Re: Tech Writing tools and Windows 8.1 migration

[Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I just Googled it and found some hits: *quick launch windows 8.1*

> Chris

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com> wrote:

> I've not experimented with any version of Windows 8; I'm firmly entrenched
> in Windows 7. However, I can see that the time will come when Windows 7
> will no longer have security updates and I'll have to move on to a newer
> version. One of the things that I dread about moving to a newer version of
> Windows is the loss of the Quick Launch toolbar. It's not deployed by
> default in Windows 7 but can be added easily. I have about 25 application
> icons on my Windows 7 Quick Launch toolbar and it makes it just a matter of
> a single click to launch any of them. Is anyone aware of any way to add the
> Quick Launch toolbar to Windows 8?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Mike
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