The bar displayed on a full edge of a GUI desktop that is used to launch, monitor and switch between running applications.
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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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Is it possible to set a Windows 7 taskbar button to accept a different application as a child?
Whenever it is possible I prefer to use "portable" versions of applications instead of installing them ordinary way. I put them on drive D: and they store all the data inside their directories and ...
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Prevent thumbnails from rearranging on the Windows 7 taskbar?
When you hover over a program icon in the Windows 7 taskbar, it pops up thumbnails for each of the Windows of that program that you have running. I like this feature.
However, the order of these ...
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How can I restore Start Menu behaviour when clicking folders? (default shell)
I was experimenting with default open handlers for folders (to use an alternative file manager), so messing with HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Folder, Drive and Directory I was able to change the default ...
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Grouping shortcuts with different parameters in Windows 7 Taskbar
I have created many different windows shortcuts for pgAdmin.exe with the target database given as a command line argument. For example:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\pgAdmin III\1.14\pgadmin3.exe" /s ...
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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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How can I hide teamviewer icon in taskbar?
I am unable hide the TeamViewer's icon in the notification area.
I've tried "hide always" using the taskbar properties, but it doesn't seem to work. Is there a way to make it actually disappear?
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Windows 7 Folder contents in Jump List
I'd like to know if there's a possibility in Win7, to simply drag folder to the taskbar (which, afaik cannot be done in normal way) and display it's contents using jump list.
Example: You drag ...
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Make windows 7's grouped programs to be in the most recently used (MRU) order
Windows 7 groups programs together in the taskbar so that the user can access them using win+#. You can cycle through them by pressing the same # multiple times, but these programs are ordered in the ...
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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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How to change the size of toolbars in Windows 7's taskbar?
Look at the capture, there are some space between my "Quick Launch" toolbar and the application icons.
And I cannot drag the icons upper.
I feel the space wastes my total space of taskbar. Do ...
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Taskbar disappears sometimes when using a second monitor
Windows 7 laptop, docked with a second monitor. This problem started happening when I started using the second monitor.
The taskbar will often stop displaying. The Windows logo remains, but the ...
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How do I remove the day from the Chrome OS taskbar?
A recent update to Chrome OS added the day of the week in the taskbar, making the time smaller.
Is there way to remove the day from the clock in the taskbar? I want the clock back to its original ...
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Google Chrome cache Issue in Windows 7 over multiple systems
I am using Chrome with two systems both running on Windows 7 64-bit. I configured both instances of Chrome with my Google account, and everything worked perfectly.
Lately however I am having a hard ...
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473 views
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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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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239 views
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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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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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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448 views
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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206 views
Make java applications behave normally with reguard to the taskbar
I have a java application that is launched from a batch file as follows:
SET JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.5.0_16
SET JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
%JAVA_EXE% -Xmx128m -jar ...
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Fedora Core 10: Window List & Workspace Switcher applets keep crashing
I was minding my own business typing a command or two in a Terminal window when a dialog popped up telling me that the Workspace Switcher had crashed, and would I like to reload. Without thinking I ...
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Taskbar Preview Pane + Mouseover Info Text: Is it possible?
I've noticed a couple similar questions (ie. How to always show titles on Windows 7 Taskbar thumbail preview?), but wanted to throw this out there to see if anyone knew of a way to achieve my specific ...
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Changing Windows taskbar auto-hide settings upon connecting an external monitor
I have a netbook running Windows 7. When using it normally, I like to have the taskbar auto-hide, but I frequently have an external monitor connected and much prefer the taskbar visible then.
Is ...
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237 views
How to refresh Taskbar Thumbnails after Aero was turned off and on again?
I use the radmin remote software that turns off Aero when it runs. When I exit, Aero turns back on, but all of my taskbar thumbnails are gone until I manually restore each window – a royal pain!
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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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Windows 7 taskbar clock disappears
The clock on the right of the taskbar is enabled but seems to disappear every time I reboot my computer. (I'm guessing at the frequency; I notice it has gone away every day after I dock.) The clock ...
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Windows multi-monitor setup with seperated taskbars and alt-tabbing
I've found UltraMon and several other tools that will provide seperated taskbars, but is there a tool that will also seperate alt-tabbing behaviour for all monitors?
Would be nice if it worked for XP ...
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Clicking program tab on Taskbar in server 2003 brings two windows
This is a crazy problem.
I am using server 2003 as my development machine.
When I click a "program icon" (Don't know if that is the right word) in the task bar, sometimes it will bring the program I ...
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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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How to prevent an app from minimizing (Windows 7)
Is there a way, on Windows 7, to prevent a specific application from minimizing to the task bar & the system tray, even if the application itself doesn't support this feature?
Please note: I mean ...
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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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Windows 7: Windows randomly become “always on top”
Kind of a weird issue: Often while I'm using Windows 7 with multiple app windows, one or more of them will randomly become "always on top", not allowing me to access my taskbar below (it's set to ...
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Can I automatically hide a program in the taskbar on startup?
I have a Windows application that I need to run on startup and keep running continually. It spawns a window, and I don't need that window open all the time. Rather than just minimize it, I wanted to ...
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Can I pin a specific profile to my taskbar?
I have several Google Chrome profiles which I use. I would like to be able to pin them to my taskbar in the same way I do other browsers. When I pin the open Chrome window to the browser, it does not ...
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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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Possible to have taskbar in E17 with multiple rows?
Is it possible to make the taskbar in E17 use multiple rows, thus allowing for a larger number of open applications to fit?
I want to be able to have many, say, pdf documents open at the same time ...
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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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Show number of unread emails in taskbar
Is there a way to show the number of unread emails in MS Outlook 2007 when it is minimized to the taskbar (the way gmail does)?
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How do I make right clicking an application in the task bar NOT give it focus?
For example, say a fullscreen game has an issue, it doesn't respond, and I wish to close it.
I could use task manager to close it, but in the search of a faster way I find that right clicking the ...
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Can badges be added to pinned websites?
I have a handful of websites pinned to my Windows 7 Taskbar using Internet Explorer 9. This includes Outlook.com, work hosted Outlook webmail, Google Reader, Facebook, and Yammer.
As long as the ...
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666 views
Pin Icons to right side of Windows Taskbar?
How can I pin a program/folder to the right side of the taskbar, instead of the left side?
I'm using Windows 7.
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Emacs org-mode timer - can it be shown in the Windows 7 taskbar?
I use Emacs org-mode for organizing my tasks and projects and also for time tracking.
However, I'm working a lot in other applications (mostly Microsoft Office 2007 or Firefox), so the Emacs Window is ...
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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?
Info:
We are trying to retrofit a program on to some computers in our computer science ...
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How can I configure the width of vertical WindowsXP taskbar to stop it expanding?
I prefer to place my Windows taskbar vertically on the right, but I want it to be one icon wide not two, that way if I have multiple copies of the same app running I can hover of the apps icon for it ...
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Setting the view of the toolbar to Large icons creates a gap in the Windows 7's taskbar
If you add a custom toolbar in the Windows 7 taksbar and set the toolbar view to Large Icons (and the icons in the toolbar are not set to Use small icons), the height of the taskbar unexpectedly ...
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Windows 7 games minimising to desktop
Does anyone know why my games minimize back to the desktop after about 10 minutes play?
I'm using Windows 7 and it only seems to happen in certain games and has only recently started happening.
