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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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Solaris 5.10: How do I hide a JWindow button on the task bar?

I am using a JWindow object in my Java application to simulate a mouseover dropdown menu. When the user mouses over a JLabel, the window appears and remains until the mouse exits either the label or the newly visible window. My problem is that…
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How to change the name of your program in C# when clicking and dragging up from the taskbar?

Ok. So in windows 7 you know how you have the icons of open programs. Well when i click and drag up on my C# Windows Form application it says "WindowsFormApplication3" When in every possible file in Visual Studio i changed it to the name of my…
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How to stop movements of my JFrame on screen/Monitor?

How to stop movements of my JFrame on screen/Monitor? My JFrame size is as much as Screen/Monitor size and my client does not even want to display the task bar. If I write myFrame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH), it is not allowing to move…
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showing the autohiding windows taskbar

I have defined the windows taskbar as auto-hiding. Now I am showing for a way to show the taskbar from C#-code. Can somebody help me perhaps with a little code-snipped?
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Taskbar button/icon does not appear properly if it is set to combine

I am facing the issue in windows 7 taskbar button. When set Taskbar Button property to "Always combine" then my winform application (developed using VS 2010) buttons appeared with default icon. But if I set Taskbar Buttons property to "Never…
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Drag and Drop to taskbar notification area with WinApi

Is it possible to implement drag and drop behavior in the notification area of the windows taskbar? Like having the icon there that can monitor something dragged and dropped on it. I suppose it should be a little bit tricky (if ever possible)
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windows application showing behind the taskbar on vista

I have an MFC application. In my application if I run on Windows XP it's working fine. But if I run in Windows Vista the MFC dialog hides behind the taskbar. bool bHide=true; CRect rectWorkArea = CRect(0,0,0,0); CRect rectTaskBar = CRect(0,0,0,0);…
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How to create a toolbar on the taskbar in c#?

I want to create a taskbar toolbar from my WPF application in c#. Once created, I want to assign it a folder. The Toolbar will then show the contents of the file folder. Screenshot of what I want:
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How do I set the AutoHotkey MsgBox taskbar icon?

I have some hotkeys in a script with a custom tray icon. Menu Tray, Icon, my_hotkeys.ico One of them shows a message box with an OK button and question mark icon. MsgBox, 32, My Hotkeys, Hey, here's some info... But, it has the default green H…
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Give wpf appbar "higher priority" than the windows taskbar

I have experimented with making an appbar, and wiring the interop code to a wpf window (With help from CodeProject), and it works great! But there's something more I want to do. I want the dock setting of the window I am docking to "push around" the…
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Why these icons don't combine while my taskbar buttons group policy is "always combine"?

my system is Win7 Ultimate 32bit, and my taskbar buttons group poliy is "Always combine, hide laybels". There is one program that have some shortcuts, when I open that program by clicking different shortcuts, I found that the icons didn't combine…
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Is it possible to know that my app was started from a taskbar in Windows 7?

I'm coding using C++/MFC with WinAPIs and I was curious if it's possible to know that my app was started from a click on a taskbar icon (that was pinned there)? PS. I need to know this to display a pop-up menu above my program's icon on the taksbar,…
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close multiple cmd window using batch file in windows 7 pro.

When I run a batch file for /l %%x in (1,1,270) do ( start "" java -cp ... Client) in cmd 270 window will open. These all windows are individual I just want to close all these window by using another batch file... I am using windows 7 prof. I tried…
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Can the taskbar moving be detected?

I have a class that accesses the win32 API to pull the location, size, state, and edge of the taskbar. I use the class to know where to create alerts depending on where the taskbar is. I have a method that updates the alerts location depending on…
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Taskbar toolbar in C# for win7

Just a quick, hopefully very easy question. I wish to make a toolbar to place on the task bar (a common example of this is the language bar), the toolbar itself just has to display time until next bus. My question comes in how I can do this, I can…
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