I like the way QuickLaunch worked in WinXp, but not as in Win7, but can make do with the 'pin to task-bar' simulation of it; however, I want the 'tasks' to be in a different order to that which now appears. How can I resequence the items in the Task bar ?

You go in tools menu bar and first un select all toolbar, than after again you select all your required tool bar as per your sequence.

The answer to MY question turns out to be a simple as 'drag them across'.