Thanks Harrision, that's exactly the same method as I mentioned, but using the original quicklaunch folder rather than a custom one on your desktop. Nice to see it in pics. I prefer using the desktop folder as it gets rid of all my icons once dragged into there and automatically positions them into the taskbar.

Good to know however quicklaunch is still around, as the "pinned" apps on the start menu don't wrap properly when it fills up (ie you expand the taskbar, instead of lining up into columns, they just get wider and a scroll bar appears). See here: http://blog.tarunaggrawal.com/2010/0...-of-windows-7/

That's why quick laucnch is still a useful feature.