Appearance The taskbar in Windows 7 is different from the taskbar in Windows XP. In Windows 7 it has an elegant, translucent appearance.
However, a separate panel quick launch, as in Windows XP, not in Windows 7. Program shortcuts are placed directly on the taskbar, along with tabs open source software. And placing a shortcut to the programs you use every day on the taskbar is not difficult.
Left-click on the icon the desired program on the desktop, and without releasing the mouse button, drag the icon down to the taskbar (shown by the red arrow). Then you release it, and the shortcut will remain on the taskbar, becoming available at any time.
When the shortcut on the taskbar becomes unnecessary, click on it, without releasing the left mouse button, drag the shortcut up and “throw” it onto the desktop. The shortcut will immediately disappear from the taskbar.
Practice - you may not succeed the first time. Sometimes the taskbar disappears if the settings are set to: Automatically hide the taskbar. By the way, you can customize the taskbar yourself as you like. I'll tell you how to do this. 
Right-click on the Start button. A context menu will open in which you select the Properties link. 
The Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window opens. If you want the taskbar (the strip at the bottom of the screen) to be visible all the time and not disappear anywhere, then check the box next to Pin the taskbar, and uncheck the box next to Automatically hide the taskbar.
If you want the taskbar to appear only when you move the cursor to the bottom edge of the screen (desktop), then vice versa - uncheck the "Pin the taskbar" box, and check the "Automatically hide the taskbar" box. The rest of the taskbar settings are less important, so I won’t dwell on them.
How to Install Quick Launch Bar in Windows XP
You say: I don’t have such a panel! This means it is not activated.
In order to activate the Quick Launch toolbar, anywhere on the taskbar (but right-click). The taskbar context menu will open. Select Properties. 
The Taskbar Properties window opens. 
Here, check the box next to Show Quick Launch Toolbar. If the checkbox is not checked, then your panel is disabled.
check mark opposite Display the taskbar on top of other windows.
And I also check the box next to Automatically hide the taskbar. If you don’t put it, then it will stick out at the bottom of the screen all the time. I think it’s more convenient when she hides, you just need to get used to it.
The remaining points of this tab are not so important and are understandable without explanation. If you uncheck the box next to Show clock, then your clock will disappear, etc.
Just remember to activate all the checkboxes that you have set, click the Apply button, and then OK.
How to add a shortcut (icon) to the Quick Launch bar in Windows XP
To add an icon to the Quick Launch bar, move the cursor over the desired icon on the desktop, left-click and drag the icon to the taskbar. When a vertical black line appears, release the button and the icon appears on the panel.
If you decide to move the icons relative to each other, you also grab the icon with your cursor and drag along the Quick Launch bar, and the vertical bar will move and show where the icon will end up if you release the mouse button. This way you can place the icons in the order you like.
Of course, you may like the convenience that the Quick Launch panel provides and you will start dragging icons there in an unlimited number. As a result, icons can fill the entire taskbar, which is no good!
But there is a way out of this situation! You can hide some icons. To do this, move the cursor over the separator (circled in red pencil in Fig. 5). The cursor will turn into arrows pointing left and right. At this moment, press the left mouse button and drag the separator to the left. As you move the separator, the icons will begin to disappear. I usually leave 4-5 icons visible.
You don’t have to worry about hidden icons - they won’t go anywhere! Just click on the arrow (circled in red pencil in Fig. 6) and all hidden icons will appear before your eyes. Click any icon and the program will launch! 
The taskbar (also known as taskbar) in operating systems of the Windows family is called a special control and visualization element 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 the launch properties. Coping with the situation in the following way:
Can increase number of icons in the quick launch section. 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.
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Customizing the Windows 7 toolbar
Hello, friends! I’m glad to see you again and in this lesson, I want to continue introducing you to the device and its tricks. And today we’ll talk about the toolbar, and in particular about the quick launch bar and the language bar. We will learn how to customize and change everything to suit you, as well as how you can return the language bar if it suddenly disappeared from your desktop.
So let's get acquainted and understand what a toolbar is? As a rule, it is located at the bottom of the desktop and is a long panel, conventionally divided into three parts. In the lower left corner is the Start menu icon. It is an intermediary between programs and computer folders. Here you can easily open any folder or run a program. This menu opens simply by left-clicking on Windows icon or the Windows logo key.
The Start menu is used to perform the following tasks: launch programs; open most frequently used folders;
search for files, folders and programs;
setting up computer settings;
obtaining help on working with the Windows operating system;
turning off the computer;
ending the user's Windows session or switching to account another user;
The Start Menu is a pretty big topic, so we'll dedicate a separate lesson to it and cover it later.
In the meantime, let's continue our lesson. In the middle part of the taskbar there are buttons for all running ones. V this moment, programs and applications. Thanks to this, we can quickly switch between them. Just left-click on the program icon and it will open. You can run several programs and then just switch between them.
And finally - the notification area (sometimes called the tray). Here, first of all, there is a panel for switching the input language ( Language bar). Its presence allows you to control the keyboard layout. Here you will find a clock, an Internet connection indicator and the current speaker volume. If you click on the small triangle, the hidden icons area will open. In the very corner there is a button (Indicated by an arrow), which serves to quickly close all active windows, and pressing again opens it again.
All three areas have their own settings. To open the settings menu, in the area of the start button, press right key mouse, select tab "Properties". A window will open "Taskbar and Start Menu Property", in which you can perform actions to configure and change the toolbar.
There are three tabs at the top. Taskbar, Start Menu, and Toolbars
. There are instructions at the bottom of the window, how to customize the taskbar. You can use it or read the article to the end (h then I advise you).
How to customize the taskbar?
Pin the taskbar
. By checking this box, you can fix the taskbar on the monitor screen in the place where it is currently located. 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 and click the “Apply” button " and "OK". 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 program icons smaller and open applications located on the taskbar. In this way, you can expand the workspace and increase the number of displayed elements on the panel itself.
The 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 of open program icons does not occur under any circumstances.
In the middle of the Taskbar tab there is a Notification Area item, which is responsible for setting the display of system icons and icons background programs, as well as their messages in the notification area (tray).
The notification area is customizable. After pressing the button Settings, 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: 
Below the general list of all icons there are items for Turning system icons on and off (Clock, Volume, Network, Power and Action Center, etc.), as well as Restoring default icon behavior. You can also enable the option Always show icons and notifications on the taskbar.
And finally, in the lower area of the tab we are considering, there is a setting for the Preview desktop using AeroPeek option. AeroPeek functions are not supported by all versions of Windows 7, but only starting with Home Premium. Activating this function allows you to quickly temporarily view the contents of the Desktop when you hover your mouse over the Minimize all windows button. In this case, open windows do not collapse, as happens when this button is clicked, but become transparent.
The next tab is “Start Menu”. Here are the options that are responsible for configuring Windows system settings. When you click on the "Customize" tab, you will see a huge number of settings. I won't describe everything. As I said above, we will look at this element in detail later.
And finally the “Toolbar” .
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.
You can also create your own toolbars yourself. To do this, right-click on an empty space on the Taskbar and in the context menu that opens, select Panels, and then the Create toolbar command.
Next, in the window that opens, you need to specify the folder whose elements the created panel should display.
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 click the Apply button.
And one more nuance. Sometimes, due to some of your actions, the “language” switching icon disappears. In such cases, you should not panic, call someone for help, but try to solve the problem yourself. There are at least several ways to solve the problem.
The simplest one is to right-click on an empty space in the toolbar area. In the menu that opens, select “Panels” and here find “Language panel”. Make sure there is a checkmark next to it. If it is not there, then install it. An icon should appear in the language bar. If this does not happen, do the following. Start menu ---> Control Panel ---> Regional and Language Options ---> Languages tab ---> More details ---> Advanced and uncheck the box next to Turn off additional text services. Everything should fall into place.
This is where we end this lesson. Of course, all the secrets of Windows7 do not end there and we will return to this topic more than once. Write whether the lesson was useful and whether everything is clear. If you have questions, ask. And in our next meeting, we will talk about difficult things - about correctly removing programs and files from your computer. In order not to miss the release of an article, subscribe to my blog news. See you!
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 are also displayed there, open folders and files.
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. Right-click on it 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 quick access to them.
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, just click on it contextual button mouse 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 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 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
Player Windows Media . If this panel is activated, then when minimizing the program window Windows Player 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 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 selecting the item in the user account window that opens. 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 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 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 need to 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, operating system will not add to 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.
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