Topic: Use the Address Bar to Launch Programs or Web Page

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Windows XP enhanced the functionality of the Address bar to make it easier to launch your favorite programs.

You can add the Address bar to the taskbar on the bottom of your desktop. Then you can launch programs simply by entering their names in the Address bar.

For example, to launch Calculator, simply enter calc in the Address bar. Anything you would normally enter in the Run box on the Start menu can be entered in the Address bar.

The Address bar also lets you quickly go to any Web page you specify.

To add the Address bar to the taskbar:

· Right-click an empty area on the taskbar.

· Point to Toolbars, and then click Address.

· Open the Address bar by double-clicking


P.S.

Good news, and bad news.    

Let's start by the bad one:

- I was unable to open the "Address Bar" by double-clicking it. Does it work with you?   Or, do you know a way to open it?

- The good news is:  You have another option there which is "DeskTop". If you select it, you can have all the icons of the desktop similar to "Quick-Launch". That'll be on the right-side. In that case, you don't need to have a limited items "Quick-Launch" area in your tool-bar. You have them all, and that, in a smaller area of the tool-bar.