A few years ago, I described how to add this toolbar to the Windows Startbar in my book: Developer's Guide to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

But, it bears repeating here. The 12 Hive is where anything and everything SharePoint gets it genesis. You may note that this it the tag line for my blog.

The 12 Hive is located on the file system of each server where SharePoint is installed at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\. The 12 Hive contains the definition of the core assets that SharePoint presents for users to create and activate, so it is very helpful for developers to have quick and easy access to the files in this folder. Use the following steps to add a 12 toolbar to the Startbar.

1. Right-click on the Windows Startbar and choose Toolbars > New Toolbar...
2. Expand My Computer (listed as the Machine Name)
3. Expand Local Disk (WSS v3 is installed on the C: drive)
4. Expand Program Files
5. Expand Common Files
6. Expand Microsoft Shared (after expanding, type the letter "w" three times to swiftly move to the next folder to expand)
7. Expand web server extensions
8. Select the 12 folder
   
9. Click the OK button

The result should be a menu that flys up from the Startbar that looks something like this:

Cool!

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