Well it’s really simple and will help you to start the most used applications.
First of all create a folder “QuickStart” somewhere on your PC.
Right-click on your taskbar:
Now locate the folder “QuickStart” in the next popup and voilà!
Right-click on the new toolbar and unccheck “Show Text” and “Show Title”!
Now drag the toolbar to the left until it’s below the main icons and you will have something like this:
You could also drag it to the left side until you get something like this: