Thursday, February 21, 2008

Adding Custom Links and Applications to Internet Explorer 3.0 Toolbar

Along the toolbar are several default links, Best of the Web, Today's Links etc.

To change the URL and description to your preference:

  1. Start Internet Explorer 3.0
  2. Select View / Options
  3. Click on the Navigation tab
  4. Click on the down arrow by Page
  5. Select Quick Link #1-5
  6. In the Name box, type the name you would like to see on the toolbar
  7. In the Address box, enter the URL. If it is the current page, click on the Use Current button
  8. To add an application, simply type in the full path and application. To run it, click on the button, select Open It and then Yes
  9. If you have more changes, click on the Apply button
  10. You will see the change to your toolbar immediately
  11. Click on the OK button when you are finished
Make one of these links point to a hard drive (C:\, D:\)
When you click on it, you get an Explorer type view of that drive.
He uses it to create folders on the fly to download software into.

No comments: