Customize Your Taskbar
Recently, a geek friend* mentioned to me to me a free, handy utility that lets you ‘tweak’ (aka “customize”) your Windows 7 Taskbar easily.
7 Taskbar Tweaker is portable utility and easy-to-use as well. It features some of the best tweaks available for Windows 7 Taskbar. Below is the list of tweaks available in 7 Taskbar Tweaker:
# Disable grouping of windows by file path or application ID
# Open with while dropping a file on a Taskbar button instead of pinning
# Close or focus a window on middle click instead of running a new instance
# Show standard window menu on right click instead of jump list
# Cycle through windows of a grouped button on left click instead of showing a thumbnail preview
# Disable thumbnail preview
I have not tried it yet myself, but it is recommended in PC World and elsewhere as one of the best ‘tweak tools’. My geek friend also tried to get me to move my Taskbar to the vertical, arguing that on widescreen monitors (in particular) doing so frees up valuable “screen real estate”, and really helps, as he likes to have two window panes open side-by-side when he’s working.
Doing so is easy, simply:
1) right-click on a blank area of the Taskbar..
2) Click on “Lock the Taskbar” to uncheck it.
3) Left click on a blank area of the Taskbar (to “grab” it) and “drag” it to the right, or left, edge of your screen.
(Then, right-click on a blank area of the Taskbar and click on “Lock the Taskbar” to check it again, and keep it in place.)
If this should prove to be “too weird” for you, and you want to revert to ‘normal’ .. simply repeat the process and drag-and-drop to the bottom edge. But my friend swears, once you try it, you won’t go back…
* Here at T4E Headquarters, “geek” is a compliment.
Do you have a ‘tweak tool’ you simply love, and want me to know about? Tell me about it. Leave a comment!
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