I like the new dock UI though it takes some time to get used to it, but I really miss the quick launch toolbar. I especially miss the single click launch functionality that quick launch provides.
It is very easy to enable this in Win 7 and there are a number of posts online, but there are some gotchas that I found while enabling it on my machine (since most of these posts are based on the beta).
The first step is to create a new toolbar. So right-click the somewhere on the taskbar and choose the Toolbars and add a New toolbar. This will open a dialog to choose a directory that will be displayed as the toolbar.
Goto %appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\.
This directory should map out to something like C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer.
Now create a directory called Quick Launch under this folder and use that as the directory for the new toolbar and click OK.
You will find the new toolbar has been created but at the right corner of the taskbar right next to the system tray. It is quite easy and tricky to move this. Click the dotted vertical bars and pull it to the left edge right next to the start button. (You may have to unlock the toolbar to move it).
Once you have positioned the toolbar to the right position, you now need to change its look. By default the toolbar shows only the text, we need it to show the icons to resemble the original quick launch.
Right-click the new toolbar and de-select the Show Text and Show Title options.
And you have your Quick Launch back…
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