What is the taskbar and how to configure it? The taskbar is not a large horizontal panel usually located at the bottom of the desktop Windows desktop. Although, when specific setting The taskbar can be easily placed on any side of the monitor.
Typically it contains the Start menu, icons for accessing programs, a language bar, a clock, and so on. During operation, icons of running applications, open folders and files are also displayed there.
In default settings, the taskbar is always visible. But if you wish, you can easily hide it. How to do this in Windows 7, XP or Vista:
Find a place on the panel that is less free from icons and buttons. Click on it right click and go to "Properties".
Check the "Automatically hide the taskbar" checkbox. Agree with the changes "OK".
Panel there will be no tasks, and in the future will be displayed only if you hover over this area with the mouse pointer.
If you just want it to be visible all the time, do the same, but uncheck this item.
How to pin a program to the taskbar.
Usually, after installing a new operating system, after some time, the desktop of any user is simply “littered” with icons of different applications. Some icons are used frequently, others less frequently, and some very rarely. So it makes sense to pin the icons of constantly used applications to the taskbar. At least to have something to do with them fast access.
For Windows 7.
When the application is running, right-click on its icon and click on “pin program to taskbar.”
For Windows XP and Vista.
Find the program you want to pin. Click on its icon and, holding the mouse, move it to the taskbar (certainly to the right of the Start menu).
You can always change the order of pinned programs by clicking on them and moving them to another place on the panel. In Windows 7, you can rearrange program and document buttons in the same way.
Remove the program from the taskbar.
To remove a program from the taskbar:
In Windows 7.
In complete contrast to pinning, right-click on the desired icon and check the “remove program from taskbar” option.
On Windows XP and Vista.
Also, right-click on the icon, select “delete” and confirm the action.
How to group or ungroup buttons on the taskbar.
The more pinned programs you have on your taskbar, the more difficult it is to understand them. And eventually there will come a time when you become completely confused about them.
Don't forget that the buttons on the panel are easy to group. For example, several simultaneously open web pages or documents. Which will undoubtedly free up space on the panel.
Windows 7
Having found a free space on the panel, right-click on it and go to “properties”. In the "taskbar buttons" section, select the option you need from the drop-down list. Three options are available: group when the taskbar is full; always group hide labels and do not group. Click OK.
Windows XP and Vista
Also open the "properties" window. Here you can check the “group similar taskbar buttons” checkbox or uncheck it. In the first case, similar buttons will be grouped, in the second they will not. Click OK.
How to customize the taskbar.
Move
By default, the taskbar is located at the bottom of the desktop. But it can also be placed on any side of the monitor. To do this, also open the properties window on the panel and in the “taskbar position…” item, select the item you need.
How to resize the taskbar.
Move your mouse cursor to the very top edge of the panel and when a double-sided arrow appears, stretch the panel to the width you need. Then release the mouse button.
Note: If you can’t move or change the taskbar in any way, just click on it with the contextual mouse button and uncheck the “pin taskbar” option.
As you can see, setting up the taskbar is not difficult. But, certain user settings will make it much more convenient.
The taskbar (also known as taskbar) V operating systems ah of the Windows family is called a special control and visualization showing the current launched applications, connected devices, watches, etc. Initially located in bottom parts of the screen. It also contains icons of programs or folders for fast launch if this function has been enabled in the settings. To the left of the taskbar is the famous button Start, by clicking on which most users begin their work. Let's go through the points related to settings and other features taskbar.
Returning the panel to its original position
You need to perform some steps to return the taskbar position to its original position.
Through standard settings
Right-click on the menu Start or a free part of the taskbar in the opened context menu select " Properties«.
A window for changing startup settings and taskbar will open. Switch to the tab " Task bar", In chapter " Position of the taskbar on the screen» select what you need. For example, let's try changing it to " From below". Press the button " OK» to save the results. 
Users Windows XP will not find setting the position of the taskbar in the standard start options, as can be seen from the screenshot, there is no such section in the design section at all, so they are recommended to use the following instructions.
Using drag and drop
Move the mouse arrow to panels, right-click on the empty area and uncheck the “ Lock panel". We do this in order to enable the user move taskbar to the right place, otherwise the system will block the panel and will not allow you to perform the necessary manipulations. 
Now right-click on free part of the panel and, without releasing the button, drag it to necessary edge of the screen. Can be moved to the left edge, top, right or bottom. Afterwards, click on again free taskbar parts and we fix panel by checking the corresponding box.
Using the Registry Editor
More experienced users can use the following method. The position of the taskbar is controlled by the registry key " StuckRects2", which is located at " HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2". In this registry branch we find the file “ Settings", which will need to be changed.
Open the settings file double by pressing. In the window that opens we will see a set of numbers and letters, and this is what needs to be changed.
Delete everything and enter the values below (do not enter commas):
- For moving down: 28, 00, 00, 00, ff, ff, ff, ff, 02, 00, 00, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 3e, 00, 00, 00, 2e, 00, 00, 00, 00 , 00, 00, 00, 82, 04, 00, 00, 80, 07, 00, 00, b0, 04, 00, 00
- Up: 28, 00, 00, 00, ff, ff, ff, ff, 02, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 3e, 00, 00, 00, 2e, 00, 00, 00, 00 , 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 80, 07, 00, 00, 2e, 00, 00, 00
- Left: 28, 00, 00, 00, ff, ff, ff, ff, 02, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 3e, 00, 00, 00, 2e, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 3e, 00, 00, 00, b0, 04, 00, 00
- Right: 28, 00, 00, 00, ff, ff, ff, ff, 02, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 3e, 00, 00, 00, 2e, 00, 00, 00, 42 , 07, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 80, 07, 00, 00, b0, 04, 00, 00
After that reboot computer
Hiding the taskbar
Windows allows you to make the panel appear only when you hover over it with the mouse (over the area where the taskbar is located):
Changing the size of icons
I have an opportunity decrease or increase panel icon sizes, if they were previously reduced. For this we open properties menu Start, activate the tab “ Task bar" and check the box " Use small icons"or remove it if such a result is required.
Let's go back to Windows XP again. There not implemented Changing the size of icons through launch properties. Coping with the situation in the following way:
Can increase number of icons in the section quick launch. For this:
Frequent taskbar problems
It may happen that the taskbar and Start are simply disappeared, and instead of them only the desktop picture is displayed. Causes may be different - this is the malicious work of viruses or various system errors. The solution may also be different, sometimes it is necessary manually edit some sections of the system registry, and sometimes it helps simple computer or a separate restart of the service " explorer. exe«.
Restoring the taskbar in Windows 10
If the panel not displayed in Windows ten:
- launch command line on behalf of the administrator, enter the command or copy from the article (then right mouse button and paste the copied text) " exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth". We are waiting for the completion of the execution process;
- upon completion, enter new team « Sfc /scannow", press the button " Enter"and wait for the end.
Upon completion restart system. 
Method two:
- run the program with administrator rights " PowerShell«;
- paste or print » Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach (Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml")"(without quotes), press Enter. Reboot.
If the user cleaned the system registry before the problem occurred third party programs, That recommended restore cleared keys (if archiving of cleared results is supported by the program and was enabled earlier), the program may accidentally deleted the necessary data along with garbage.
Additional features of the taskbar
Taskbar displays Quick Launch Bar, which can be disabled in the Start menu settings, open folders and launched programs. You can add various toolbars to the taskbar. You can turn on the display hours or hide them altogether.
Can be enabled grouping similar panel buttons or disable this function, configure the button action shutdown on the keyboard, change design And functional menu to classic or standard, enable or disable display list recently used programs and open files.
The taskbar has excellent functionality in Windows 7. It has several very interesting features and improvements that improve performance compared to other versions. Therefore, it is important to write a series of articles on such topics. , certainly should not be ignored. Now let's look at how to configure appearance, size, location of the main tools.
How to open the taskbar properties window
To open these settings, you need to right-click on any empty space on the taskbar and select the “properties” command.
The parameters we need are located in the first tab, which is called the “taskbar”. In the following articles we will look at all tabs in more detail.
How to change the appearance and location of the taskbar
Sets of settings in the window that opens will help you change the appearance and location. Thus, you can make the following changes:
- Pin the taskbar- if this option is selected, the start menu bar will remain motionless. You won't be able to move it to another location or resize it.
- Automatically hide the taskbar- this option allows you to hide the taskbar when you are not using it. Then, when you hover your cursor over its location, it smoothly pops up.
- Use small icons- if this checkbox is checked, pinned icons appear smaller, which helps save desktop space.
- - parameters allowing you to determine the location. To do this, click on the drop-down menu as shown in the image. Choose the position you like best.
There is another way to move. Left-click on an empty space in the Start bar, while holding down the button, move the cursor to the desired side of the monitor. After moving the cursor, release the button and the panel moves in the direction we need. If you can't drag, make sure the "pin taskbar" option is disabled, uncheck it, and try again.
In fact Setting up the Windows 7 panel is not difficult to learn. With the right approach, you can easily learn to manipulate it.
- Taskbar buttons- helps determine the appearance of marks open applications. There are three options here:
- Always group, hide labels- labels of one application will be combined and their names will be hidden. Applies by default.
- Group when taskbar is full- combines labels into one if several tabs of the same application are open. This setting also shows the names of open elements.
- Do not group- will display all labels separately and will never combine labels of the same application as one. If you have 15 browser windows open google chrome, they will be shown separately. If shortcuts occupy the entire length of the taskbar, then in the right corner you will see an arrow, when you click on it, a new workspace will open, with labels that do not fit. When the taskbar is full, label names are not shown.
Setting up the panel windows tasks 7 allows you to change its height. To change the size, hover your mouse over the edge until a cursor with two arrows (up and down) appears. Hold down the mouse button and set the height as needed.
Note: You can change the size if the "dock the taskbar" option is not enabled.
View Aero Peek desktop
When this option is enabled, you can move the cursor to the desktop preview button, after which all open windows will become translucent. This is useful when you want to view a gadget or other information on your desktop without minimizing open windows. Move the cursor off the button and everything will return to its place.
If the feature is of no use to you, uncheck "Use Aero Peek to preview your desktop" and it will be disabled.
If you click on the desktop preview button, all open windows will be minimized. Click again and all windows will be shown in their original state.
how to add toolbars
A feature that is not new, but allows adding additional tools. To add standard or custom tools, right-click an empty space on the taskbar. In the menu that opens, go to the "panels" item and select the option you want:
- Address- will add address bar, into which the URLs of sites are entered. When you enter an address, the link will be opened by your default browser. This line can be used to access a folder or file, but it is not very convenient. It's easier to enter the items you're looking for in the Start menu search.
WITH links- this adds URLs to your favorite sites in Internet Explorer. If you use a different browser by default, it's pretty useless. In my screenshot you can see that the icons are opera. This is due to a recent jamb. Any browser opens in Opera. There was no time to fix it, so I had to make such a screen.
- Tablet PC input panel- creates a button that you can use to quickly launch the Tablet PC input window.
- Desktop- will add a toolbar with all desktop shortcuts.
- Create a toolbar- The most useful option because it allows you to add custom toolbars. When you select this option, a new window will appear. Navigate to the folder you want to use as a tool and click "select folder", after which you will get quick access to the selected item.
You can also see an element such as " ", when you click on it, the usual language switching panel will move to a separate place. Hover over language bar, hold down the left button and drag it anywhere on the taskbar. After which the panel will be installed in its original place. Setting up the Windows 7 taskbar will not take up much of your time.
The interface elements that you most often have to deal with while working are: Task bar And Main menu. To make work as comfortable as possible, they need to be configured.
To open the settings dialog Taskbars And Main menu(Fig. 5.1), you need to right-click on any free area Taskbars and in the context menu that appears, select the item Properties.
Rice. 5.1. Taskbar Customization Dialog Box
The dialog box that appears contains four tabs, and the first one, active by default, is called Task bar. This tab contains the following checkboxes.
Pin the taskbar. When this checkbox is selected Task bar will always be visible on the screen. It cannot be moved or resized. If you uncheck this box, you can increase the width Taskbars or move it to the top, left or right border Desktop.
Automatically hide the taskbar. If you check this box, Task bar will automatically hide when the mouse pointer is outside it, and appear when it is at the bottom border Desktop(or at another border, if Task bar moved).
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Show the taskbar on top of other windows. If you clear this checkbox, when moving any window down Task bar will be overlapped by this window. Otherwise, it is always on top of all windows, regardless of their location.
Group similar buttons in the taskbar. This function allows you to save space on Taskbars. If you work with several duplicates of one program, for example, viewing several pages in a browser, the window buttons of these programs are grouped and turned into a menu (Fig. 5.2), that is, one button corresponds to all open windows of the same type. If you press this button, a menu opens in which you can select a window to activate. In this case, you can close the entire group of windows at once by clicking on the group button on Taskbars right click and run the command Close group.
Rice. 5.2. Grouped windows on the taskbar
Show Quick Launch Toolbar. The Quick Launch panel is located to the right of the button Start. There are several buttons on this panel. You can also place program shortcuts on the Quick Launch panel yourself. The Quick Launch panel is a convenient place to place shortcuts to the applications you use most often. This will allow you to quickly launch the desired program without minimizing open windows or accessing Main menu. To add a shortcut to the Quick Launch panel, you need to drag it to this panel from Desktop or from an open window Conductor.
Do you remember that if the window button located on Taskbars, hover your mouse over a thumbnail of that window. If checkbox Show sample windows (thumbnails) remove, then when you hover over the window button, the thumbnail will not be displayed. Instead, a tooltip with the name of the window will appear. Please note that the window thumbnail will not be displayed anyway if your computer does not support the Aero theme.
Let's go to the tab Notification area. The notification area is on the right side Taskbars(Fig. 5.3).
Rice. 5.3. Notification Area tab
The notification area contains icons that serve to manage system services and running applications. This area may contain icons for the volume control, keyboard layout indicator, network connections, lateral Windows panels, clock, etc. If there are a large number of programs that install their icons in the notification area, the latter may become overloaded.
To free up space in the notification area, you can hide rarely used icons. To do this you need to check the box Hide unused icons(installed by default).
The notification area can be configured more finely using the button Tune. After clicking it, the notification icon settings window will open (Fig. 5.4).
Rice. 5.4. Notification area icon customization window
It displays all the icons in the notification area. To the right of each icon there is a link with which you can configure its status - Hide inactive, Hide or Display. For example, selecting for a specific status icon Hide means that it will be hidden regardless of whether the corresponding program or service is active.
On the tab Notification area You can enable or disable the display of system icons Volume, Watch And Net. For mobile computers there is a checkbox Nutrition.
Let's go to the tab Toolbars(Fig. 5.5). In addition to the standard Taskbars in the lower part Desktop V Windows Vista There are several built-in toolbars that can be placed on Taskbars or anywhere Desktop. To enable the display of a particular panel, you need to check the box next to its name. Here you can enable or disable the display of the Quick Launch panel.
Rice. 5.5. Toolbar Tab
Address. This panel is a regular address bar, but is located on Taskbars(Fig. 5.6). In the address window, you can enter the path to a folder on the disk or the address of a web page - a window will open Conductor with the specified folder or browser window in which the specified web page will begin loading. This is convenient because it eliminates the need to open windows Conductor And Internet programs Explorer.
Rice. 5.6. Address panel
Windows Player Media. If this panel is activated, then when minimizing the program window Player Windows Media on Taskbars A small panel with player controls will appear (Fig. 5.7). You can control playback of multimedia files from Taskbars without maximizing the player window.
Rice. 5.7. Windows Media Player panel
Connections. On Taskbars this panel is called Links. If you right-click on the panel Links and in the menu that appears, execute the command Open folder, a window will open Links. There are no links yet, so the folder is empty.
Tablet PC - Input Panel. This panel is usually installed when using input tools implemented in tablets. personal computers.
Desktop. Clicking on this panel opens a list that displays all the items (icons) installed on Desktop. Using this panel you can access any icon Desktop without minimizing the window (Fig. 5.8).
Rice. 5.8. Panel and menu Desktop
Main menu triggered by pressing a button Start, in the operating room Windows system Vista has changed, although it has much in common with the similar menu of previous versions (Fig. 5.9). In the title Main menu The icon of the registered user is located. You can change it by clicking on it and in the window that opens account users select item Changing your drawing. In this window you are asked to select one of several standard pictures, as well as upload your own (for example, your photo).
Rice. 5.9. Main menu
On the left side Main menu There is a list of the most frequently used programs. The operating system itself keeps track of which applications you use most often and places their shortcuts on the left side Main menu.
On the right side Main menu there are links to system folders – Computer, Net, Music, Images, Documentation, Control Panel etc. Innovation Main menu in Vista is that the list of installed applications ( All programs) does not expand as submenus, but is built into the main menu. Programs and program groups are now organized into folders. To open the list of installed programs, you need to click on the item All programs(Fig. 5.10). If you see, for example, a folder in the list of programs Standard, which means it contains several programs. To expand a folder, you need to click on it with the mouse button. To return to the list of pinned and most frequently launched programs, you must click on the button Back.
Rice. 5.10. All programs group revealed
Another difference Main menu Windows Vista is a possibility quick search the desired program. To do this, you need to enter the name of its executable file in the field To start searching. The operating system will find specified file and display it in Main menu. All you have to do is click on it with your mouse. This method launching programs is convenient because it allows you to quickly find them: entering calc in the search field will take much less time than searching for a program Calculator V Main menu(Fig. 5.11). In some cases, you can specify several initial letters of the file name.
Rice. 5.11. Search result for Calculator program
Let's look at the settings Main menu. To do this, right-click on Taskbars and select the item in the drop-down menu Properties. The dialog box you've seen before will appear, except for the Start Menu(Fig. 5.12).
Rice. 5.12. Main Menu Settings Tab
Here you can choose a style Main menu. Two options are offered: the option that has already been discussed above, and the classic style. The classic menu was in Windows 2000 and earlier versions (Fig. 5.13). Some users find the classic menu convenient.
Rice. 5.13. Classic Main Menu
In area Confidentiality checkboxes are located Store and display a list of recently opened files And Store and display a list of recently opened programs. If you clear these checkboxes, the operating system will not add Main menu shortcuts to frequently used programs and recently opened documents.
To the right of the main menu style switch are two buttons Tune. One of them is active - near the selected switch position. These buttons open dialog boxes, in which you can configure some parameters Main menu(Fig. 5.14).
Rice. 5.14. Start Menu Customization Dialog Box
In the window that appears, you can hide or show some elements Main menu. Here you can also configure other parameters, for example, when activating the function Highlight recently installed programs during installation new program the latter will be highlighted in the menu so you can quickly find it. You can enable the function Display as menu for some system folders. For example, if you enable this feature for the folder Control Panel, then all elements Control panels will not be displayed in a separate window, but as a nested menu, and to select an item, you will not have to open an extra window (Fig. 5.15).
Rice. 5.15. Group menu Control Panel
If you uncheck Large icons, icons of frequently used programs in Main menu will become significantly smaller.
You can allow or disable dragging objects into Main menu, use the context menu and sort programs by name (in alphabetical order). The last function is convenient because programs are often installed during work, and if you do not sort by name, it is difficult to find the application you need.
Default in Main menu nine frequently used programs are displayed. This figure can be changed in the area Start menu size.
In area Show in Start menu checkboxes are located Internet link And Email link mail. If the checkboxes are checked, at the top Main menu Internet browser and email client program shortcuts will always be displayed. The default is Internet Explorer And Windows Mail . If you install alternative programs, such as Opera and The Bat!, and register them with Windows as the default browser and mail client, links in Main menu they will be launched.
It is worth noting one more feature of working with shortcuts to frequently used programs. As new programs are launched, these shortcuts move through the list. If you haven't launched a program for a while, its shortcut will disappear from the list. To fix a shortcut in the list of frequently used programs, you need to right-click on it and execute the command in the context menu that appears Pin to Start Menu, and this shortcut will always be present in the list. Using the command Remove from this list You can remove a shortcut from the list of frequently used programs.
Thus, Main menu can be customized at your discretion. This important point, because it is with the help Main menu you will often launch programs and open system folders, and your work performance depends on it.
The taskbar is one of the main mechanisms for managing and interacting with the system in Windows. Therefore, the comfort of your work with the OS and the computer as a whole will directly depend on its configuration and the settings of those important elements that are located on it.
Task bar
To go to settings Taskbars And start menu you need to right-click on Start button in the lower left corner of the screen and select the item in the context menu that opens Properties. After this, a window will open in front of you Taskbar and Start menu properties, the component settings of which we will consider.
By the way, you can also access taskbar settings from Control panels by clicking on the item with the self-explanatory name Taskbar and Start Menu.
The taskbar and Start menu window contains three tabs: Task bar, Start Menu And Toolbars, which are responsible for setting the parameters of the corresponding Windows components.
Customizing the Taskbar and Notification Area
At the top of the tab there are settings that are responsible for the design and display of the taskbar.
Pin the taskbar . By checking this box, you can fix the taskbar on the monitor screen in the place where it is located on this moment. In this case, it will be impossible to stretch, move or collapse. As a rule, this item is checked by default. If you want to increase the height of the taskbar (when located at the top or bottom of the screen) or its width (when located on the left or right of the screen), and also change the size of the notification area and toolbar, then uncheck this item. After this, you can perform all the operations described above by dragging the boundaries of the desired areas with the mouse.
Automatically hide the taskbar. Activating this option will allow you to use the maximum desktop area when working, since the control panel will be hidden and will no longer be displayed on the screen on top of all windows. To open the panel in this mode, you need to move the mouse cursor to the edge of the screen along which it is located.
Use small icons. This option allows you to make icons for programs and open applications located on the taskbar smaller. In this way, you can expand the workspace and increase the number of displayed elements on the panel itself.
Position of the taskbar on the screen. Allows you to select from the drop-down menu where the panel will be placed on the screen. You have four options: Bottom, Top, Right or Left.
Taskbar buttons. At this point you can choose how icons will be displayed on the taskbar running programs and open windows:
- Always group, hide labels. This mode is activated by default and allows you to expand free space on the taskbar due to the fact that icons of similar open applications are grouped, and the icons themselves do not have labels of their names. For example, if you have several Explorer windows open at once, they will be grouped into one icon on the taskbar, which will be displayed as several rectangles superimposed on each other.
- Group when taskbar is full. Unlike the previous option, this mode is more informative for the user. All icons for open applications are located separately on the taskbar and are labeled with the names of the windows in which they are running. Icon grouping occurs only when the taskbar is full and there is no free space to accommodate new icons.
- Do not group. Grouping icons open source software does not happen under any circumstances.
In the middle of the Taskbar tab there is an item Notification area , which is responsible for configuring the display of system icons and icons background programs, as well as their messages in the notification area (tray).
After clicking on the Settings button, a window will open in front of you with a list of all background and system applications, next to which you can select their behavior in the tray from three available options:
- Show icon and notifications
- Hide icon and notifications
- Show notifications only
Below the general list of all icons there are items Turn system icons on or off(Clock, Volume, Network, Power and Action Center), as well as Restore default icon behavior. You can also activate the option Always show icons and notifications on the taskbar.
And finally, in the lower area of the tab we are considering there is an option setting Desktop previewusingAeroPeek. Activating this function allows you to hover the mouse cursor over the button Collapse all windows, perform quick temporary viewing of content Desktop. In this case, open windows do not collapse, as happens when this button is clicked, but become transparent.
Customizing the Start Menu
Let's move on to studying the next tab of the window with a self-explanatory name Start Menu. As you probably already guessed, here are the options responsible for setting the parameters of one of the key components of Windows system management, which is called up using the button of the same name located at the very beginning of the taskbar.
The appearance of the Start menu and the elements of which it consists, as well as the behavior of objects and icons in it, is influenced by a lot of parameters that simply would not fit on this tab. This is probably why the developers put them in a separate window, which opens after pressing the button Tune. We'll talk about this a little later, but for now let's return to our tab and look at the few parameters that are still located on it.
Power button action . Using this item, you can configure the system action that will occur after you press the physical power button located on the computer case. To do this, you must select any of six options from the drop-down menu:
- Shutdown- leads to the complete closing of all programs, logging out and shutting down the computer. This action is set by default.
- Change user- causes the user to log out of the system to the account selection screen without closing running programs.
- Ending a session- causes the user to log out of the system to the account selection screen and close all running applications.
- Locking your computer- leads to blocking of the system without closing running programs. To resume operation, the user will need to enter a password. - leads to closing all applications, logging out and restarting the computer.
- Dream- puts the computer into state reduced energy consumption. In this case, all parameters current session work is preserved, allowing work to be resumed quickly in the future.
Confidentiality . This option contains two items that allow you to display or hide recently opened programs, files or documents on the left side of the Start menu. Everything is simple here - if the checkboxes are checked, then display is allowed, if unchecked, it is prohibited.
Now let's look at the options that are contained in the window Customizing the Start Menu called by the above button Tune.
This window contains quite a lot of settings, but there is no point in considering all of them in detail. Many points have self-explanatory names and do not need any additional comments, but we will still make small explanations about some.
Most of the Start menu settings concern the display of thematic themes in it. custom folders and menus, including: Videos, Music, Documents, Homegroup, Games, Images, Personal Folder, Favorites, Recent Documents, TV Recordings and Downloads, as well as the main controls: Administration group, Run command, Computer, Control Panel , Network, Connect to, Default Programs, Help, Devices and Printers.
Depending on the menu item, several display options can be applied to it:
- Don't display this element
- Display as menu- the group will be displayed on the right side of the Start menu as a folder with an arrow that opens automatically when you hover the mouse cursor.
- Display as link- the item will be displayed on the right side of the Start menu as regular link, after clicking on it, a new window will open with the contents of the folder of the same name.
Highlight recently installed programs . If this option is checked, the system in the Start menu and All Programs group will highlight new (recently installed) applications and the folders in which they are contained in dark yellow.
Search other files and libraries . An item that allows you to expand search locations necessary information or speed up the search process itself by disabling scanning of public folders.
Search Control Panel programs and features . When this option is activated, you will be able to search for the desired objects in Control panels systems.
Large icons . Unchecking this item will reduce the icons of the most frequently launched programs, the list of which is located on the left side of the Start menu. This will increase the number of applications displayed in this list.
Allow context menu and dragging of objects . Activating this parameter allows you to call up the context menu of Start menu objects, as well as drag them with the mouse into various work areas of the system. For example, you can drag a program icon from the Start Menu to the Desktop or, conversely, add a link to an application to the Start menu by dragging an icon from any open window there.
In addition to the parameters discussed above, at the bottom of the settings window there are two more elements with which you can adjust the size, or rather the height, of the Start menu. They regulate the display of the number of positions in lists of recently used programs and items.
Customizing Toolbars
As in previous versions operating systems, Windows 7 provides the ability to work with toolbars that serve to quickly launch program components and access resources.
Initially, the system includes only a few standard toolbars: Address, Links, Tablet PC Input Panel and Desktop. But as new applications are installed, the list of these panels will expand. For example, in our case you see the appearance additional panel iTunes.
You can also create your own toolbars yourself. To do this, right-click on an empty space on Taskbars and in the context menu that opens, select Panels and then the command Create a toolbar V.
Controlling the display of toolbars is carried out at an intuitive level. To do this, just uncheck or check the box next to the desired panel and press the button Apply.
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