Windows 8 In Depth

Displaying the Built-in Taskbar Toolbars

Windows 8 taskbar comes with four default toolbars:

• Address—This toolbar contains a text box into which you can type a local address (such as a folder or file path), a network address (a UNC path), or an Internet address. When you press Enter or click the Go button, Windows 8 loads the address into File Explorer (if you entered a local or network folder address), an application (if you entered a file path), or Internet Explorer (if you entered an Internet address). In other words, this toolbar works just like the address bar used by File Explorer and Internet Explorer.

• Links—This toolbar contains several buttons that link to predefined Internet sites. This is the same as the links toolbar that appears ...