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How to default to opening all windows when clicking on the taskbar?

Recently, despaired by Skype's lack of a Ctrl-Tab function (switching between conversations) and focus being on contact search rather than the message text area, I reluctantly switched to the Compact ...
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make desktop apps appear in left bar windows 8

I am annoyed by how to switch between programs in windows 8. To switch between desktop applications, you have to use the traditional taskbar and for metro apps you use the new multitasking-program ...
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Automatically move taskbar when rotating screen

I have a Windows 8 tablet-laptop combo with which I have an issue. To save space, I keep my task bar at the left side of the screen. This is fine when using the device in landscape mode, but when I ...
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Prevent auto-hide setting from syncing across Windows 8 computers

Here's my situation I play iRacing in windowed mode on my desktop, using all of my screen space, so I enable auto-hiding of my task bar to give me the bottom portion of my screen to the game I then ...
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Programmatically customize windows 8

Could I make the Windows 8 Start menu behave more like the task-bar? The functionality I have in mind is to automatically pin running applications to the left most group, and also to create that group ...
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How to reduce the sensitivity of the auto-hiding feature for the Windows 8 Taskbar?

As it says in the title, I want to reduce the sensitivity of the auto-hiding feature for the Windows 8 taskbar. It currently "un-hides" as soon as the mouse touches the last column of pixels (column ...
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Remove toolbar entry from taskbar's Toolbar menu

I tried several times through to uninstall the program which has this toolbar but the program seems to have a problem with Windows 8 so I removed it using REVO Uninstaller. Nevertheless, the entry ...
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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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Windows 8 Taskbar - Hide labels, never combine [duplicate]

In Windows 7 I could get this this type of Taskbar by adding a string called MinWidth to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics and setting it to 54. Can I do the same in Windows 8? ...
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Windows 8 multi-monitor notification area [duplicate]

Is there any way to allow the notification area to be displayed on both taskbars in a multimonitor configuration? It's currently limited to only appearing on the primary monitor and there doesn't ...
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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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Changes in windows 7 do not save to hard drive?

This is kind of weird behavior: I pin an application to my taskbar. About 5 minutes later I get a bsod. When I reboot, the icon that I pinned to the taskbar is unpinned. Do these changes - to the ...
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Show Windows 8 Taskbar with Touch Screen

I have been searching for an answer for this for a while and have not found anything. On Windows 8 with a touch screen, I have the task bar set to autohide (something I've preferred in Windows ...
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Is it possible to edit Windows 8 swipe actions?

I would like to edit edge swipes in Windows 8. Specifically, I want to swipe up to show the taskbar. Is there any way to do this?
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Locking thumbnail or Pin it permanently or for period Windows [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a way to keep windows 7 thumbnail preview open for a particular app? I'm interested in working in my environment while watching YouTube video or whatever. I ...
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Turn on auto hide for taskbar on second screen but not on primary screen in windows 8

I have a laptop running Windows 8, and recently purchased a monitor to use while at home. I love that there is now a taskbar on both screens, but I wish I could turn on the auto hide feature for the ...
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Prevent a single IE window with multiple open tabs from being displayed as multiple windows in the taskbar? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Prevent IE8 tabs from opening tabs in stack in taskbar When I use IE 9 or 10, and open multiple tabs, the taskbar icon is shown like there are many instances of IE, even ...
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Shortcut for launching taskbar app #11

For launching 4th app on my taskbar, I press Win + 4. This works for first 10 apps. Win+0 will launch 10th app on my taskbar. But, I can't figure how to launch 11th app on taskbar using a shortcut?
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Display the clock on multiple screens in Windows 8

Is it possible to display the clock on the taskbar on each screen in Windows 8, namely, without 3rd-party tools?
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Show time/date on taskbar

Is there a way to show the time/date on the taskbar? (at the moment, all I can see is a little upwards-pointing arrow that shows hidden icons) EDIT: Turns out that the time is shown by default and ...
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How to change task bar only color in Windows 8?

Is there some way for me to set the task bar color at the bottom to a specific color independent of the color of the window border? For example, I want to keep the task bar color black, while keeping ...
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Is it possible to pin an application to the taskbar on a secondary display?

I have "Show taskbar on all displays" set to enabled and taskbar buttons are set to show where the window is open. Under these settings, there are no pinned shortcuts on the secondary display; only ...
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Why can't I pull up the taskbar when Chrome is maximized?

Whenever I maximize Chrome in Windows 8 the auto-hide on my taskbar breaks; moving the mouse to the bottom of my screen will no longer pull up the taskbar. This is really annoying as pressing the ...