Lost all my taskbar quick launch buttons.

[nophead]

After a Windows update I had to load the latest EP and select Windows 10 (ExplorerPatcher) to get the Windows 10 style taskbar back but I have lost all my quick launch buttons and I can't remember how to add them as it was a year ago.

I just have these:

[pyrates999]

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4624-add-remove-quick-launch-toolbar-windows-10-a.html

[nophead]

Adding a link to the quick launch folder doesn't work but dragging it to the task bar does, thanks. They seem to end up in AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar but they were already there, so they get duplicated with (2) on the end. Is there some registry key that gets set when they are dragged?

[pyrates999]

no, if the folder AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch already exists, then you don't need to create it.

[nophead]

To be clear: the AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch folder already existed but adding links to apps in it does nothing.

All my previous ToolBar quick launch buttons were in AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar but were ignored.

Dropping a link on the ToolBar quick launch area creates a new link in AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar and then that link creates a button.

[pyrates999]

The instructions do not say to drag and drop the folder %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch. There is nothing in the instructions that has AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar.

Perhaps you'd be better off watching the video in the link.

[nophead]

Thanks that sorted it out. I got confused by all my previous Quick Launch links being in AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar. Before the Windows update they must have been in AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch. When I enabled the quick launch toolbar then simply dragging them back to the Quick Launch folder made them appear.

[pyrates999]

You're welcome :)