For starters, it leaves more space on the taskbar than you’d normally get if Windows continued to reserve space for icons. Also, these newfangled icon/button thingies afford access to Jump Lists ...

Windows 7's taskbar icons can be confusing to anyone accustomed to XP or Vista. ... Fortunately, it’s an easy matter to tweak this option in Windows 7. Here’s how: 1.

The Windows Explorer icon on the Windows 7 taskbar gives you easy access to your Libraries, but it's more likely that you want to go to a specific folder or even the root of a particular drive ...

Today I thought it might be a good idea to give a short refresher on how to pin stuff to the taskbar -- which might avoid the need for an add-on like Piles to begin with.

If you'd like to have empty space in between some of the icon sets on your Windows 7 taskbar to keep things organized and separated, this simple hack . Skip to Main Content.

Normally when you middle-click on a taskbar icon, Windows 7 opens up a new instance of that application—but that action is also accessible with a Shift+Click as well, so Jay wrote an AutoHotkey ...

Pin Program to Taskbar (Win 7 and 10) Windows 7 and 10 use the same procedure, except Win10 adds one more step. 1. Right click program icon in Start menu. 2. Click More (Win 10) 3. Click Pin to ...

The new Windows taskbar. The taskbar, new in this beta, will no doubt be the most controversial new feature introduced in Windows 7. Gone is Quick Launch bar for launching applications that used ...

Windows 7 brings a brand-new Taskbar–and the familiar claim that Microsoft ... Closing all the Messenger windows doesn't remove the Taskbar icon; it stays there until you explicitly quit.

The Windows 10 upgrade icon will no longer be visible on the taskbar. If you selected Only show notifications , the icon would be hidden, but you will be informed, once the upgrade is available.

Under the hood, Windows 7 is a lot like Vista. Indeed, most of what gets us hot and not-so-bothered about is what’s on top: When it comes to look and feel, the new UI is the biggest step forward ...