How to pin a folder to the task bar in Windows 7

February 25, 2010 2 comments

One of the cool features in Windows 7 is that you can pin your favorite applications to the taskbar so that you can easily launch them when needed. What if you want to pin a folder that you frequently use? Wouldn’t it be great if you could access your favorite folders quickly from the taskbar? [...]

How to make Vista and XP taskbar to show only icons

August 15, 2009 1 comment

The Windows 7 taskbar consists exclusively of icons, even for programs that are currently running. While at first it may appear to be inconvenient to identify the tabs with just the icons, you quickly get used to it and importantly it frees up lots of extra space on the taskbar. However, in Windows Xp or [...]

Got a wide monitor? Try moving the taskbar to the right.

March 10, 2009 0 comments

Most of us Windows users would have, at some point, tried moving the taskbar to a position other than the bottom edge. And, if you are like me, you would have probably changed it back to the bottom edge after a few minutes. I guess, the reason most of us revert back to the default [...]

Multimonitor Taskbar – Windows taskbar for your secondary monitor

November 27, 2008 1 comment

In an earlier post I had written about how to Easily convert your laptop to a dual monitor system using your spare monitor. If you already have a working dual monitor system you would notice that while you can port any window to the secondary monitor, the windows taskbar only appears in the primary monitor. [...]

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