|
In Windows 7 I have icons pinned to my taskbar. But if the application is open, the icon is no longer visible. I want to open a second window of the application and it's a pain to have to traverse the programs list from the Start menu. How can I make the icon stay visible even if one instance is already open?
| ||||
|
feedback
|
|
If you think about Windows 7 behavior that once you start application, next click brings you back to that application, you can open new instance either by right-clicking and running it that way, or easier, just hold Shift while you click. That will open new instance. | |||
feedback
|
|
The problem is not with Windows 7 but with your application. The application in question is probably programmed not to show any window in the task bar. Once started, that behavior takes precedence over your setting of pinning it in the task bar and hides the icon. Unfortunately, there is no fix for that (unless your program has an option to show itself in the task bar or not [ie.: Winamp]). Contact the application developer if you want that behavior changed. | |||
|
feedback
|
|
Do you have some other property set on the icon? I have several pinned to my task bar, but they do not go away when I launch one. | |||||
feedback
|
|
That's normal in Windows 7, just wheel click to open another instance. To be clear you third click the task to start a new instance. So you have a few File Explorers open, if you want another one, just wheel click any one of them on the task bar | |||||
feedback
|
