How to display Quick Launch Toolbar

It's pretty much a guarantee that the Quick Launch Toolbar appears on your desktop for those running Windows 9.x or 2000. But Microsoft has gone out of its way to hide Internet Explorer from the standard Windows XP desktop, and as a result it has hidden Quick Launch. The toolbar, which also gives you access to the "Show Desktop" and "Windows Media Play" icons, isn't far away, though. You can access it and have it reinstated to your desktop:

• Right-click the taskbar and select Toolbars | Quick Launch.
• You can add items to the Quick launch bar by dragging any icon from the desktop, Start menu, or any Windows Explorer box to the Quick Launch area on the taskbar.

Viewing Documents with Windows XP

Like its predecessors, Windows XP gives you multiple ways to view the documents and files in folders.

• Set your file folder view to Details. Do so by selecting the View drop-down menu and then Details. The default view shows the Name, Size, Type, and Date Modified fields. You can add others.
• Right-click anywhere on the column/fields header (where it says Name, Size, and so on).
• A list will appear with all the field options for the folder view.
• You can add and remove columns by clicking on any of them (those that are set to appear will have a check next to them).
• You can change only one field at a time.
• For more control, click on More... at the bottom of the list.
• A Choose Details dialogue box will appear.
• Select and deselect the fields you want by clicking on the check boxes (or use the Show and Hide buttons on the right side of the box).
• You can even use this dialogue box to change the column viewing order.
• To do so, click on the name of the column and then click the Move Up or Move Down button.
• When you're all finished, click OK.