Local web page as taskbar toolbar?

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Why don't you put a shortcut of the file in the desktop and drag it to the
quick launch area. I just did it and it played a sound file and also
launched a web page. It might work for you as well.



"Luminary" <wladowskaja@spray.se> wrote in message
news:f149a513.0410311257.eb4d23b@posting.google.com...
> How can I create a taskbar toolbar that points to a local web page
> without having a web server running? The "New Toolbar..." dialog seems
> to only accept http urls, not file ones (e.g. file:///dmypage.htm).
>
> I've tried to look for ways to work around the syntax check in the
> dialog by searching the registry for info on the configured toolbars,
> but I haven't been able to find anything useful.
>
> The context is that I have a Java applet that is designed to be
> displayed in the taskbar and I just can't require people to have a web
> server running in order to run the applet (otherwise using
> http://localhost/whatever would of course work just fine). Downloading
> the applet from a remote site is not an option either.
>
> Does anyone know if this can be done? Or where (and how) the system
> keeps information about the toolbars?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> micke

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

Thank you both for your input!

Unfortunately, a shortcut doesn't seem to solve my problem. What I'm
trying to do is to run the applet *inside* the taskbar, like you can
do with any web site by right clicking the taskbar, selecting Toolbars
| New Toolbar... and typing http://<some_site> in there (of course
most sites make little sense to display in an area that small, but my
applet is designed to be used that way).

The problem is that I haven't found a way to make the New Toolbar
dialog understand what I want. It will only accept a folder or a URL
beginning with http (it seems); not a URL like
file:///dmyapplet.htm.

Failing the file:// approach, I thought I would be able to find the
place in the registry where the toolbar configuration is stored and
possibly change the url there, but I failed to find any useful
references to the url I used for the toolbar. That's why my second
question is if anyone knows how and where the taskbar toolbar config
is stored.

If I can't get this to work I may have to write a tiny web server that
redirects all requests to the page I want to display (I've tried
redirecting to a file url and it works just fine), but that seems a
bit excessive.

/micke


NoMoreMrNiceGuy <pocobuenoguyREMOVE@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<eNZ1amIwEHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>...
> To continue with the top posting...
>
> In my experience you can place a short cut to anything on the Quick
> Launch bar and it will work. No need to first place it on the desktop.
> In fact I just navigate to the file with Win Explorer, select the
> target file, and drag it to the quick launch bar. It appears on the
> extreme right of the bar, or on top if you have it popping up when you
> click the >>. I put short cuts there for applications which do not
> install themselves and so don't appear on the Start>Programs menu.
>
> --
> Norm
>
>
> mak wrote:
> > Why don't you put a shortcut of the file in the desktop and drag it to the
> > quick launch area. I just did it and it played a sound file and also
> > launched a web page. It might work for you as well.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Luminary" <wladowskaja@spray.se> wrote in message
> > news:f149a513.0410311257.eb4d23b@posting.google.com...
> >
> >>How can I create a taskbar toolbar that points to a local web page
> >>without having a web server running? The "New Toolbar..." dialog seems
> >>to only accept http urls, not file ones (e.g. file:///dmypage.htm).
> >>
> >>I've tried to look for ways to work around the syntax check in the
> >>dialog by searching the registry for info on the configured toolbars,
> >>but I haven't been able to find anything useful.
> >>
> >>The context is that I have a Java applet that is designed to be
> >>displayed in the taskbar and I just can't require people to have a web
> >>server running in order to run the applet (otherwise using
> >>http://localhost/whatever would of course work just fine). Downloading
> >>the applet from a remote site is not an option either.
> >>
> >>Does anyone know if this can be done? Or where (and how) the system
> >>keeps information about the toolbars?
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance,
> >>micke
> >
> >
> >