Add any Program to Quick Launch with just a click in windows XP

Fri, Jun 26, 2009

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Add-to-Quick-Launch-in-Context-Menu Quicklaunch in Windows is meant for allowing users to get faster access to frequently used applications. We know that Windows Vista provides an option in context menu to add applications to Quick Launch. But Windows XP don’t provide you a clean method of adding application shortcuts.

To do it in a simple way, Ramesh Srinivasan created a nifty utility called as AddToQuickLaunch, which adds “Add to Quick Launch” item to context menu to make easy for user to add application shortcuts to Quick Launch folder with just a click.

Install "Add to Quick Launch" in Windows XP

Download AddToQuickLaunch.vbs from the Attachments section of this article, and save it to a permanent location, such as C:\Windows.
Double-click AddToQuickLaunch.vbs to run it.
When you see the following screen, type INSTALL and press ENTER

The Add to Quick Launch option is now added to the context menu (for all files), as displayed below:

Clicking Add to Quick Launch places a shortcut of the file in the Quick Launch folder

Uninstall "Add to Quick Launch" feature

Run the AddToQuickLaunch.vbs file from the saved location
When you see the dialog as in Fig 1 above, type UNINSTALL (press ENTER)
Click OK when the confirmation dialog is displayed
Delete the AddToQuickLaunch.vbs file

Download AddToQuickLaunch.vbs

(via Winhelponline.com)