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  • Windows 7 Tips

    Make the Windows 7 Taskbar Work More Like Windows XP or Vista

    Changing the Windows 7 Taskbar to XP/Vista Style
    To revert back to the older style, the first thing you’ll need to do is right-click on any open area of the taskbar and choose Properties from the menu.

    From the Taskbar buttons drop-down menu, you’ll want to choose “Never combine”, which will make every window show up as a separate button on the taskbar, or you could choose “Combine when taskbar is full”, which does just like it says.

    Now you should see the buttons show up with text labels like you are probably used to… but in the Windows 7 style.

    If you chose the “Use small icons” checkbox in the properties screen, the taskbar will actually shrink down to look very similar to Vista.

    The only problem is that the “pinned” icons are still sitting on the taskbar, which isn’t the same as Vista or XP, but you can easily remove all of them by right-clicking and choosing “Unpin this program from taskbar”.

    And now the taskbar looks and works very similarly to Windows Vista:

    If you wanted to be really silly, you can choose the “Windows Classic” theme under the Desktop \ Personalize section… but that would be taking it a little too far.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    Super Taskbar
    In Windows 7, the taskbar has become a super Taskbar. All things are @ tips and fewer clicks are required for access to anything. Features of Windows 7 Taskbar
    1. You can pin frequently used programs to the taskbar
    2. You can even pin a specific document to a program using Jumplist feature. Any frequently used document can be pinned to an application. Right click application icon in taskbar to access it.
    3.You’ll see live taskbar thumbnails of each open window so you can keep track of the files and programs you’re using and select them more easily. Rest your cursor on the thumbnail, and Aero Peek brings the full size window into focus.
    4. You can also close a window directly from the thumbnail preview window.

  • Pin Computer to the Taskbar

    How to Pin Computer to the Windows 7 Taskbar
    Information
    This will show you how to pin Computer to the Windows 7 taskbar as a separate icon instead of it being pinned as a Jump list item in the default pinned Window Explorer taskbar icon.

    Note
    When you have both the default Windows Explorer icon to the left and this Computer icon to the right of it, then each time you click on the Computer icon on the taskbar it will open another separate new window of Computer. Clicking on the Windows Explorer icon will only open the one window instance.
    Warning
    To avoid issues with other pinned “explorer” type shortcuts from displaying their opened windows in the thumbnail previews of whatever pinned “explorer” type shortcut is on the farthest left of the taskbar, be sure that the default pinned Windows Explorer taskbar icon is dragged to the left of this pinned Computer icon on the taskbar, and that any other pinned “explorer” type icon is dragged to the right of this Computer icon.
    EXAMPLE: Computer Unpinned and Pinned from the Taskbar
    EXAMPLE: Computer window
    Manually Create the Download Shortcut
    1. If you have not already, then uncheck the default Computer shortcut from the Desktop Icon Settings window.
    2. Right click on a empty space on the desktop and click on New and Shortcut.
    3. Type in the location in bold below and click on the Next button. (See screenshot below)
    %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe shell:MyComputerFolder
    OR
    %windir%\explorer.exe shell:MyComputerFolder
    OR
    C:\Windows\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
    4. For the name, type Computer and click on the Finish button. (See screenshot below)
    5. Right click on the new Computer shortcut on the desktop and click on Properties.
    6. Under the Shortcut tab, click on the Change Icon button. (See screenshot below)
    7. In the “Look for icons…” line, type in bold below and press enter. (See screenshot below)
    %SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll
    8. Select the Computer icon and click on OK. (See screenshot above)
    9. Click on OK. (See screenshot below)
    10. Drag the new Computer shortcut onto the taskbar until you see the Pin to Taskbar pop-up and drop it. (See screenshot below)
    11. Computer is now pinned to the taskbar. (See screenshot below)
    NOTE: 
    If you ever wish to remove the pinned Computer icon from the taskbar, right click on it and click on Unpin this program from the Taskbar.
    12. You can now delete the Computer shortcut on the desktop.