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Windows 8: Never Combine, Hide Labels
Like This question, but for Windows 8. The old registry hack doesn't work anymore.
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Windows 7: Don't combine Taskbar Icons, but only display Icons
I've never really liked this feature about Win7, but I guess I just got used to it. The feature I don't like is mousing over the win7 icons when there are multiple windows of the same type open. You ...
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Taskbar Window Order changing in Windows 7
In Windows 7, I have the “Never combine” option of the taskbar selected. (I'm using this hack to remove the text from the icons, but I dont think this has much of an impact on my issue.)
I tend to ...
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Hide a taskbar toolbar's text and title by default
I need to have added toolbars hide the text and title as default after Windows installation, and I would have thought the best way would be through the registry (where everything like that can be set, ...
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How to rearrange pinned taskbar icons without a mouse in Win 7 Pro?
Is there a way to reorder my pinned icons using keyboard shortcuts or an external app? I don't have a mouse and I want to rearrange them in a specific order without using a mouse to drag!
Win 7 Pro.
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remove Outlook from taskbar *when maximized* (not minimized)
I have Outlook 2010 constantly displayed on a monitor (dual monitors, Windows 7) and I am wondering if there would be a way to remove the taskbar button (taskbar, not notification area) so that it ...
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Windows 7 Duplicate Pinning Error
I have Firefox on windows 7, and occasionally accidentally unpin it for the bar. And yes, it sometimes makes a duplicate which I know can be fixed by unpinning the original and re-pining the new ...
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My taskbar doesn't slide down and up
I have been using windows 7 for some time, and I noticed that my toolbar (which I have hidden) have been acting a little bit weird. Normally, when I hover my cursor over it, it gently and smoothly ...
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Hiding a specific program's taskbar button
I'm looking for a way to hide the taskbar buttons of specific programs/windows in Windows 7. For instance, I've found a couple utilities that let me minimize any window to the tray, but none so far ...
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Why are my Windows 7 System Alerts not coming to the front?
Ever since I installed Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 on my Dell XPS M1730, system alerts (for example, the alert you get when installing software that wants to make modifications to your computer) will flash ...
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Execute a program by double-clicking the taskbar and/or the desktop, Windows 7
It would be so useful, and not very difficult, because in fact I have Directory Opus installed (a very powerful windows explorer alternative) and it does exactly that, but only by double-clicking the ...
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Windows 7 Taskbar Never Combine, Show Labels Only, No Icon
In Windows 7, in the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties, there is an option to Never Combine which shows both an icon and accompanying text. I have seen people who want Never Combine but want no ...
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How can I pin a program to the Windows 7 Taskbar, with parameters?
In my case, I have to login and manage user accounts on a specific PC on our network quite frequently. I just learned that I can use the Windows Computer Management Snap-in to connect to another PC ...
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Moving Icons from one page to another in the Windows 7 Taskbar
As a programmer I have a tonne of icons pinned to my Task Bar (Visual Studios / 5 Different Browsers / Etc...)
When you reach enough icons to fill the bar it flips the rest onto a 2nd page that they ...
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Window goes beyond the taskbar in Windows7
When I a drag window left or right, it goes beyond the taskbar as in the picture:
How can I prevent this ? So when I maximize a window or drag it to the edge, I want it to stretch until the taskbar, ...
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Altering the Windows 7 grouping thumbnail preview
I like the windows 7 grouping behaviour for multiple similar windows, except when I have multiple Explorer windows open. In this case, showing thumbnails of each open explorer window is next to ...
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Dual monitors - move system tray to right-most end of taskbar?
I'm using dual monitors with Windows 7 (and Ultramon). Is there any way to move the system tray to the right end of the taskbar on my right-most monitor?
So rather than:
Start|<Pinned ...
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How do I pin a local filesystem website mirroring as a pinned website in IE9?
I don't use IE9 for all that many things, but I have become fond of the pinned websites feature for a few things I want to keep separate from my firefox tabs. I've created a reference website mirror ...
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Windows 7 Taskbar Icons Randomly Disappearing
This is a problem that i'm totally stumped on. Taskbar Icons that are pinned, as well as open program thumbs keep disappearing. This is totally random, no set pattern. I've tried updating drivers ...
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Can I have the Windows 7 taskbar pinned icons change like they do when unpinned?
I just discovered that if Windows Explorer is unpinned from my taskbar it displays the icon of the currently active folder. This is what I see if it's pinned
But if it's unpinned I see the current ...
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Chrome's new window disappear from desktop
I'm having this problem with Chrome on a Windows 7 x86 machine. I'm using Chrome for a locally hosted intranet web app. In the web app, there's frequent use of new window which popup, which works like ...
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MS Windows: Change taskbar text
Is there any way to set the text of a taskbar item in Windows XP? I need something on-the-fly that can be set per-instance, not per application. For instance, if I have three Putty windows open, I ...
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Windows 7 Toolbar does not move with Taskbar
So I have a quick launch toolbar on the right side of taskbar at the bottom of my screen in Windows 7 (it is a Recycle Bin shortcut). However when new programs add an icon in the notification area on ...
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Make the Windows 7 taskbar icons don't toggle, but just switch windows, like tabs, possible?
as we all know, clicking on a task icon will toggle the corresponding window, is it possible to make the task bar icons work like tabs (in Firebox, for example)? That will make me more productive.
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How to start a program as administrator through a pinned to taskbar shortcut, through one of the “recent” files
I'll try to explain my situation:
I am a developer and use Visual Studio. I always want to run Visual Studio as administator. I have pinned a shortcut to the task bar and in its properties set it to ...
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Open file with a batch file pinned to the taskbar
How do you get a file opened by a batch file pinned to the taskbar?
In XP you could just drag your batch file onto the quicklaunch section of the taskbar, then any file you drop on that icon would be ...
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How to get aero themed windows and a task bar on Ubuntu 11.10?
I know some themes that make all of ubuntu look like windows 7, but I just want the windows to be aero themed. How can I do this? Also, I want the Windows 7 taskbar (including the start orb) in ...
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How do you get Windows 7 to show time remaining in the battery meter?
Running Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium on a HP Laptop. The system tray power meter never shows the time remaining in the system tray. Only really ever show a percentage remaining number as pictured.
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Shut Down took way too long because of “Background Programs”
I tried shutting my desktop PC (with Windows7) down but after several attempts (like 4 or 5) at Start --> Shut Down, the GUI was still there and it was not shutting down. I didn't think there were any ...
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Why don't applications launch right after I boot WIndows?
I have a few applications in my task bar on Windows 7.
Right after the machine boots, the task bar is unresponsive: When I move my mouse over an icon, nothing happens. Very shortly after boot ...
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Taskbar displays only the initials
my task bar(not the title bar) only shows the initials of any opened folder/file/prog
Help
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Script/Tool to Auto Hide/Unhide Windows Taskbar
I have to toggle Windows taskbar auto hide/unhide frequently. Is there any script/registry/tool that can let me simply double click to toggle the setting?
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Replace Windows 7 explorer and superbar by XP explorer/taskbar
Is there a way to completely replace Windows 7 explorer and taskbar by its XP counterparts?
I don't mean only the look but a real replace (maybe by replacing parts of the 7 system by files from XP) ...
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Pinned program on the taskbar is not grouping in Windows 7 Ultimate
Previously, I had pinned Google Chrome Dev to the taskbar. Being that it was unstable and crashed frequently, I decided to uninstall it. Before uninstalling, however, I did not un-pin its icon from ...
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Windows XP Task Bar stuck on right side of screen
Due to a misclick/drag, the task bar is on the right side of the screen in Windows XP.
The task bar is not locked, but it will not respond to any drag movement, and is stuck!
Any suggestions or ...
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Media keys toolbar on task bar
My keyboard does not have media keys. Does anyone know of a toolbar or something for the Windows 7 taskbar which would add the basic keys there? Like a previous, next and pause button or something.
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Excel 2007 - can't use “Close Group” from taskbar
I have several .xls files open in Excel 2007 (OS is Windows XP). When I right-click the Excel group on the taskbar then "Close Group" is not available. Why?
It does not matter if I have worked with ...
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Can you display milliseconds in the time/date on the Windows 7 taskbar?
I need to time some things, thought it would be nice to do this...
Or maybe a better question: Can the date/time format in the Windows task bar be changed?
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How do I add Yoxos Eclipse profile to the Windows 7 Taskbar?
I have used Yoxos before and have managed to (almost) get it working how I wanted. I understand that it's designed so you launch a profile from the .yoxos file which is created when the profile is ...
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Windows 7: Chrome pinned to taskbar not opening under pinned icon
I have both Chrome and Eclipse pinned to my taskbar in Windows 7 64-Bit. However, when I launch these programs, they don't appear to open under the pinned taskbar icon
Eclipse behaves similarly. ...
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Windows 7 task bar at autohide, make it totally disapear?
My desktop look is empty so all I have is a nice wallpaper. My Windows taskbar has the "Taskbar Appearance" setting to "Auto-hide the taskbar". Although hidden, it leaves a thin top layer so you can ...
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Windows 7 like task bar for Linux
One thing I really like in Windows 7 is the taskbar. I'm wondering if there is some program in Linux which will give me the same functionality.
Here is the functionality that is important to me:
I ...
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put an icon in the task bar through script on domain computers
Question: How can I create a python/batch file that will put an icon in the task bar for all users logins?
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We are trying to retrofit a program on to some computers in our computer science ...
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Windows 7 apps inserted in middle of task bar, instead of added to the end
When I open instances of the same application in Windows 7 the newly opened instance is inserted in the task bar immediately after the existing instance instead of at the end of the list like Windows ...
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Why does my Tray Icon's Behavior occasionally reset Windows 7?
I'm fine with having most of my tray icons hidden, however I want the Outlook Notification envelop to show at all times when I have new messages. Its important for me to know when I have unread ...
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Windows 7: can't reopen minimised window on taskbar, preview OK
I have a program and want to either bring its Window to the front or reopen it after it is minimised.
It is on the taskbar and hovering over it shows the preview of the window. However clicking on ...
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Is it possible to create new category of pinned items for a taskbar shortcut like explorer?
When you right click Explorer on the taskbar a list of pinned with 2 categories is shown: Pinned and Most recently used. (I actually disabled the last one)
I was wondering if this is strictly build ...
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Restarting explorer does not restore taskbar
I've been having a really annoying problem with explorer in Windows 7. Sometimes I need to restart explorer, for example to help testing software I'm developing.
I know I can stop explorer.exe ...
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How do we set the taskbar's “rectangle area” (width and height)?
How do we set the taskbar's "rectangle area" ?
When the taskbar is located at the bottom of the screen, I could easily set the height of the taskbar. However I couldn't figure out how to set the ...
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Chunks of tooltips get stuck, where the screen isn't refreshing, I guess. (Windows 7 Professional x64, 1-2 monitors)
Here's a screenshot:
It happens a lot, not always. This screenshot was taken after less than an hour of browsing web, searching for something desperately, a lot of mouse movement, plus working on ...
