I would suggest to you use Quick Launch. Oh, but they took that out of Windows 7, didn’t
they? Well, no, it’s just hidden!
Quick Launch allows you to pin whatever you want to it. And, the beauty is,
you only have to click once to open your folder, app or doc. I’m usually
working on several projects at the same time, so one click is much better
than the (at least) two clicks to get to whatever’s pinned to Windows
Explorer. Especially when I’m going back and forth.
So, here’s how to resurrect Quick Launch:
Right click the taskbar, ->Toolbars ->New Toolbar. A new window will pop up;
in the folder selection dialog, enter the following:
%userprofile%AppDataRoamingMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick Launch
Now, right click the taskbar and uncheck ‘Lock the taskbar.’ Right click on
the divider and uncheck Show Text. Right click the divider again and uncheck
Show Title. There should already be some icons on the new Quick Launch. Grab
the Divider bar and drag it to the far left of your screen (may take several
tries) as shown in the attachment. If you have to, just run right over the
icons for Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer and Media Play. Conversely,
you can also drag the divider for these to the right.