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Eclipse Icon issue in Windows 7 Taskbar
I was working with Eclipse.
In between I assigned .log file with Notepad++.
All of sudden, My eclipse icon got corrupted and when running Eclipse, I am seeing default [.exe] file symbol, which is ...
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Windows 8, pinning Downloads to the taskbar, with correct icon, etc
I'd like my Downloads folder pinned to the taskbar in Windows 8. Evidently this is not something they want you to do, so I had to look for a workaround. Currently I have something pinned with the name ...
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Launch programs from pinned taskbar custom icons
I've just followed a tutorial on how to customize icons in Windows 8 (see link below). However, when I open the program, it shows the default icon in the taskbar and not the changed icon. How do I get ...
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Windows 7 missing icons and taskbar
We are running Windows 7 on a notebook. After logging in with one account (it has Admin rights), empty desktop appears, with no icons and no taskbar.
I can change desktop properties (e.g. Themes), I ...
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How to reduce spacing between pinned icons in windows 7 taskbar (horizontal)? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I further decrease the width of small, pinned icons?
I noticed a lot of people having the same problem. And I found no way around to fix or modify this huge ...
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How to fix missing icons in the taskbar and start menu?
I installed Visual Studio 2012 yesterday and during the install my path somehow got screwed up1. Since then, the icons for applications that are part of Windows are the default "unknown" icon, but ...
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Google Chrome 'ruined' after someone else logged in
Google Chrome was the default browser that came with my laptop.
I have a Google account which I was logged into Chrome with. Someone else logged into my chrome using their account which has resulted ...
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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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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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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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Windows 7 has broken icons that look the same
My daughter has done something to her Windows 7 PC, but I'm not sure what and she can't quite remember. She is not an Administrator on her machine so it perturbs me that she has broken it so well. ...
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Windows 7 Start Menu / Taskbar shortcut icon issue
I'm running Win7 Ultimate x64, and have Visual Studio 2010 installed. The other day I mis-clicked and deleted the VS2010 program folder; I realised my mistake the next time I started the PC and ...
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Why does the Outlook taskbar envelope icon sometimes remain active, even if I have no unread email?
Outlook has a nice envelope icon that displays on top of the taskbar icon when I have new mail. Sometimes this icon comes up when I get a new message, but then doesn't go away when the message is ...
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TaskBar buttons show icon but no text
I installed Windows Server 2008 R2 (but I believe this question stil belongs here and not on serverfault) and the default look is one in which the taskbar buttons (taskbar, not notification icons) ...
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How do I change the icon for a Windows 7 taskbar group?
One of the programs I use, Coot, is launched from a batch script, which sets some environment variables, which then launches a program that prints to a console and in-turn launches the program window. ...
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Why are notification area icons' settings not saved in Windows XP?
Every time I logon I set several icons to be hidden in taskbar properties. But after reboot this setting is lost. How can I fix this problem?
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Why aren't my games starting when I click on their icons?
I've been having an ongoing issue when trying to start up games. I have my various games pinned to my taskbar, and sometimes, when I try to click on them to start 'em up, the icon lights up for a ...
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How to reduce the size of the windows icons in the xfce4-panel taskbar?
How can I reduce the size of the windows icons in the xfce4-panel taskbar?
I've reduced the height of my xfce4-panel from 20px to 16px and now the icons in the taskbar are truncated by one or two ...
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How to refresh Windows XP taskbar's shortcuts icons
Often, I have the Windows XP taskbar's shortcuts icons that don't refresh.
I could strike the F5 key repeated times, the whole desktop redraws fine, but not the taskbar... I have tried hiding and ...
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Changing running application's icon in taskbar (not pinned icons)
I'm using an IDE with multiple windows that cluttered up my taskbar. All the icons and labels are exactly the same (totally unhelpful). I used 7 Taskbar Tweaker ...
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On Windows 7, how do I fix my cmd.exe icon and remove cruft from the jumplist
When installing drivers for my Gigabyte motherboard, I installed a "Games" link which ran from a batch file. This was pinned to the taskbar by default.
As a result, it changed the icon for cmd.exe to ...
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Battery icon missing from task bar
I used to have an icon on the Windows Vista taskbar showing the battery amount remaining (laptop). It has mysteriously vanished.
How can I get it back?
I followed the Windows FAQ (see How can I hide ...
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All my program icons in Windows 7 have disappeared
All my program icons in Windows 7 have disappeared:
What could be causing this? I followed the instructions in this question but it didn't fix them. What can I do?
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1answer
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Removing killed processes from Windows taskbar notification area
There are some windows programs that create an icon in the taskbar notification area. Even after these processes are killed, their taskbar icon remains there, until you hover your mouse over it, then ...
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Sound Icon is missing - Vista Home Basic
In my Vista Home Basic (laptop) today suddenly I noticed that sound icon is missing from the task bar.
UPDATE
It works from another login on the same laptop.
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How to fix broken taskbar icons in Windows 7
I have a program pinned to the taskbar. After I upgraded the program (I think) the icon broke. What I get now is what you see below; that ugly default application icon thing.
If I unpin it, I get ...
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windows 7 taskbar icons moves by group (grouping is disabled)
I have win 7. Taksbar grouping - "never"
All tasks(icons) are not in one small group, but big tasks as it must be.
But if I open 3 notepad programs etc & then I'll try to move one of this task in ...
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Windows 7: Change pinned Command Prompt icon?
How can I change the icon of a Command Prompt icon that's pinned to my Windows 7 taskbar?
I've gone into its properties, selected "Change icon", browsed to the new icon, and pressed "OK". The system ...
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How to disable Winamp agent in the taskbar?
I remember the days when I could right click on the Winamp icon in the Windows taskbar, and select "Disable Winamp Agent", and it would actually disable and not appear again. This no longer seems to ...
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How to clear the list of “Notification Area Icons” in Windows 7?
I can't seem to find a way to clear the list of "Notification Area Icons" in Windows 7. Unfortunately I had installed a download manager (GetRight) which by default creates a tray icon for each ...
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How to Change the Libraries icon pinned to Taskbar in Windows 7
Some time back I changed the default libraries icon on Taskbar to "Computer" icon. I had to format the PC and now I looks like the I forgot the procedure to change the icon.
I tried changing the ...
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show taskbar icons in opened order
When I open programs (in Windows 7) I want the icons in the task bar to be ordered as in XP (first program opened is the first item/icon in the taskbar). If I open Internet Explorer and Notepad, the ...
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How do I remove the Xerox printer icon from the task bar?
I once installed a driver for a Xerox Phaser 6110 printer.
Ever since, I have a printer icon in my task bar whenever I restart the computer. Right-clicking it brings up the option to "Exit" which ...
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How do you show desktop in Windows 7?
In Windows XP, you get a 'Show Desktop' shortcut button in your task bar by default.
This does not appear in Windows 7. How do I add a shortcut button in Windows 7 to show the desktop and hide the ...
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How to successfully pin iTunes on Windows 7 Taskbar [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
iTunes 9 does not show icon in Windows 7 taskbar?
Do you guys know how to correctly pin iTunes to the taskbar? Yes, I can pin it but when I open iTunes, it will open ...
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How do you change the number of visible windows in each superbar icon?
Windows 7's new taskbar groups similar windows by default. Plus, the icon in the taskbar changes according to the number of windows grouped there. Here's an example image:
It's easy to see there ...
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Application icon disappears from Taskbar & Startmenu in Windows 7
I just installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Ultimate and the first thing I load is always Firefox. This time, however, it appears that Windows cannot locate the program icons for the links in the Start ...
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Windows 7 taskbar adds additional icons for already pinned icons
For example, although I have iTunes pinned to the taskbar, when I click it, it opens another iTunes icon for the actual process. Is there a fix?
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Windows 7 Taskbar Icon Highlight Sticks
After running Win 7 for some unknown period of time, the taskbar icon highlight starts to stick (video demo here: http://screencast.com/t/l5LhJ2uM). If I restart or kill explorer.exe and relaunch, it ...
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Windows 7 64-bit: icon does not appear on taskbar
I have installed the Opera browser on my Windows 7 64-bit.
since it is my main browser, I pinned it to the taskbar. however the opera icon does not appear, instead the default Windows icon is show. I ...
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How to swap Icon of running Application in Taskbar (on Windows)
I am using Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windos 2000.
There is a windows taskbar where each running application is represented by a rectangular button with an icon and a caption, one button per ...
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How do I customize the width of the icons in the Windows 7 taskbar?
I'd like to make the icons in the Windows 7 taskbar a little narrower to fit more in. I can't find the setting anywhere. Is there a way to change it?
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How do I keep an icon in the Windows 7 taskbar from disappearing when its program is open?
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 ...
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Windows 7 taskbar, create popup menus?
Is there a way in Windows 7 to create a single icon that pops up with a menu? I'm used to having True Launch Bar installed, but at the moment it doesn't integrate with the new taskbar/shortcut bar of ...
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Make Google Chrome “Application” Windows Use High-Quality Icons in Windows 7
Whenever I use Google Chrome's "Create Application" shortcut (which I heavily use, and recommend), the icons shown on the Windows 7 taskbar are really blurry, probably the result of the 16x16 favicon ...
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Upon installing SP3, desktop icons don't load, taskbar disappears and nothing runs at startup
I have recently been forced to reinstall Windows XP. Since then, every time I install Service Pack 3, my task bar does not load when I log in. The only way I have been able to get it back is to ...
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Restoring the Outlook “you have mail” icon
So I'm running Outlook at work; I've done SOMETHING (but I don't know what) that stopped the little envelope icon from appearing in the system taskbar when I have new mail. I actually find that ...
