folder of the shortcut launch bar, not only can organize the program icons, but we can also use our favorite websites, e-books, and documents. Wait, organize them in different categories. This is a virtual folder area where all content is stored as a shortcut instead of a physical file. In addition to using the software to organize the quick launch bar grouping menu, we can also create our own group menu next to the system tray without the help of third-party tools.

The above is a way to make the Windows quick start function become more powerful. You can follow the above steps. I hope this article can help you!