I know this is an old post, but I restored an old image with this operating system which I wanted to get back to usable condition, when I was curious about this issue. I did not have access to a 486 or Pentium 1 system so I had to resort to restoring in a controlled environment within a VMware virtualization setup. Not easy to do. I even needed to re-install windows over itself to load the correct hardware drivers and needed to use the original key I had, which I was able to obtain from safe mode using regedit. So nice to have the information so easily accessible.
I searched for information on the quick launch and was difficult to find the correct solution. I was able to add the quick launch, not by the steps you people suggested but by a radically different approach. I felt it was prudent to add the information so others may benefit.
Simply do this:
1: Obtain the ie5.5 installer, from a site similar to oldversion.com and copy it to a folder from your root.
2: open command prompt from windows by running command
3: browse to that folder (type the drive letter, press enter, then cd [folder name goes here] enter).
4: Type this: IE5Setup.exe /C:"ie5wzd /e:IE4Shell_WIN /I:Y"
5: Reboot when prompted.
Upon restart, it will be visible and open on taskbar, complete with active desktop.
IE5 Does in fact have this included, but doesn't add it unless you request it to be added! These steps are taken "after" you have upgraded to IE5. Microsoft routinely bundles in features and locks them away from normal people, without going through steps like these.
There are two slightly different commands for WinNT for the same issue. WinNT is capable of upgrading to IE6, and the command for IE6 is the same.
Nice to have quick launch in Win95.
I just spent 1 whole day with trial and error getting it back up and running, re-learning everything all over again from the old days I owned and operated win95. Quite a refresher on it's limitations, still useful for old DOS applications which are not supported in any OS any longer. Oh the nostalgia.