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Put a Command Line in Your Taskbar

I attended your presentation at the Spring Windows 2000/Exchange 2000 Connections conference and noticed that you'd fixed a command line just above the taskbar on your desktop. How can I enable this feature?

I use a built-in (and relatively unknown) Windows taskbar option: integrating the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) Address bar into the system's taskbar. This option enables a GUI-integrated command line from which you can perform a variety of tasks (e.g., open Internet URLs, run search queries). To add the Address bar to your taskbar, right-click any open area on the taskbar and choose Toolbars, Address from the context menu. After the Address bar appears, you can drag it to any position within the taskbar.

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