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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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Pinning a Java application using Launch4j to the Windows 7 taskbar

I'm currently trying to pin a Java application to the Windows 7 taskbar. The application is launched with Launch4j. The program icon is displayed correctly but right-clicking the icon on the taskbar only shows a context-menu with the entry "Close…
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Is there a way to configure PuTTY or other terminal to flash the taskbar on next output to stdout?

I'm specifically looking for a solution for PuTTY but also interested for other terminal emulators, like Gnome Terminal. My thought is it would be useful if I start a tar zxvf to be able to set a trigger on the terminal emulator, minimize it, and…
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Two or more icons are displayed on taskbar for Visual Studio 2015 in multi-window mode

I have two displays and using VS 2015 in multi-window mode (i.e., separate tabs on different screens). VS 2013 always showed only one icon on taskbar which was very comfortable but VS 2015 shows one icon per separate window. This drives me nuts! I…
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How to dock an application in the Windows desktop?

I would like to develop a small notifications application for Windows in .NET that docks on the right/left side of the screen (not consuming more than 300px), should always be visible and force the rest of windows to not overlap this application…
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Use PowerShell to unpin Taskbar shortcut depending on shortcut Target Path

Having an issue with some PowerShell. Basically I am trying to remove certain Taskbar shortcuts based on the shortcuts path/exe file. The following code I have gets the pinned shortcuts and their name from the AppData folder: Function…
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How to toggle/switch Windows taskbar from "show" to "auto-hide" (and vice-versa)?

Basically I want to make simple toggle program (that will be mapped to some keyboard shortcut) that set taskbar to auto-hide mode if in normal mode (and conversely, to normal show mode if in auto-hide). Do You know how to implement it in C#? (or…
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Maximized screen ignores taskbar

I have a form I set to Maximized, but for some reason it's ignoring the taskbar and maximizing to the entire screen. Is that typical? Is there a workaround? I'm running Windows XP with a dual monitor setup (taskbar in the first/primary window).
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Force Modal Form to be Shown in Taskbar

According to MS when you show a modal form in VB6 it does not show in the taskbar 'by design' But is there any way to make a VB6 Modal form to be shown in the taskbar (the ShowInTaskbar property has no effect when it is modal) In one of our apps we…
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How to get application's Windows taskbar button to show progress of progress bar

One of the features introduced in Windows 7 (or was it Vista?) is the capability of the taskbar button of an application to show the progress of a progress bar in that application. When I create a form and place a progress bar on it, it doesn't show…
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KeyDown event not fired

I have a form that asks the user to press the Q key 3 times. When he did so, the form shall disappear (which is why I use a borderless form to prevent hitting the X-Button). The form itself isn't modal. This is the code I use to handle the KeyDown…
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How can I flash the Windows taskbar using Swing?

I'm developing a Swing application and I need to flash the Windows taskbar. I can't use frame.requestFocus() because I don't want to steal focus from any other application.
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How to create own control in Windows 7 Aero task preview?

I've got two questions about Windows 7 task preview. In Delphi I'd like to create my own buttons inside the area highlighted in the screenshot below. 1) Is it possible to create my own controls in the task preview window (in Windows 7) like e.g.…
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How can an application display an object on the Windows taskbar?

There are several applications around that display objects on the Windows taskbar but do no implement the IDeskBand interface. For example, the Lenovo batter meter and Notebook BatteryInfo. For example: Notebook BatteryInfo…
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how to remove multiple emacs instances in windows taskbar

If I launch emacs with runemacs.exe, the window in the taskbar is associated with an emacs.exe process rather than a runemacs.exe process. This means that if I pin runemacs.exe, I get two emacs icons in the taskbar. If I pin emacs.exe, I get a…
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On start-up taskbar covers full screen C# application

I written a Kiosk style C# application using visual studio that is run on startup and should expand to full-screen and cover the task-bar. I am doing the usual setting boarder style to none, and fill extents and it works perfectly if I just launch…
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