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.
Questions tagged [taskbar]
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Can I permanently remove access to the taskbar when a JFrame is Maximized?
I am currently building a POS system for my Capstone project to complete my degree. I have already went WAY above and beyond the specifications for the project (will look better in my portfolio than the called for Command Window interface), and…

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Task bar is not appearing when using CMFCVisualManagerVS2005 in my MFC application
I'm developing an application for Windows using MFC in Visual Studio 2010. I'm using CMFCVisualManagerVS2005 to change the visual appearance of my application. When I run my application its hiding Windows task bar by opening my application in…

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Shortcut for opening Windows 7 taskbar jumplist
I am looking for a shortcut for opening the Windows 7 taskbar jumplists.
This is an existing approach: Win + Left Alt + 1, 2, 3 ... Unfortunately you cannot use the numpad for the numbers, so I found this quite uncomfortable.
Alternatively, you can…

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Avoid the user to click the Windows start button in the taskbar after login
After the user logs in on Windows 10, explorer.exe is loaded. The Windows Start button in the taskbar is visible and clickable.
Any script or executable ran at startup to hide the taskbar, does so too late. For one or two seconds, the user can click…

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How to remove ENG from taskbar at Windows using automated batch file always
keyboard layout displaying ENG near date and time at windows (3 different versions of Windows at 3 different systems).
Here goes the steps I tried:
Start =>
Advanced keyboard settings =>
disable the tick mark for: "Use the desktop language bar when…

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reopen minimized window visual studio application developpment
im using visual studio to make a screen recorder using the ScreenRecorderLib library (but it is not related to my question) and c#. It is my first app ever even though i made some games in unity using c#.
I want to, on record button click or…
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How to create a window that behaves like taskbar?
I want to ask how to create a window that behaves like taskbar (shell_traywnd)?
In a windows app called Enable Viacam (camera mouse for disabled people) I saw that the app creates a taskbar-like window on the top of the screen (see the image below)…

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Windows 10 Taskbar open windows - thumbnails or list
In my old Windows 7, I could get the list of the open windows just hovering on the folder icon, and I could get the windows in "list" format:
Now, with my new Windows 10, the list of open windows has become to thumbnails.
I don't like these…

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How to show progress in taskbar button?
Please, can someone post an example how to show the progress in a taskbar button on Windows?
I've seen that the winapi crate seems to have support for this:
winapi::um::shobjidl_core::ITaskbarList
winapi::um::shobjidl_core::ITaskbarList4
But I…

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How to create a Tkinter taskbar?
I am using repl.it(link to my project) and I am wanting to create a taskbar so that when the user clicks on it the app will be called. To call the functions I am using:
button = tk.Button(window,
text="Text",
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How to display Hello World dialog from TaskBar Menu Application Python/Pyside2 for MacOS
Creating first a dummy "hello world" dialog/window, how to display it from taskbar/menu on MacOS. Thanks.

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.NET Windows Form not showing in taskbar
My program does not appear in the taskbar when I run it. I should mention I use custom theme class called iTalk and I use it's Theme Container. It must be some sort of bug because when for example Message Box pops out and I press OK button then…

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Which windows should be shown in Windows taskbar for a program?
Are there any guidelines to this? WPF windows are shown in taskbar by default. You must excplicitly set them not be shown there by
ShowInTaskbar = False
However it seems that many Microsoft programs seem to have only main window in taskbar.

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C# set icon of shortcut when setting icon of application
I'm trying to set the icon of my application (visible in the taskbar). The icon is correct when I run the .exe itself or run it from visual studio, but this doesn't apply when starting from a shortcut.. The icon inside the application itself, top…

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Chage the color and opacity of Windows 10 taskbar
Is there a way to change the color of Windows 10 taskbar and decrease its opacity? Also changing the color of the start and making it a little bit different?
Any help will be much appreciated!

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