Pin Firefox icon

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Metspitzer

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
 
B

BobbyM

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.
Click to expand...
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.
 
M

Metspitzer

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.
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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.
 
B

BobbyM

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.
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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?
 
M

Metspitzer

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?
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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.
 
B

BobbyM

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.
Click to expand...
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.
 
R

Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries

Metspitzer said:
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.
Click to expand...
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/Forums/en/w7itproui/thread/e71acacc-1afa-4334-9163-31ca9dd3169d
 
M

Metspitzer

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.
Click to expand...
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.

Thanks
 
B

BobbyM

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.
Click to expand...
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.
 
M

Metspitzer

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.
Click to expand...
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.
 
Z

Zaidy036

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

BobbyM

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.
Click to expand...
Do you have properties for the taskbar set to "never combine"?
 
J

Jeff Layman

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

KCB

Metspitzer said:
Yep. That is not it.
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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.
 
M

Metspitzer

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.
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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.
 
M

Metspitzer

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