Group And Organize Program Icons In Windows 7 Taskbar With Bins

I love the fact how Microsoft puts in many new features amidst every new iteration of Windows OS. Among many great features found in Windows 7, the option to pin items to the taskbar (also called superbar) is of immense convenience. It is far more flexible than the quick launch option that was previously present in earlier Windows versions like the XP or Vista. However, if one has too many items pinned to the taskbar, it can result in a lot of clutter. A remedy to this problem has been provided by the developers of Fences with their new utility called Bins. Read More

Create And Categorize Jump List Items With Seven Jump

Windows 7 jump list is one great productivity enhancement feature which lets you quickly access options, associated tasks, and recently opened items of applications pinned in taskbar (also known as Superbar). Seven Jump is a nifty little addition to Windows jumplist feature that is written to extends its function and revitalizes it to offer customizability. It allows you to gain complete control over jumplist by letting you manipulate and design new jumplists to access a list of selected programs. The application working mechanism is based on creating a category under which applications, shortcuts, files, folders can be added, and finally adding it in a jumplist, as developer himself exhibited the usage by creating a category of all Adobe products in a jump list for accessing them easily. Read More

Hide Taskbar With Hotkey [Windows]

Sometimes while using full screen application or other dock programs which apparently takes up full screen, task bar seems to be bit annoying in that particular case. Taskbar Eliminator is a small utility built solely to instantly hide the taskbar. It sits in the system tray and can be quickly toggled on & off through a hotkey, providing smooth sliding of taskbar in & out & flexibility along. Read More

How To Add Quick Launch Bar In Windows 7

Windows 7 offers a brand new user-interface with new eye-candy superbar. But surely, you will miss Quick Launch Bar which was available in Windows Vista, Windows XP and all older versions of Windows. Let me share an easy way to quickly add the launch bar back in the Windows 7 taskbar. Read More

How To Display Text On Windows 7 Taskbar

By default, the Windows 7 Taskbar only displays the icons for the running applications, hence sometimes it is difficult to judge what new applications are running unless you open them. However, Windows 7 allows you to switch between apps icons and apps' icons & labels on taskbar. If you want to show application name along with its icon on taskbar, you can choose to show labels with apps' icons.  It is very simple to enable text to be displayed on the Windows 7 Taskbar buttons. Please go through the following simple steps to enable apps' labels. Read More

Get Windows 7 Taskbar Interface For Windows XP

If you are one of those users who refuse to upgrade from Windows XP, then this post is for you. ViGlance can port Windows 7 superbar to Windows XP without any fuss. All you need to do is to extract the archive, run the installer and follow the procedures in the video given at the end of this post.

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