Since you cannot simply right-click and "Add Toolbar" anymore, you must use one of these three strategies: 1. The "Pinning" Method (Official)
: It used tiny icons, allowing dozens of apps to fit in a small area.
If you need a quick, single-click launch area, pinning apps to the taskbar is the intended path. However, for power users who refuse to let go of the classic workflow, third-party utilities like StartAllBack are the only way to make the Quick Launch toolbar feel like a native feature rather than a glitch from the past.
Several developers have created tools that inject the old Taskbar code back into Windows 11.
How to Bring Back the Classic Quick Launch Toolbar in Windows 11