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Pin Anything To Taskbar In Windows 8 With Taskbar Pinner
Here, is a simple tutorial that will able you to pin anything to taskbar in Windows 8. In this tutorial we will be using a tool called Taskbar Pinner to achieve this. This is a simple tool by the guys at Winaero that will enable you to pin anything to the taskbar in Windows 8 with real ease. This tutorial will also be for Windows 7.
So follow the steps below and pin anything to the taskbar in Windows 8.
Steps to use Taskbar Pinner and pin anything to the taskbar in Windows 8:
- The first thing that we are supposed to do here is download the Taskbar Pinner for Windows 8. To do so click on this link which will redirect your browser to the download page of Taskbar Pinner.
- This will download a zipped file. Unzip that file. Now you will have the folder as shown in the screenshot below. As described above in the introduction, this application works both for Windows 7 and Windows 8. So just use the version of the program according to the version of the OS that you are using.
- Now just double-click on the program to run it, there is no need to install it. After you have the program running, you will have the interface as shown in the screenshot below.
- This simple and easy to use interface allows you to pin files, folders, shell location, or library to the taskbar in Windows 8. To pin something just click on the appropriate button from interface and you will be presented with the dialog box from where you can select the thing that you want to pin to the taskbar in Windows 8.
- As an example I am going to pin a shell location for the options. To do so just click on the Pin a shell Location button as pointed out in the screenshot, now you will be presented with the set of option as shown below. Just select whatever you like and it will be pinned to the taskbar in Windows 8. In this manner you can pin anything to the taskbar in Windows 8.
- One of the best feature that I like about this is the ability to integrate with the explorer context menu as shown in the screenshot below. In this manner you can pin anything that you come across with just a few clicks with Taskbar Pinner. To turn on this feature just put a checkmark on the applications interface as shown below.
In this manner you can control and customize things pinned to your taskbar with simplicity.
Hide System Tray Icons App Windows Or Any Part Of The Taskbar
The taskbar works like a control center for Windows that allows you manage all the running applications, launch new ones through pinned shortcuts, access the Start Menu and view the system tray items such as running services, time clock etc. The default taskbar options in Windows 7 allow you to change the Taskbar appearance, including the grouping and size of icons, the Notification area, and use of Aero Peek. Moreover, there are options to customize the Start Menu and choose the toolbars that you want to be available on the taskbar. Today, we have a tool for you called Taskbar Hide, which provides users with a lot of taskbar related options, such as hiding or closing program windows, hiding system tray icons, modifying the order of running applications on taskbar, setting application windows to stay on top, hiding a part of the taskbar, etc. The program lets you deal with the application and system tray icons individually to control the taskbar’s appearance. All the options can be accessed through the main interface, as well as using hotkeys.
When you run the application for the first time, it asks you to enter a registration code. This registration is completely voluntary, if you want to help the developer; otherwise, all the features of the application can be used for free with no limitations, by clicking the Skip button.
The main interface has two tabs accessible from the bottom, named Taskbar and Tray. The Taskbar tab contains the titles of all the open application windows, while the Tray tab displays a list of all the currently running services.
In order to hide the apps from the taskbar, just select any app from the list, followed by selecting the corresponding button from the top. Other than the ‘Hide selected applications’ button, the top bar provides you with options to Show selected application window, Close selected application window, Minimize selected application window to the system tray, Modify application window order on taskbar, Hide any part of the taskbar etc. When you hide a window, its status will change to ‘Hide’ from ‘Show’.
The Menu button at the top left corner also lets you perform all the aforementioned actions, displays the hotkey for each operation, and lets you access the Settings dialog box.
The Settings menu lets you change the Common settings, and specify custom hotkeys for performing the available actions.
Taskbar Hide works on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Download Taskbar Hide
When you run the application for the first time, it asks you to enter a registration code. This registration is completely voluntary, if you want to help the developer; otherwise, all the features of the application can be used for free with no limitations, by clicking the Skip button.
The main interface has two tabs accessible from the bottom, named Taskbar and Tray. The Taskbar tab contains the titles of all the open application windows, while the Tray tab displays a list of all the currently running services.
In order to hide the apps from the taskbar, just select any app from the list, followed by selecting the corresponding button from the top. Other than the ‘Hide selected applications’ button, the top bar provides you with options to Show selected application window, Close selected application window, Minimize selected application window to the system tray, Modify application window order on taskbar, Hide any part of the taskbar etc. When you hide a window, its status will change to ‘Hide’ from ‘Show’.
The Menu button at the top left corner also lets you perform all the aforementioned actions, displays the hotkey for each operation, and lets you access the Settings dialog box.
The Settings menu lets you change the Common settings, and specify custom hotkeys for performing the available actions.
Taskbar Hide works on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Download Taskbar Hide
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