Windows XP system taskbar nine secrets

“Taskbar” is a gray area at the bottom of the Windows desktop. On the left is the “Start” button, and on the right there is a small window showing the time, input method and other icons, also known as the system tray. Depending on the operating system and software installation and configuration, there are different icons on the “Taskbar” and we can also customize the “Taskbar” content according to individual needs and preferences.

1. Move “Task Bar” &

Use the left mouse button to hold down the blank area of ​​the taskbar and drag the mouse. At this time, “Task Bar” will follow the mouse. Move on the screen, when the new position appears, a shadow border will appear on the side of the screen, release the mouse, “Taskbar” will be displayed in the new position, on the left, right and top of the screen .

2, change the size of the "task bar"

To change the size of the "task bar" is very simple, just move the mouse to the edge of the "taskbar" Near the center of the screen, when the mouse turns into a two-way arrow, press the left mouse button to drag to change the size of the "task bar".

3, hide & ldquo; taskbar & rdquo;

If you want to hide the "task" & rdquo;, you can do this by: right click on the "task bar" blank area , select properties, open the "Taskbar" property settings box, here you can not only set the hidden "task bar", you can also set other properties. Of course, you can also hide it by hand-hiding. Just use the mouse to drag the edge of the taskbar to the center of the screen to the edge of the screen, so that we can only see one edge of the taskbar.

4, Add “Task Bar”

If you set the shortcut icon too much on the taskbar as described above, the taskbar will become overcrowded. The best way to change this situation is to add a few more taskbars to Windows!

Open the “Start” menu and use the left mouse button to select any program group under “Program”, drag to the edge of the screen and release. In this way, Windows will miraculously add a taskbar in the previous location. This taskbar has all the features on the original taskbar.

Using the same method, you can also add a taskbar to the other edges of the screen. Windows supports a total of four taskbars.

5, "Additional toolbars on the taskbar"

“The taskbar” has four built-in toolbars, namely "Quick Start" "Address"Address&rdquo ;, “link” and “desktop<;toolbar, plus "new toolbar". The specific implementation method is as follows: right click in the blank area of ​​the “Task Bar”, select “Toolbar”, and you will see these options in the next menu, if a toolbar has been displayed in the “Task” On the bar & rdquo;, there is a “√” tag in front of the menu option. To show or close the corresponding toolbar, click on the corresponding option. If you want to create a new toolbar, select the “New Toolbar” option to open the New Toolbar dialog box, select the relevant folder or type in the Internet address and click “OK”

6, custom system tray

The icon displayed on the tray can also be controlled by itself to display or display what content, such as through the "task bar properties" window can choose not to display Time, through the "Multimedia" property in the "Control Panel" can display or turn off the volume control icon, you can start or hide the input method indicator through the "Input Method Properties" dialog box. The power indicator icon can be set via the <quo;Power Management” option in the “Control Panel", and the “Advanced → General” dialog box can be opened via the “Display ” option. For many other software, sometimes the corresponding icons are added to the tray of the taskbar, such as capture software, anti-virus software, translation software, system detection software, etc. These icons can also be opened and hidden by setting. The addition of these icons also makes our operation convenient and fast.

7. Remove the shortcut icon from IE on the “Task Bar”

If your computer does not have Internet access, you can use the IE shortcut next to the “Start” menu. The mode icon is deleted and the limited space on the taskbar is reclaimed. To do this, right-click on the empty space of the taskbar and select the “Toolbar/Quick Start” command from the right-click menu that opens, and remove the ““√” in front of it.

8, add shortcut icons on the "task bar"

According to the IE shortcut icon, we can also set the commonly used application as such a shortcut icon in the task On the bar, we can easily call up the app, eliminating the hassle of opening the layer from the "Start" menu.

First open the Explorer, create a new folder on the hard disk (such as named Media), and then create a shortcut for the application, it is recommended to name the application a short description, and set the icon , drag to the “Media” folder. Go back to the desktop, right-click in the blank space of the taskbar, select the “Toolbar/New Toolbar” command, and follow the prompts to select the “Media” folder to confirm the exit.

Right click on the blank space of the taskbar, open the right-click menu, and then remove the “display text” and “display title" items on the menu, the rest of the taskbar is ours The shortcut icon is needed. If you still need to set up shortcut icons for other apps, simply drag their shortcuts into the “Media” folder and you're done.

9, in the "task bar" display desktop

After running multiple applications, there will be a lot of windows to close the desktop tightly. In this case, if you want to open the shortcut on the desktop, the common method is to minimize all the windows before you can use the desktop. We can use the following methods to solve this problem:

Right-click in the blank space on the taskbar, select the "Toolbar/Desktop" command, and then display the text "<;" And the "display title" item is removed, and all shortcuts on the desktop will be turned into icons on the taskbar. In the future, no matter how many windows are blocked, it can be easily started from the taskbar, which is more convenient!