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Questions tagged [taskbar]

For programming questions about the application switcher and launcher on Windows (or other operating systems copying its desktop environment), usually docked to the bottom of the screen. Questions might relate to interacting with and/or modifying the taskbar's behaviors.

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Android : Floating Clickable Icon over Screen?

There's an Android Application called Smart Taskbar that manages to Pin a small SemiTransparent Icon over the screen...The icon remains visible over ALL the activites (including the home screen). The Icon is Clickable (/Touchable), and it does…
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How do I associate my application with a pinned program on the Windows 7 taskbar?

We have an application, let's call it MyApp. On installation, we create a desktop icon for MyApp, which basically calls MyLauncher.exe /launch MyApp.exe. MyLauncher does some useful stuff (check for updates, etc.), and then starts MyApp. A user…
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Integrate Qt with Windows 7 taskbar using python?

I'm looking for a way to using some of the Windows 7 task bar features - specifically progressbar and jump lists - in a python application that uses Qt for the UI. The questions I've seen on SO are all 1-2 years old and either say Qt isn't there yet…
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How can I make JOptionPane dialogs show up as a task on the taskbar?

Edit: The question follows the horizontal rule; my own answer precedes it. Based on help from Oscar Reyes, I crafted this solution: import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class MyApp extends JFrame { public static…
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C# Display text on the taskbar | Windows 10

I want to display a text in the taskbar like the NetSpeedMonitor program . I thought about how Windows did that with der Date and Time display, but I couldn't find any answer. I want to do this with C# and .Net 4.x
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How to make full screen mode, without covering the taskbar using :wpf c#

I need to change windows taskbar in my WPF application. For that I set WindowStyle="None", which means to disable the windows taskbar, and make custom taskbar with buttons for restoring, minimizing and closing the application. Now my problem is if…
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Is there a way to make a console window flash in the task bar programmatically

Basically I made console app that performs some task that takes a few minutes. I'd like to have it flash in the taskbar to let me know when it's done doing its thing.
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Wix - Do Not Remove Pinned Taskbar on Install

During an installation or major upgrade, if a user has pinned the application to their task bar, then after the installation has completed, the task bar shortcut is removed from %AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User…
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Properly maximizing WPF window with WindowStyle=None

There are two problems with WPF windows when the WindowStyle=None option is used. The window covers the Taskbar when maximized. Once maximized, the window cannot be dragged down to unmaximize. How can these problems be corrected? Preferably…
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How to hide an application from taskbar in Windows 7?

I would like to hide an application from the Windows 7 taskbar. I want to make something like a toolbar on the edge of the screen which does certain things when the user clicks on it, but I don't want it to show in the taskbar, since its a thing…
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Modifying taskbar icon of my .jar program

I'm trying to change the default java icon that appears in taskbar everytime I run my .jar program. I managed to change it with frame.setIconImage(img); but this makes icon way too small, I want it to be as big as other programs icons and have a…
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Combine NotifyIcon and ToolTip

I have been working with NotifyIcon in order to show an icon in the taskbar. This program has no Windows Form. I perhaps could create one and make it invisible but I was hoping to avoid it. The ToolTip functions attached to NotifyIcon are somewhat…
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How do I create a toolbar for the Taskbar on Windows?

How do I go about creating my own taskbar toolbar, a la Windows Media Player: Windows Media Player's Start bar toolbar http://me.monoxide.ws/images/wmp-toolbar.gif Examples or documentation or even open source software that implements this for just…
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Using the TaskBarItemInfo in WPF for the progress bar in Win 7 taskbar

Does anybody have a WPF example of updating the ProgressState through the available enum states when progressing through ProgressValue? I have the following code which binds my progress value to run from 0 to 1: …
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Why windows task bar custom task list doesn`t work without pin on windows 10?

The minimal working example with QML JumpList (same behaviour if using QWinJumpList in c++). import QtQuick 2.3 import QtQuick.Window 2.2 import QtWinExtras 1.0 Window { visible: true JumpList { JumpListCategory { …
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