With the well known "Quick Launch" in the task bar it was up to Windows 10 possible to hide the names of the shortcuts (.lnk) and only the icons (.ico) were visible in the task bar.

With "mouse over" in the "Quick Launch" on a symbol only then the name of the link as well as the comment of the .lnk was shown. If you left the comment of the .lnk empty, it was even clearer.

Sadly, the "Quick Launch" has been completely taken away from us with Windows 11.

It would be very friendly if this function would be available in a similar way in your software too.

Enclosed a suggestion how it could look like

Conceivable would be a new "Quick Launch Experience" settings function e.g. as

1. don't display shurtcut names (check box)
2. enable mouse over to impress link name + comment (check box, or as standard)
3. an option for horizontal display would be nice (check box)
4. add specified paths (folder path list)
   Setting only affects on added paths, similar to the handling of the windows function to add a path to the environment variables

I am aware that there are many requests.

However, there are still a large number of users who are looking for a practical solution for the missing quick launch function in the taskbar of Windows 11, which has been unreasonably limited in its function.

It will certainly take time and it won't be possible directly in the taskbar, but if you make it possible, you will be the king.

My thanks in advance

keywords are
task bar + %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch