Chose “New Toolbar”.

Write “%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch” (without the “”) in the field and click Select Folder.

This will create a new Toolbar. Empty it, unclick Show Text and so on…

I think the Windows 7 superbar is very inefficient in terms of space. Sure, some of you got 1680×1050 laptops and 1920×1080 desktops, but what about 1024×600 netbook?

Damn you Asus for not providing Vista drivers for my Eee PC as I’m stuck between XP and 7, and I think after Vista I’m going to skip the 7 version just for the superbar alone!

P.S. Black and white standard icons (volume, network, etc.) on the taskbar don’t look very attractive either.

Really disappointed that this wasn’t addressed before the launch. Vertical columns allows quick access, monitoring and glance friendly visibility.

I appreciate the underlying adjustments sometimes requires some functionality to change, but to me this looks like a quick finish to a feature that should have been more complete.

I’ll subscribe to this thread in the hope of some future good news.

I’ll also be praying for the return of a dock-able, task bar that maximised windows can stop at – again for the purposes of an always visible area that doesn’t sit on top of other things.

I certainly welcome the improvements, but accept them with a half smile through the knowledge that they are often balanced with seemingly nonsensical and unnecessary shortcomings.

Windows 7 looked oddly attractive to me when I downloaded a third party look-a-like theme for Vista but seen as all the functionalities that I love about the existing start bar appear to be gone, I don’t need to bother upgrading seen as the only feature I like from Windows 7 I can get for free and already have.

If I wanted icons rather than a description and large icons for programs I’d prefer to start learning how to use a Mac OS =] I used Windows because it was familiar, if I have to relearn Windows why not migrate to an opperating system that seems to remain relatively similar and more importantly fixes what is broken and doesn’t make more things that need fixing.

The above article states that the taskbar height in Vista as 30px.

However, in practice, I’ve found it to be 32px (perhaps its because I have re-sized my screen from its native resolution to 1400×900?)

In any case, this is important for me as I always create my wallpapers to the available visible real estate (i.e. every pixel above the task bar, hence, my default canvas for wallpapers are 1400×868 –> thus my calculation for a 32px Vista taskbar height).

At any rate, what is W7’s exact taskbar height? 30px or 32px (if it is exactly the same as Vista in my experience).

Thanks!