Question

Is there a way in Windows 7 to create a single icon that pops up with a menu? I'm used to having True Launch Bar installed, but at the moment it doesn't integrate with the new taskbar/shortcut bar of Windows 7, so I'm missing it.

Basically, I'd like to pin a single icon on the shortcut bar, and when clicked, pops up a menu that contains, as an example, all my games, or all my development tools, instead of pinning them all to the shortcut as individual icons.

It doesn't have to be built into Windows 7 either, so if there's 3rd party solutions available, please point me to them as well.

Note that I know that TLB is compatible with Windows 7 in the sense that I can install and enable the TLB launchbar, but it is separate from the Windows 7 taskbar, in the sense that only integrates a XP/Vista style quick launch bar into the taskbar. What I'd like is to mix popup-icons into the taskbar, among the other normally pinned applications.

Answer 1

What you want to get is Jumplist Launcher. It lets you list shortcuts into the program's jumplist so you always have them available and don't have to fill your taskbar with 20 different shortcuts.

Answer 2

I'm not sure of the steps off hand, but have you tried creating a new folder toolbar? If you right click the Taskbar, and select Toolbars, by default there is one for the desktop (so you can activate that to see how it would work). I think that there is an option on that popup menu to create a new toolbar for an arbitrary folder. So, you could create a folder that contains all of the shortcuts to all of your games, and then you'd have access to those shortcuts from the taskbar.

See here for the complete list of steps (near the bottom of the page).

Answer 3

You can probably try building such a program yourself which will have a custom Jump List. You would then just right-click on the icon for that to work.

Would certainly be possible that way but involves some coding. Altough the .NET APIs for the new taskbar are pretty nice.

Answer 4

7stacks might be what you seek.

7stacks

use it and love it. :)

Answer 5

http://www.alastria.com/index.php?p=software-7s

Answer 6

Try creating a new folder toolbar and then docking it all the way at the right. That way it won't show any icons until you press the >> button to show the popup menu. Sometimes the toolbar size gets messed up after you lock it again, but you can use this trick to fix it.