Teach you to adjust the Windows 7 taskbar

Many people say that Windows 7 is just based on Vista improvements, in fact, Windows 7 has a lot of its own original creations, such as "library" function, more convenient AERO effects and so on. However, most people think that the improved taskbar is the most praiseworthy place of Windows 7. We have introduced the related skills of the Win7 taskbar, and now we have to play the taskbar more exciting.

The taskbar is one of our most used features. When we first faced the Windows 7 taskbar, I might feel a little confused when I was excited. Compared with XP, the change is really big. I can find some common techniques through my own operation, but some functions need to be studied carefully. Only then.

1. Display the quick launch bar

Windows7 does not display the quick launch bar by default. You can retrieve the quick launch bar by the following method. Right-click on the taskbar, select Toolbar, New Toolbar, and type: %UserPRofile%AppDataRoamingMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick Launch in the pop-up dialog box. At this time, the prompt that the path does not exist will pop up. Leave it alone, click OK, and then it will appear. A folder called "Quick Launch", select it and click "Select Folder" to complete the operation.

2, let the library display "My Computer"

By default, there will be a "Library" button on the taskbar. After opening, it will enter the "Library" folder of the system. If you don't use the "Library" feature, you can set this button to open directly into the "computer".

Right click on the "Library" button, then right click on "Windows Explorer", select "Properties", the value in the target (T) column is: %windir%explorer.exe, I only need to This string of numbers can be followed by a space and a comma, click OK to complete the modification.

3. Adjusting the position of the taskbar and the size of the icon

The taskbar of Windows7 is much larger, and the arrangement has changed. If you are not used to it, you can adjust it by setting the property.

Click the right button in the blank space of the taskbar to select the property, and you can set it in the “Taskbar” tab. We can condition the size, position, and auto-hide of the taskbar icon, and also set the arrangement of the taskbar buttons. Mode, if you are not used to the Jumplist list, you can set the taskbar button to "Never merge."

4. Use the right-click function

We can drag various programs to the taskbar and start it quickly. Do you just use the left button to open this simple function? If you right click on the icon on the taskbar, there may be new features.

For example, if we right click on the "Library" button, we can find that the commonly used folders are automatically listed according to your operation for quick access; if it is a browser like Maxthon, the right click icon will display the most frequently. Browse the webpage; if it is a software such as a WMP player, it will also display the most frequently played videos, music, and so on.

5. Quick Quick Start with QuickJumplist

QuickJumplist is a domestic Windows 7 taskbar enhancement software (click here to download). Although we can lock all kinds of software to the taskbar, the length of the taskbar is limited. If you use a lot of software and folders, a long list of icons on the taskbar is not good. You can use QuickJumplist. solve this problem.

This software has only one file and can be used with a single click. Click on the file to add any software execution program to the list of the software. Similarly, click on the folder to add any folder. After the addition is complete, click the "Create" button. The added content is made into a list of Jumplists. Then we can right click and we can see the content just added. Click to use. If you feel convenient, you can lock the software to the taskbar for a long time.

6, the taskbar also has to use the glass effect

AERO glass effect is the unique display effect in Vista and Windows7, making the interface look more beautiful. After opening the glass effect in Windows 7, you will find that the Jumplist list on the taskbar is still black on white, which is a bit inconsistent with the overall effect, so we also use the glass effect on this Jumplist list.

Install 7stacks first, although it is in English, but the operation is very simple. After the installation is complete, click “Create a new 7stack” on the desktop to open the setting interface. The top "folder to use for stack" column means to set the contents of the Jumplist list. You can select a file

folder or store the shortcuts of commonly used software in a folder, then Point to this folder again, here is the D drive. The other settings remain the same, click on the "Dreate Shortcut on Desktop" at the bottom, then a shortcut called "Drive D" will be generated on the desktop, close the software, drag the shortcut to the taskbar to lock, then left click Click to see the gorgeous effect.

7.Gmail Mail Preview

Although Windows 7 has a sidebar function, you can add various gadgets to the desktop, but one problem is if you are browsing the web or doing document operations. When you want to view the information in the sidebar, unless you set the sidebar tool to the front-end display, you must switch to the desktop to view it. The front-end display will have an impact on the operation, and it will be more convenient to set some important tools to the taskbar display.

Gmail is a popular email address. If you use Gmail under Windows 7, you must use the "Gmail NotifIEr Plus" plugin to preview emails and write new emails in the taskbar. .

Click this software to display a red mail icon in the taskbar. The first time you will be asked to enter the correct Gmail account information. If the login is successful, put the mouse in this when the AERO effect is enabled. You can view the latest emails on the icon and right click to do other things.

8. The taskbar displays hardware information

A lot of friends like to view the computer hardware information realized so that they can deal with the existing problems in time, usually by injecting "Master Lu". Hardware detection software to view, now we can make hardware information displayed in the taskbar through a few small plug-ins.

I believe everyone needs to know the real-time usage of CPU and memory. We can use the "TaskbarCpumeter" and "TaskbarmemoryMeter" plug-ins, double-click to display them in the taskbar, but these two plug-ins The difference is that instead of displaying detailed information, it is represented by color. We can click the icon on the taskbar to set the color to indicate the CPU and memory usage. It is convenient to view.