
If you find yourself missing that feature, you can get the Quick Launch toolbar in Windows 7 in a few easy steps by following this tutorial without the need for third party software.

Now on to a noticeable feature on the taskbar missing in Windows 7, the Quick Launch bar that was introduced in Windows 98. Hit the Apply button to make the changes and then it OK to close that window. Either option will change the window manager on the taskbar to the classic style. Change it to either “Combine when taskbar is full” or “Never combine”, whichever your prefer. By default it is set to “Always combine, hide labels”. Next, go to the Taskbar buttons drop-down menu on the same tab. The first thing to do is enable “Use small icons”, in order to give the taskbar its older slim look. You’ll want to do two things here under the “Taskbar” tab. A “Taskbar and Start Menu Properties” window will appear. To change the taskbar, start by right-clicking on an empty space on the taskbar and selecting “Properties” from the context menu. You desktop should now already be looking a lot like classic Windows. Listed will be “Windows Classic”, click on it and Windows will take a second to apply the theme. Scroll down to the section titled “Basic and High Contrast Themes”. A grid of available Windows 7 themes will appear. To do this, right-click an empty area anywhere on your desktop and select “Personalize” from the context menu. The first and easiest step in your desktop conversion is to change the theme from Windows 7 Aero to Windows Classic. Read on to find out how you can change to a Windows Classic desktop for Windows 7. If you’re one of the people who want to make Windows look like it did before the release of XP, you can. Among those reasons may be wanting to ditch Aero’s eye-candy and save system resources, simply preferring the aesthetic of the older versions, or just wanting to keep things simple and familiar.

There are plenty of reasons to want to go back to the Classic Windows look. While the changes to the interface have overall been well-received, there are some people who back to how Windows used to look.

The look of Windows has changed quite a bit over the years, especially with the addition of Aero and the new taskbar. The Windows Classic Desktop for Windows 7
