On some versions of Windows, you have a QuickLaunch bar next to the area of the taskbar that shows the currently running programs. This is useful because when programs are here, you can launch them more quickly than by navigating through the "Start" menu, hence the name "QuickLaunch".

If you have a webpage or a couple of webpages that you visit often, you can place shortcuts to these webpages on the QuickLaunch bar. Just visit a webpage, then click and drag the icon on the top-left part of the Internet Explorer window to your QuickLaunch bar.

If you don't like the web page's icon in the QuickLaunch bar, just right-click on the icon and choose "Properties". On the multi-tabbed dialog box that follows, click "Web Document". Then, click the "Change Icon" button. You can choose from the various icons provided, or click the "Browse" button and search your system for more icons. Most DLL and EXE files contain an icon or two, or you can type "%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll" (without quotes) in the "File name" box for a bunch of icons.

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