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From: Joe User on 12 Mar 2010 09:19
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.

From: R. McCarty on 12 Mar 2010 09:56
Use Tweak-UI to modify the sensitivity of the mouse. Specifically
increase the registration level for Drag.

"Joe User" <joeu2004> wrote in message
news:urjwY8ewKHA.3564(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> 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.


From: Elmo on 12 Mar 2010 13:11
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.

--
Joe =o)
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