DIY Series - Create Your Own Windows Dock

Do you keep going to your start menu to navigate to any folder on your computer?

Do your indispensable shortcuts cover your beautiful wallpaper?

Do you always keep going to your start menu for opening your programs?

Do you love docks on your desktop?

If you do any of the above, then today I will show you how to create your custom dock easily and without much hassle. 

The custom dock primarily has these advantages -

1. It will keep your desktop spic and span

2. You no longer have to search for your shortcuts in your overcrowded desktop

3. Its an easy way to keep your favorite programs and shortcuts handy and yet out of sight

Create your own windows dock

Requirements:

1. Any flavor of windows (Win XP, Win Vista, Win 7 etc.)

2. Memory (RAM) is not a problem

Step 1:

Create a folder anywhere in your computer. Name it 'Fav'. Of course you are free to name it anything you want.

Folder 'Fav' created

Step 2:

Choose your favorite shortcuts to folders, shortcuts to programs. Then copy and paste them to the folder 'Fav' which you created in step 1.

Shortcuts added to 'Fav' folder

Step 3:

Drag the folder 'Fav' to any ledge of the screen except the ledge where your Task bar is situated. Your dock has been created.

Folder dragged to window ledge

Step 4:

Right click on the dock and choose the options you like. You can choose to view large or small icons on your dock. Maybe, you want to show text and title of the shortcuts on the dock.

Step 5:

Right click again on the dock and select Auto-Hide. This will ensure that the dock does not get in your way once you are done with it.

That’s it. Your dock is now ready for use.