Windows 7 Taskbar, or Superbar, is a combination of the usual taskbar features and Quick Launch feature by enabling dock items to the Taskbar. However, if you want to access the Quick Launch bar, you can easily add it to the Taskbar.
Right-click any area on the Taskbar select Toolbars > New Toolbar . Next enter the following path in the address bar of the opened window:
% appdata% MicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick Launch
Then click Select Folder . Once you have added Quick Launch, uncheck Lock the Taskbar to do some things like: drag Quick Launch to the left to bring up the applications in it, only allow the icon and remove the text of the application. By right-clicking on Quick Launch and unchecking in Show Text .
In some tips on the Start menu above, we already know how to add the Recycle Bin to the Start menu. Now we will show you some ways to add Recycle Bin right into the Taskbar and Quick Launch.
First, create a New > Shortcut on the desktop. Enter the command line : explorer.exe shell: RecycleBinFolder . Name this shortcut as Recycle Bin . You can change the icon accordingly (see more at % SystemRoot% system32imageres.dll ).
Finally, right-click the newly created icon, select Pin to Taskbar . Then want to remove it from Taskbar just select Unpin . You can also move the new trash icon between Taskbar and Quick Launch.
If you regularly access My Computer, it is helpful to add a link to it in the Taskbar. The following tutorial will help you add the Computer menu to the Taskbar to easily access your drive.
Right-click the Taskbar > Toolbars > New Toolbar . Navigate to the folder to add to the Taskbar, here is the Computer icon. Click Select Folder .
Windows 7 Taskbar is redesigned as a Taskbar ' style dock ' with windows for each application combined into a single button on Taskbar for application groups. If you don't feel comfortable using the Taskbar 'dock style ' in Windows 7, make the Taskbar work like in Windows XP and Vista.
First right-click on any area on Taskbar > Properties . From the menu list of the Taskbar buttons select ' Never combine ' if you don't want to combine windows, or ' Combine when Taskbar is full ' so that the Taskbar automatically combines windows when it's empty.
When the battery programs enter the Taskbar, the colors of the default icon can be confusing to the user. The following tutorial will help you get a set of icons on the Taskbar with the same color.
The easiest way is to right-click the icon on the Taskbar, right-click on the program name and select Properties . Click Change icon . to change the icon. However, this way will not be updated immediately, even after restarting the computer there has not been a change.
Instead, create and customize icons for the Taskbar. Open Explorer and enter the following path in the address bar:
% appdata% / Microsoft / Internet Explorer / Quick Launch / User Pinned / Taskbar
Select the entire icon, and copy them to a new folder. You can save it on the desktop because we only need to store it temporarily. Then right-click an icon> Properties > Change Icon . Select icons with .ico, .exe , or .dll extensions. You have to do this with all other icons, but when you're done you will have a set of harmonious icons on the Taskbar.
In case the application does not allow to change the icon (Change Icon button is blurry), we will instead create a new shortcut for the application. Right-click the folder or desktop, New -> Shortcut . Point to the location of the program icon, click Next to create a shortcut. Then change the icon as shown above.
If you want to monitor the performance of your system resources but don't want too many icons on the desktop, then the free Taskbar Meters will help you.
This is open source, lightweight and setup software for three applications: monitoring memory usage; Operation of CPU and hard disk . You can adjust the slider to set the update frequency and the percentage of performance from blue to yellow, red.
To change the colors of the Windows 7 Taskbar can be done immediately without installing any additional software.
Right-click the desktop> Personalize . Select Window Color below the window that appears. Next select the color you like, then the color of the window and the Taskbar will be changed.
Another way is to take advantage of the transparency of the Taskbar to create a desktop wallpaper the size of the screen resolution and height of the Taskbar. You can use the Paint.Net image editor available in Windows, creating a background image as shown below.
If you have trouble with the Taskbar bar when auto-hide the application icon, even set up both in the Control Panel but still not effective. The following tips will help you fix this error in Windows 7, and both Windows Vista and Windows XP.
When you are using the auto-hide feature of the Windows Taskbar, they will be hidden until the application blinks or a message appears. This time the icon will appear, and just click that window to ignore the notifications to continue to hide the Taskbar.
There are cases where after hiding some application, it will not hide or disappear because some applications are not written completely properly, causing conflicts and a message appears and are kept in the Taskbar. You can try to fix it by restarting the application or clicking on the icon to activate any notifications.
The next way is to press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager and End Process explorer.exe application. Then reboot by going to File > New Task > enter explorer > OK .
Although Windows 7 Taskbar gives you quick access to your favorite programs, however, it will lead to clutter that lacks organization when the battery is full of applications. Therefore it is easier to manage them if they are grouped into groups.
Since Windows 7 Taskbar allows users to pin any application or shortcut into it, we will use blank shortcuts for fake applications to organize separate programs into groups. First we need a folder to store all shortcuts and applications that you will not delete. For example, create a new folder in the Downloads folder.
In this folder create a text document or any file (not a folder or shortcut).
Rename this file with the extension .exe (note that you need to remove traces in Hide extensions for known file types in Windows ). Click Yes when asked.
A fake executable file is created, right-click it and select Create Shortcut . We will create shortcuts for these fake applications and change its icons to transparent (Change Icon). You create so many files in turn, then pin them to the Taskbar, now between applications there will be a transparent space separated, and the division into such groups will help you easily manage them. than.
Note: these transparent icons are actually like a normal application so you can click, but there will be an error message that it is not a valid program. So if you accidentally click, just select No when asked if you want to remove this shortcut.
Windows 7 Aero Peek feature allows you to view thumbnails of each application on the Taskbar. This is a nice feature, but what if you want to click on any program icon to access the last window opened from it? You can hold down Ctrl and click on a Taskbar button, but it will be faster if you just need one click. The following is a guide to hacking icons on the Taskbar so that they open the last active window for each application.
Open regedit and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced
Next create a 32-bit DWORD value with the name LastActiveClick and set the value to it to 1 .
Then log back in to enable or disable Explorer.exe via Task Manager and then reactivate. Good luck!