How to lock Quick Launch? (Prevent changes)

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This question relates to Win XP SP3.



Is there any way to lock the Quick Launch area of the taskbar so that it

cannot be changed except by very purposeful means?



When my mother should click on a Quick Launch icon, she has the bad habit of

continuing to hold down the mouse button, resulting in dragging the icon off

the Quick Launch area and creating a shortcut on the Desktop.



There is no way to train her. She is elderly. She is mostly computer

illiterate. The difference between click-and-release v. click-and-hold

continues to elude her.



I had always mistakenly thought that Lock Taskbar guarded against this. I

finally RTFM.
 
Use Tweak-UI to modify the sensitivity of the mouse. Specifically

increase the registration level for Drag.



"Joe User" wrote in message

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> This question relates to Win XP SP3.

>

> Is there any way to lock the Quick Launch area of the taskbar so that it

> cannot be changed except by very purposeful means?

>

> When my mother should click on a Quick Launch icon, she has the bad habit

> of continuing to hold down the mouse button, resulting in dragging the

> icon off the Quick Launch area and creating a shortcut on the Desktop.

>

> There is no way to train her. She is elderly. She is mostly computer

> illiterate. The difference between click-and-release v. click-and-hold

> continues to elude her.

>

> I had always mistakenly thought that Lock Taskbar guarded against this. I

> finally RTFM.
 
Joe User wrote:

> This question relates to Win XP SP3.

>

> Is there any way to lock the Quick Launch area of the taskbar so that it

> cannot be changed except by very purposeful means?

>

> When my mother should click on a Quick Launch icon, she has the bad

> habit of continuing to hold down the mouse button, resulting in dragging

> the icon off the Quick Launch area and creating a shortcut on the Desktop.

>

> There is no way to train her. She is elderly. She is mostly computer

> illiterate. The difference between click-and-release v. click-and-hold

> continues to elude her.

>

> I had always mistakenly thought that Lock Taskbar guarded against this.

> I finally RTFM.




Ctrl/Z will undo the moved/deleted/copied shortcut.. sometimes much

later than when it was moved.



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