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truus22
Brass Contributor
Jul 17, 2021

The new toolbar in Windows 11

I notice that in Windows 11 it is no longer possible (yet) to create a sub toolbar in the toolbar for easy access to "This Computer, address, links, desktop, etc. " I'm going to miss that, because I...
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reggie2020
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Nov 18, 2021
Ahhh, you're asking about Windows 10 functionality. This thread is about the removal of the ability to have a desktop sub-toolbar in Windows 11 and my comments above are about a new app which recreates that function.
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Richard60
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Nov 18, 2021
I'm not sure what you mean?

I am using Windows 11 and I am very much asking how to achieve the equivalent of the Windows 10 task bar sub-toolbar functionality.
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    BatmanJD
    Copper Contributor
    May 16, 2022

    BatmanJD That should be "now pinned" instead of "not pinned"

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    BatmanJD
    Copper Contributor
    May 13, 2022

    I found this solution, and it works reasonably well. I have several of my most frequently used files not pinned to the start menu. They are also pinned to the 'All apps' list as well, which is the means by which they can be pinned to the start menu, and although that is adding a bit of clutter to the full list of apps, it's the best solution I've tried so far.

    https://www.digitalcitizen.life/pin-start-menu-windows-11/#ftoc-heading-4

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    TopCat70131
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 20, 2022

    I gave up on having toolbars (nice clean simple crisp menus) in Windows 11.  So, I uninstalled Windows 11 and installed Windows 10.  If anyone does this, let Microsoft Know.  Hopefully, they will get the message that users liked (loved) this feature!

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    Richard60
    Brass Contributor
    Feb 20, 2022
    ok scratch point 1 - I have found where to change behaviour to single click for option selection
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    Richard60
    Brass Contributor
    Feb 20, 2022

    I'm hating this plugin "custom menu" app for 2 main reasons:

     

    1. you have to double click rather than single click to select a menu item; and

    2. it keeps disappearing from my task bar system tray for no reason I can fathom

     

    Come on Microsoft sort it out and return the ability to create custom menus!

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    Richard60
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 18, 2021
    Hi there - thanks! I completely missed this in the info flow.

    I have taken the link you've provided and taken the option of downloading and installing the MS store variant.

    While I do prefer:
    1. the functionality implicit in Windows 10; and
    2. not having to install add-ons for functionality that really should still be native to the OS

    This definitely works better than an earlier "solution" I saw in this thread; which is to open a folder from a task bar link

    Thanks again
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    reggie2020
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 18, 2021

    Then I'm sorry, I really am at a loss as to what the issue is you're having. In your msg you are describing the process as on Windows 10 and these steps are available in the SystemTrayMenu app that's in the MS store, I have achieved the same outcome you described on my Win11 PC. You can see the doco here with a GIF showing the menu and sub menu action and the config options are all available within the app menu.
    https://github.com/Hofknecht/SystemTrayMenu