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Re: taskbar pullout menu

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On 1/11/2025 12:49 PM, Bill Powell wrote:
> Is there a way to create & control my own cascade menu on Windows 11?
> 
> I upgraded a laptop from Windows 10 to 11 which had a pinned menu folder
> which the upgrade dropped from the taskbar so it won't accordion anymore.
> 
> What do I need to do in order to pin it back as a taskbar pullout menu?

I'm dealing with something similar. I'll tell you what I know. First,
there are a number of programs offering custom menu popups.
I haven't tried them. I did want to restore Quick Launch. I finally
found a solution.

  There's this:
https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher

   I'm still not clear whether FreeLaunchBar is also needed. I installed
it, but it may not be necessary. The trouble is that I couldn't find
any instructions. Then I finally did figure out how to work EP. Once
EP is installed there's a right-click menu. Go to the top item, Taskbar
Style, and select EP style. Then reboot. You should now have options for
custom toolbars, like in Win10. I set up the traditional QL bar and it
works fine. But it was a pain. And the author of EP seems to warn that
it could be unstable in some cases.

   I also had to figure out how to resize the taskbar. No longer resizable!
One has to use an obscure setting in the Registry to select icon size.

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taskbar pullout menu Bill Powell <bill@anarchists.org> - 2025-01-11 18:49 +0100
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