Pin Firefox icon

On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:41:11 +0900, BobbyM <>
wrote:

>On 15-Mar-12 10:22 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:12:22 +0900, BobbyM<>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 15-Mar-12 9:02 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:54:41 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 8:20 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:05:14 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 7:55 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>>> Before I had to reinstall windows, ff would keep an icon I could click
>>>>>>>> to open another window. I don't know if this is a Windows setting or
>>>>>>>> a FF setting.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How can I pin FF to the task bar so the icon opens another instance of
>>>>>>>> FF? Someone showed me how to do this when I asked how to be able to
>>>>>>>> change the order of programs shown in the task bar.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you already have FF pinned to the task bar? If so, you should be
>>>>>>> able to get another instance of it running by holding down the shift key
>>>>>>> & clicking on the FF icon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah. What I want do is different. There is a way to be able to
>>>>>> separate the icon from an instance on the task bar so the icon stays
>>>>>> on the task bar.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you saying that you want 2 FF icons on the taskbar or do you want to
>>>>> know how to pin 1 instance on the taskbar?
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I can't explain it any better. There was a setting I changed,
>>>> somewhere, and it caused the FF icon I had pinned to the task bar to
>>>> stay an icon. If I clicked on it, it would open another FF on the
>>>> taskbar and the original icon remained unchanged and it never changed
>>>> position. What ever the setting was also let me rearrange the order
>>>> of all the tasks opened on the task bar so all the FF tasks were not
>>>> grouped together.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Have you tried changing the taskbar options, such as not grouping&
>>> unlocking the taskbar? Right click on the start button in the lower
>>> left hand corner, choose "properties"& then "taskbar". There's also a
>>> "how do a customize the taskbar" link there.
>>
>> I did try that. As I remember it was something like that had to be
>> changed, but the taskbar properties like "never combine and combine
>> when full" are not the right settings.
>>
>> It is a setting that will allow you to reorder the task bar so you can
>> have a shortcut to some program and then a FF then another item then a
>> FF. The default behavior keeps all the FF icons in the same group.
>
>if you unlock the taskbar, you can drag & drop the taskbar items in the
>order you want. The only way I know to get 2 FF icons in the taskbar is
>if they open to different homepages. Run FF & go the site which you
>want the 2d version to open. Then create a shortcut on your desktop for
>that (you should be able to drag & drop it from the address bar). Once
>the shortcut is on your desktop, right click on it & select "pin to the
>taskbar". Then, assuming your taskbar is unlocked, relocate to the
>position you want.

I have the taskbar unlocked. With one FF open I can right click on
it's icon and open another FF. If I do that, and right click it, the
only option is to unpin the item.

I can open as many FF windows as I want. This is still not the
behavior I had before. If I have programs open in the task bar and I
try to move the FF task, ALL of the FF tasks I have open move
together. The behavior I had before was I could move and FF to any
order.

A task is a long bar with a title in it's display. A shortcut is just
the default icon with no title. What I had before was a lone icon
that was shaped like the shortcut (with no title) that never changed.
Clicking it opened one or more FF at the end of the tasks that are
currently open.

On 3/14/2012 6:55 PM, Metspitzer wrote:
> Before I had to reinstall windows, ff would keep an icon I could click
> to open another window. I don't know if this is a Windows setting or
> a FF setting.
>
> How can I pin FF to the task bar so the icon opens another instance of
> FF? Someone showed me how to do this when I asked how to be able to
> change the order of programs shown in the task bar.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> O'Neil to General Hammond:
> For the record Sir, I wanted to blow it the hell up.

Another way is in a FF window under File click on Open New Window or
<Ctrl>+N

--
Zaidy036

On 15-Mar-12 10:59 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:41:11 +0900, BobbyM<>
> wrote:
>
>> On 15-Mar-12 10:22 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:12:22 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 15-Mar-12 9:02 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:54:41 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 8:20 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:05:14 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 7:55 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Before I had to reinstall windows, ff would keep an icon I could click
>>>>>>>>> to open another window. I don't know if this is a Windows setting or
>>>>>>>>> a FF setting.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How can I pin FF to the task bar so the icon opens another instance of
>>>>>>>>> FF? Someone showed me how to do this when I asked how to be able to
>>>>>>>>> change the order of programs shown in the task bar.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you already have FF pinned to the task bar? If so, you should be
>>>>>>>> able to get another instance of it running by holding down the shift key
>>>>>>>> & clicking on the FF icon.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah. What I want do is different. There is a way to be able to
>>>>>>> separate the icon from an instance on the task bar so the icon stays
>>>>>>> on the task bar.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you saying that you want 2 FF icons on the taskbar or do you want to
>>>>>> know how to pin 1 instance on the taskbar?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, I can't explain it any better. There was a setting I changed,
>>>>> somewhere, and it caused the FF icon I had pinned to the task bar to
>>>>> stay an icon. If I clicked on it, it would open another FF on the
>>>>> taskbar and the original icon remained unchanged and it never changed
>>>>> position. What ever the setting was also let me rearrange the order
>>>>> of all the tasks opened on the task bar so all the FF tasks were not
>>>>> grouped together.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried changing the taskbar options, such as not grouping&
>>>> unlocking the taskbar? Right click on the start button in the lower
>>>> left hand corner, choose "properties"& then "taskbar". There's also a
>>>> "how do a customize the taskbar" link there.
>>>
>>> I did try that. As I remember it was something like that had to be
>>> changed, but the taskbar properties like "never combine and combine
>>> when full" are not the right settings.
>>>
>>> It is a setting that will allow you to reorder the task bar so you can
>>> have a shortcut to some program and then a FF then another item then a
>>> FF. The default behavior keeps all the FF icons in the same group.
>>
>> if you unlock the taskbar, you can drag& drop the taskbar items in the
>> order you want. The only way I know to get 2 FF icons in the taskbar is
>> if they open to different homepages. Run FF& go the site which you
>> want the 2d version to open. Then create a shortcut on your desktop for
>> that (you should be able to drag& drop it from the address bar). Once
>> the shortcut is on your desktop, right click on it& select "pin to the
>> taskbar". Then, assuming your taskbar is unlocked, relocate to the
>> position you want.
>
> I have the taskbar unlocked. With one FF open I can right click on
> it's icon and open another FF. If I do that, and right click it, the
> only option is to unpin the item.
>
> I can open as many FF windows as I want. This is still not the
> behavior I had before. If I have programs open in the task bar and I
> try to move the FF task, ALL of the FF tasks I have open move
> together. The behavior I had before was I could move and FF to any
> order.
>
> A task is a long bar with a title in it's display. A shortcut is just
> the default icon with no title. What I had before was a lone icon
> that was shaped like the shortcut (with no title) that never changed.
> Clicking it opened one or more FF at the end of the tasks that are
> currently open.

Do you have properties for the taskbar set to "never combine"?

On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:07:26 +0900, BobbyM <>
wrote:

>On 15-Mar-12 10:59 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:41:11 +0900, BobbyM<>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 15-Mar-12 10:22 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:12:22 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 9:02 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:54:41 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 8:20 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:05:14 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 7:55 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Before I had to reinstall windows, ff would keep an icon I could click
>>>>>>>>>> to open another window. I don't know if this is a Windows setting or
>>>>>>>>>> a FF setting.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> How can I pin FF to the task bar so the icon opens another instance of
>>>>>>>>>> FF? Someone showed me how to do this when I asked how to be able to
>>>>>>>>>> change the order of programs shown in the task bar.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Do you already have FF pinned to the task bar? If so, you should be
>>>>>>>>> able to get another instance of it running by holding down the shift key
>>>>>>>>> & clicking on the FF icon.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yeah. What I want do is different. There is a way to be able to
>>>>>>>> separate the icon from an instance on the task bar so the icon stays
>>>>>>>> on the task bar.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you saying that you want 2 FF icons on the taskbar or do you want to
>>>>>>> know how to pin 1 instance on the taskbar?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry, I can't explain it any better. There was a setting I changed,
>>>>>> somewhere, and it caused the FF icon I had pinned to the task bar to
>>>>>> stay an icon. If I clicked on it, it would open another FF on the
>>>>>> taskbar and the original icon remained unchanged and it never changed
>>>>>> position. What ever the setting was also let me rearrange the order
>>>>>> of all the tasks opened on the task bar so all the FF tasks were not
>>>>>> grouped together.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you tried changing the taskbar options, such as not grouping&
>>>>> unlocking the taskbar? Right click on the start button in the lower
>>>>> left hand corner, choose "properties"& then "taskbar". There's also a
>>>>> "how do a customize the taskbar" link there.
>>>>
>>>> I did try that. As I remember it was something like that had to be
>>>> changed, but the taskbar properties like "never combine and combine
>>>> when full" are not the right settings.
>>>>
>>>> It is a setting that will allow you to reorder the task bar so you can
>>>> have a shortcut to some program and then a FF then another item then a
>>>> FF. The default behavior keeps all the FF icons in the same group.
>>>
>>> if you unlock the taskbar, you can drag& drop the taskbar items in the
>>> order you want. The only way I know to get 2 FF icons in the taskbar is
>>> if they open to different homepages. Run FF& go the site which you
>>> want the 2d version to open. Then create a shortcut on your desktop for
>>> that (you should be able to drag& drop it from the address bar). Once
>>> the shortcut is on your desktop, right click on it& select "pin to the
>>> taskbar". Then, assuming your taskbar is unlocked, relocate to the
>>> position you want.
>>
>> I have the taskbar unlocked. With one FF open I can right click on
>> it's icon and open another FF. If I do that, and right click it, the
>> only option is to unpin the item.
>>
>> I can open as many FF windows as I want. This is still not the
>> behavior I had before. If I have programs open in the task bar and I
>> try to move the FF task, ALL of the FF tasks I have open move
>> together. The behavior I had before was I could move and FF to any
>> order.
>>
>> A task is a long bar with a title in it's display. A shortcut is just
>> the default icon with no title. What I had before was a lone icon
>> that was shaped like the shortcut (with no title) that never changed.
>> Clicking it opened one or more FF at the end of the tasks that are
>> currently open.
>
>Do you have properties for the taskbar set to "never combine"?
>
Yep. That is not it.

On 14/03/2012 22:55, Metspitzer wrote:
> Before I had to reinstall windows, ff would keep an icon I could click
> to open another window. I don't know if this is a Windows setting or
> a FF setting.
>
> How can I pin FF to the task bar so the icon opens another instance of
> FF? Someone showed me how to do this when I asked how to be able to
> change the order of programs shown in the task bar.
>
> Thanks

Why not just create a Quick Launch toolbar and drag the FF shortcut to
it? I think that will give you what you want.

--

Jeff

"Metspitzer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:07:26 +0900, BobbyM <>
> wrote:
>
>>On 15-Mar-12 10:59 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:41:11 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 15-Mar-12 10:22 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:12:22 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 9:02 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:54:41 +0900,
>>>>>>> BobbyM<>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 8:20 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:05:14 +0900,
>>>>>>>>> BobbyM<>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 7:55 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Before I had to reinstall windows, ff would keep an icon I could
>>>>>>>>>>> click
>>>>>>>>>>> to open another window. I don't know if this is a Windows
>>>>>>>>>>> setting or
>>>>>>>>>>> a FF setting.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> How can I pin FF to the task bar so the icon opens another
>>>>>>>>>>> instance of
>>>>>>>>>>> FF? Someone showed me how to do this when I asked how to be
>>>>>>>>>>> able to
>>>>>>>>>>> change the order of programs shown in the task bar.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Do you already have FF pinned to the task bar? If so, you should
>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>> able to get another instance of it running by holding down the
>>>>>>>>>> shift key
>>>>>>>>>> & clicking on the FF icon.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yeah. What I want do is different. There is a way to be able to
>>>>>>>>> separate the icon from an instance on the task bar so the icon
>>>>>>>>> stays
>>>>>>>>> on the task bar.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Are you saying that you want 2 FF icons on the taskbar or do you
>>>>>>>> want to
>>>>>>>> know how to pin 1 instance on the taskbar?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sorry, I can't explain it any better. There was a setting I
>>>>>>> changed,
>>>>>>> somewhere, and it caused the FF icon I had pinned to the task bar to
>>>>>>> stay an icon. If I clicked on it, it would open another FF on the
>>>>>>> taskbar and the original icon remained unchanged and it never
>>>>>>> changed
>>>>>>> position. What ever the setting was also let me rearrange the
>>>>>>> order
>>>>>>> of all the tasks opened on the task bar so all the FF tasks were not
>>>>>>> grouped together.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you tried changing the taskbar options, such as not grouping&
>>>>>> unlocking the taskbar? Right click on the start button in the lower
>>>>>> left hand corner, choose "properties"& then "taskbar". There's
>>>>>> also a
>>>>>> "how do a customize the taskbar" link there.
>>>>>
>>>>> I did try that. As I remember it was something like that had to be
>>>>> changed, but the taskbar properties like "never combine and combine
>>>>> when full" are not the right settings.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is a setting that will allow you to reorder the task bar so you can
>>>>> have a shortcut to some program and then a FF then another item then a
>>>>> FF. The default behavior keeps all the FF icons in the same group.
>>>>
>>>> if you unlock the taskbar, you can drag& drop the taskbar items in the
>>>> order you want. The only way I know to get 2 FF icons in the taskbar
>>>> is
>>>> if they open to different homepages. Run FF& go the site which you
>>>> want the 2d version to open. Then create a shortcut on your desktop
>>>> for
>>>> that (you should be able to drag& drop it from the address bar). Once
>>>> the shortcut is on your desktop, right click on it& select "pin to the
>>>> taskbar". Then, assuming your taskbar is unlocked, relocate to the
>>>> position you want.
>>>
>>> I have the taskbar unlocked. With one FF open I can right click on
>>> it's icon and open another FF. If I do that, and right click it, the
>>> only option is to unpin the item.
>>>
>>> I can open as many FF windows as I want. This is still not the
>>> behavior I had before. If I have programs open in the task bar and I
>>> try to move the FF task, ALL of the FF tasks I have open move
>>> together. The behavior I had before was I could move and FF to any
>>> order.
>>>
>>> A task is a long bar with a title in it's display. A shortcut is just
>>> the default icon with no title. What I had before was a lone icon
>>> that was shaped like the shortcut (with no title) that never changed.
>>> Clicking it opened one or more FF at the end of the tasks that are
>>> currently open.
>>
>>Do you have properties for the taskbar set to "never combine"?
>>
> Yep. That is not it.

It sounds like your 'lone icon' was a shortcut on the Quick Launch toolbar.
Right-click the taskbar, select Toolbars, check to see if Quick Launch is
there. I don't think it is available with default install of Win7, if I
remember correctly, but is easily added.

On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:26:05 -0400, "KCB" <>
wrote:

>
>"Metspitzer" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:07:26 +0900, BobbyM <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On 15-Mar-12 10:59 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:41:11 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 10:22 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:12:22 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 9:02 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:54:41 +0900,
>>>>>>>> BobbyM<>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 8:20 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:05:14 +0900,
>>>>>>>>>> BobbyM<>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 7:55 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Before I had to reinstall windows, ff would keep an icon I could
>>>>>>>>>>>> click
>>>>>>>>>>>> to open another window. I don't know if this is a Windows
>>>>>>>>>>>> setting or
>>>>>>>>>>>> a FF setting.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> How can I pin FF to the task bar so the icon opens another
>>>>>>>>>>>> instance of
>>>>>>>>>>>> FF? Someone showed me how to do this when I asked how to be
>>>>>>>>>>>> able to
>>>>>>>>>>>> change the order of programs shown in the task bar.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Do you already have FF pinned to the task bar? If so, you should
>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>> able to get another instance of it running by holding down the
>>>>>>>>>>> shift key
>>>>>>>>>>> & clicking on the FF icon.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yeah. What I want do is different. There is a way to be able to
>>>>>>>>>> separate the icon from an instance on the task bar so the icon
>>>>>>>>>> stays
>>>>>>>>>> on the task bar.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Are you saying that you want 2 FF icons on the taskbar or do you
>>>>>>>>> want to
>>>>>>>>> know how to pin 1 instance on the taskbar?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sorry, I can't explain it any better. There was a setting I
>>>>>>>> changed,
>>>>>>>> somewhere, and it caused the FF icon I had pinned to the task bar to
>>>>>>>> stay an icon. If I clicked on it, it would open another FF on the
>>>>>>>> taskbar and the original icon remained unchanged and it never
>>>>>>>> changed
>>>>>>>> position. What ever the setting was also let me rearrange the
>>>>>>>> order
>>>>>>>> of all the tasks opened on the task bar so all the FF tasks were not
>>>>>>>> grouped together.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have you tried changing the taskbar options, such as not grouping&
>>>>>>> unlocking the taskbar? Right click on the start button in the lower
>>>>>>> left hand corner, choose "properties"& then "taskbar". There's
>>>>>>> also a
>>>>>>> "how do a customize the taskbar" link there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did try that. As I remember it was something like that had to be
>>>>>> changed, but the taskbar properties like "never combine and combine
>>>>>> when full" are not the right settings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is a setting that will allow you to reorder the task bar so you can
>>>>>> have a shortcut to some program and then a FF then another item then a
>>>>>> FF. The default behavior keeps all the FF icons in the same group.
>>>>>
>>>>> if you unlock the taskbar, you can drag& drop the taskbar items in the
>>>>> order you want. The only way I know to get 2 FF icons in the taskbar
>>>>> is
>>>>> if they open to different homepages. Run FF& go the site which you
>>>>> want the 2d version to open. Then create a shortcut on your desktop
>>>>> for
>>>>> that (you should be able to drag& drop it from the address bar). Once
>>>>> the shortcut is on your desktop, right click on it& select "pin to the
>>>>> taskbar". Then, assuming your taskbar is unlocked, relocate to the
>>>>> position you want.
>>>>
>>>> I have the taskbar unlocked. With one FF open I can right click on
>>>> it's icon and open another FF. If I do that, and right click it, the
>>>> only option is to unpin the item.
>>>>
>>>> I can open as many FF windows as I want. This is still not the
>>>> behavior I had before. If I have programs open in the task bar and I
>>>> try to move the FF task, ALL of the FF tasks I have open move
>>>> together. The behavior I had before was I could move and FF to any
>>>> order.
>>>>
>>>> A task is a long bar with a title in it's display. A shortcut is just
>>>> the default icon with no title. What I had before was a lone icon
>>>> that was shaped like the shortcut (with no title) that never changed.
>>>> Clicking it opened one or more FF at the end of the tasks that are
>>>> currently open.
>>>
>>>Do you have properties for the taskbar set to "never combine"?
>>>
>> Yep. That is not it.
>
>It sounds like your 'lone icon' was a shortcut on the Quick Launch toolbar.
>Right-click the taskbar, select Toolbars, check to see if Quick Launch is
>there. I don't think it is available with default install of Win7, if I
>remember correctly, but is easily added.

I don't think that was it, but it does work that way. The only
difference is that whatever option I changed allow you to put FF
windows in any order and not be grouped together.

On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:03:54 +0000, Jeff Layman
<> wrote:

>On 14/03/2012 22:55, Metspitzer wrote:
>> Before I had to reinstall windows, ff would keep an icon I could click
>> to open another window. I don't know if this is a Windows setting or
>> a FF setting.
>>
>> How can I pin FF to the task bar so the icon opens another instance of
>> FF? Someone showed me how to do this when I asked how to be able to
>> change the order of programs shown in the task bar.
>>
>> Thanks
>
>Why not just create a Quick Launch toolbar and drag the FF shortcut to
>it? I think that will give you what you want.

Quick Launch was a useful feature. Guess that is why they changed the
way it works. About as productive as moving "show desktop" to the
other side of the taskbar and hiding it.

"Metspitzer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:20:42 -0400, "Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries"
> <> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Metspitzer" <> wrote in message
>>news:...
>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:54:41 +0900, BobbyM <>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 15-Mar-12 8:20 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:05:14 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 7:55 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>> Before I had to reinstall windows, ff would keep an icon I could
>>>>>>> click
>>>>>>> to open another window. I don't know if this is a Windows setting
>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>> a FF setting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How can I pin FF to the task bar so the icon opens another instance
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> FF? Someone showed me how to do this when I asked how to be able to
>>>>>>> change the order of programs shown in the task bar.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you already have FF pinned to the task bar? If so, you should be
>>>>>> able to get another instance of it running by holding down the shift
>>>>>> key
>>>>>> & clicking on the FF icon.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah. What I want do is different. There is a way to be able to
>>>>> separate the icon from an instance on the task bar so the icon stays
>>>>> on the task bar.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Are you saying that you want 2 FF icons on the taskbar or do you want to
>>>>know how to pin 1 instance on the taskbar?
>>>
>>> Sorry, I can't explain it any better. There was a setting I changed,
>>> somewhere, and it caused the FF icon I had pinned to the task bar to
>>> stay an icon. If I clicked on it, it would open another FF on the
>>> taskbar and the original icon remained unchanged and it never changed
>>> position. What ever the setting was also let me rearrange the order
>>> of all the tasks opened on the task bar so all the FF tasks were not
>>> grouped together.
>>
>>Create a new Firefox shortcut and pin that to the taskbar. That's probably
>>what you had before. A more complex alternative is here:
>>
>>http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...3-31ca9dd3169d
>>
> I tried pinning another FF shortcut and nothing happens.
>
> I read the link you provided but that is not either.
>
> It was just a matter of enabling something or disabling something, but
> I don't remember what.
>
> Thanks

Here's another possibility, although it doesn't do exactly what you seem to
be asking for:

http://www.everything-microsoft.com/...ows-7-taskbar/

On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:47:13 -0400, "Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries"
<> wrote:

>
>"Metspitzer" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:20:42 -0400, "Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Metspitzer" <> wrote in message
>>>news:...
>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:54:41 +0900, BobbyM <>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 15-Mar-12 8:20 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:05:14 +0900, BobbyM<>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15-Mar-12 7:55 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>>> Before I had to reinstall windows, ff would keep an icon I could
>>>>>>>> click
>>>>>>>> to open another window. I don't know if this is a Windows setting
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> a FF setting.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How can I pin FF to the task bar so the icon opens another instance
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> FF? Someone showed me how to do this when I asked how to be able to
>>>>>>>> change the order of programs shown in the task bar.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you already have FF pinned to the task bar? If so, you should be
>>>>>>> able to get another instance of it running by holding down the shift
>>>>>>> key
>>>>>>> & clicking on the FF icon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah. What I want do is different. There is a way to be able to
>>>>>> separate the icon from an instance on the task bar so the icon stays
>>>>>> on the task bar.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Are you saying that you want 2 FF icons on the taskbar or do you want to
>>>>>know how to pin 1 instance on the taskbar?
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I can't explain it any better. There was a setting I changed,
>>>> somewhere, and it caused the FF icon I had pinned to the task bar to
>>>> stay an icon. If I clicked on it, it would open another FF on the
>>>> taskbar and the original icon remained unchanged and it never changed
>>>> position. What ever the setting was also let me rearrange the order
>>>> of all the tasks opened on the task bar so all the FF tasks were not
>>>> grouped together.
>>>
>>>Create a new Firefox shortcut and pin that to the taskbar. That's probably
>>>what you had before. A more complex alternative is here:
>>>
>>>http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...3-31ca9dd3169d
>>>
>> I tried pinning another FF shortcut and nothing happens.
>>
>> I read the link you provided but that is not either.
>>
>> It was just a matter of enabling something or disabling something, but
>> I don't remember what.
>>
>> Thanks
>
>Here's another possibility, although it doesn't do exactly what you seem to
>be asking for:
>
>http://www.everything-microsoft.com/...ows-7-taskbar/
>
It is a shame that Google Groups never added this group to it's
archives. It is a pretty safe bet that however I managed this in the
past came from this group.

Thanks