Many people say that Windows 7 is based on Vista's improvements. In fact, Windows 7 has a lot of its own original creations, such as the "library" function, more convenient AERO effects and so on. However, most people think that the improved taskbar is the most praiseworthy place of Windows 7. We have introduced the related skills of the Win7 taskbar, and now we have to play the taskbar more exciting.
The taskbar is one of our most used features. When we first faced the Windows 7 taskbar, I might feel a little confused when I was excited. Compared with xp, the change is really big. I can find some common techniques through my own operation, but some functions need to be detailed. Research is only possible.
1, display the quick launch bar
Windows 7 does not display the quick launch bar by default, you can retrieve the quick launch bar by the following method. Right click on the taskbar, select the toolbar, create a new toolbar, in the pop-up dialog box, enter: %UserProfile%AppDataRoamingMicrosoftInternetExplorerQuickLaunch, then the prompt will not pop up the path, do not care about it, click OK, then a name will appear For the folder of “QuickLaunch”, select and click “Select Folder” to complete the operation.
2, let the library display "My computer"
By default, there will be a "library" button on the taskbar, after opening, it will enter the system's "library" folder. If you don't use the "library" function, you can set this button to open directly to “computer”.
Right click on the "Library" button, then right click on "Windows Explorer", select “Properties", the value in the target (T) column is: %windir%explorer.exe, I Just add a space and a comma after the string of numbers, click OK to complete the modification.
3, adjust the taskbar position, icon size
Windows 7's taskbar is a lot bigger, the arrangement has also changed, if you are not used, you can adjust through the property settings.
Click the right button in the blank space of the taskbar to select the property, and you can set it in the “Taskbar” tab. We can condition the size, position, and auto-hide of the taskbar icon, and also set the arrangement mode of the taskbar button. If you are not used to the Jumplist list, you can set the taskbar button to “ never merge ”.
4, use the right button function
We can drag various programs to the taskbar to quickly start, do you only use the left button to open this simple function? If you click on the icon on the taskbar Right click, maybe there will be new features.
For example, if we right click on the "Library" button, you can find that the commonly used folders are automatically listed according to your operation for quick access; if it is a browser like Maxthon, the right click icon will also display the most frequently viewed. The webpage; if it is a software such as a WMP player, it will also display the most frequently played videos, music, and so on.
5, using QuickJumplist to create a super fast start
QuickJumplist is a domestic Windows 7 taskbar enhancement software (click here to download). Although we can lock all kinds of software to the taskbar, the length of the taskbar is limited. If you use a lot of software and folders, a long list of icons on the taskbar is not good. You can use QuickJumplist. solve this problem.
This software has only one file and can be used with a single click. Click on the file to add any software execution program to the list of the software. Similarly, click on the folder to add any folder. After the addition is complete, click the “Create” button. Make the newly added content into a list of Jumplists. Then click the right button and we will see the content just added. Click to use. If you feel convenient, you can lock the software to the taskbar for a long time.
6, the taskbar also has to use the glass effects
AERO glass special effects are unique display effects in Vista and Windows 7, so that the interface looks more beautiful. After opening the glass effect in Windows 7, you will find that the Jumplist list on the taskbar is still black on white, which is a bit inconsistent with the overall effect, so we also use the glass effect for this Jumplist list.
First install 7stacks software, although it is in English, but the operation is very simple, after the installation is complete, click on the desktop "Createanew7stack", open the settings interface. The top of the "foldertouseforstack" column means to set the contents of the Jumplist list, you can choose a file folder or save the shortcuts of commonly used software in a folder, and then point to this folder, The D drive is chosen here. Other settings remain the same, click on the bottom “DreateShortcutonDesktop”, then a shortcut called "DriveD" will be generated on the desktop, close the software, drag this shortcut to the taskbar to lock, then left click, You can see the gorgeous effect.
7.Gmail Mail Preview
Although Windows 7 has a sidebar function, you can add various gadgets to the desktop, but one problem is if you want to browse the web or perform document operations. Look at the sidebar information, unless the sidebar tool is set to front-end display, or you must switch to the desktop to view it. The front-end display will have an impact on the operation, and it will be more convenient to set some important tools to the taskbar display.
Gmail is currently the most popular mailbox, if you use Gmail under Windows 7, then you must use the "GmailNotifierPlus" plug-in, you can directly preview the mail and write new mail in the taskbar.
Click this software to display a red mail icon on the taskbar. The first time you will be asked to enter the correct Gmail account information. If the login is successful, put the mouse on this icon when the AERO effect is enabled. You can view the latest emails and right click to do other operations.
8, the taskbar display hardware information
Many friends like to view the realization of computer hardware information, in order to deal with existing problems in a timely manner, usually by means of injection hardware software such as "Master Lu" To view it, now we can make hardware information displayed in the taskbar through several small plugins.
I believe everyone needs to know the real-time usage of CPU and memory. We can use the two plug-ins “TaskbarCpumeter” and “TaskbarmemoryMeter”, which can be displayed in the taskbar by double-clicking, but these two plug-ins have The difference is that instead of displaying detailed information, it is represented by color. We can click the icon on the taskbar to set the color to indicate the CPU and memory usage. It is convenient to view.