QTTabBar 2.0 Officially Released With Windows 7 Support
Posted June 9, 2011 – 1:31 pm in: FreewareQTTabBar, the popular add-in for Windows Explorer, finally received an update recently after a very long time. QTTabBar v2.0 Beta has been released and is now available for download. The add-in now officially supports both x86 and x64 versions of Windows 7.
For those who are not familiar with QTTabBar, it’s a fantastic add-in for Windows Explorer to get tabbed browsing feature. There are tons of settings available under Options to personalize the behavior of the plugin. It also offers a number keyboard shortcuts to quickly switch close, clone, switch tab, and more.
One can personalize the appearance the tab size (width and height), tab title text font, text color, toolbar background color, and toolbar background with a few mouse clicks.
How to use this tool:
# Download and install the add-in.
# Log-off and then log-on to complete the installation procedure.
# Now, open Windows Explorer (open My Computer or any other folder).
# Navigate to View, Toolbars, and then select QTTabBar option to enable QTTabBar add-in for explorer.
Once installed and enabled, you can middle click on a folder to launch the folder in a new tab (you can also right-click and select Open in Tab). Middle–click on the tab to close the current tab.
As there are tons of settings available to personalize the appearance and behavior of the add-in, it also offers Export Settings option to export your customized settings with a click.
There are a few good plugins available to add new features to QTTabBar. Skins are also available to download from the developer’s site to customize the appearance.
Please note that this is a Beta release. You might come across bugs while using this version. We have tested this add-in on Windows 7 (x64) without any problems.
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4 Comments
I tried this release on my Windows 7 64bit system and it resulted in if I clicked on one of my drives then my user folder would open. This happened with all of my drives, the only way I could open them properly was to right click and open in a tab.
My Start Menu would’nt work as normal, none of the links would open including ‘All Programs’.
I dont know if this is because my system is Swedish or not but needless to say QTTab was quickly uninstalled and my system is working normally again.
QTButton and TabBar greyed out in Win7 Ultimate. Enabling the VersatileBar crashed the Explorer. Installed, but cannot configure. What the solution?
@Mark
Strange, it’s working fine here on Windows 7 Ultimate (x64). You have to wait for the final release since the current version is beta.
After uninstall, it is impossible to hide menubar of explorer, please help