The taskbar is perhaps the most talked about aspect of Windows 7 — this long stagnant icon since the Windows 95 days has finally seen a significant upgrade. Windows 7 makes the taskbar more than just ...

Dick Frank unintentionally changed something in Windows 7 so that each window, rather than each application, gets its own taskbar icon. That’s too many icons. How does he change it back? One of the ...

You can pin frequently accessed folders to Windows Explorer’s folder-like icon on the taskbar, but even more helpful for some might be the ability to pin a system-wide search to that same folder.

One of my favorite https://www.pcworld.com/tags/Microsoft+Windows+7.html amenities is thumbnail previews, which appear when you mouse over any running program in the ...

Just got your hands on Windows 7 and want to bend it to your will? No problem. We’ve got plenty of tips, hacks and secrets to keep you busy for a long time, including automatically opening Windows ...

With Windows 7’s “shake” feature, though, you can minimize every window except the one in which you’re currently working — in a single step. Click and hold the title bar of the window you want to keep ...

From less annoying security prompts to an improved taskbar, here's a look at the five features of Windows 7 generating the most discussion and what they'll mean to you. Windows 7 is proving a divisive ...

Finally, a tool that lets you pin any item - be it a file, a folder or anything else - to the Windows 7 taskbar in a quick and easy way However, there are still some restrictions that we could do ...

Here's an easy way to launch the most recently used or altered files on your computer through the new Windows 7 taskbar However, the only issue with it is that it isn’t easy to launch other files as ...

As for why I like so many windows, it's because it affords fast, easy access to them all thanks to their static position on the taskbar (and not hidden in some secondary menu that I need to wait for ...

Here's the scenario my team finds itself in. The firm is migrating to Windows 7. Pilot groups start in January 2011. Bulk of this year has involved identifying all the apps we currently have in our XP ...