The taskbar is arguably one of our most used features. When we first faced the Windows 7 taskbar, we might feel a little confused when we were excited. Compared with XP, the change is really big. You can find some common techniques through your 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%AppDataRoamingMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick Launch, then the prompt will not pop up the path, do not care about it, click OK, then it will appear A folder called Quick Launch, select it 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 library folder. If you don't use the library function, you can set this button. To open directly into the 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 only need to put a space after this string of numbers And comma, 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. You can set it in the taskbar tab. We can condition the size, position, and auto-hide of the taskbar icon. You can also set the arrangement mode of the taskbar button. If you don't Customed to the Jumplist list, you can set the taskbar buttons 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, we can find that the commonly used folders are automatically listed according to your operation for quick access; if it is a browser like Maxthon, right click icon will also display the most frequently viewed webpage; It is a software such as a WMP player that also displays the most frequently played videos, music, and more.
5, using QuickJumplist to create a super fast start
QuickJumplist is a domestic Windows 7 taskbar enhancement software. 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 to add the newly added one. The content is made into a list of Jumplists. Then we can right click and we can 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 on this Jumplist list.
First install 7stacks software, although it is in English, but the operation is very simple, after the installation is complete, click Create a new 7stack on the desktop to open the settings interface. The top folder to use for stack means to set the contents of the Jumplist list. You can select a file
folder or save the shortcuts of commonly used software in a folder, then point to this folder. , here is the D drive. Other settings remain the same, click on the bottom of the Dreate Shortcut on Desktop, then a shortcut called Drive D will be generated on the desktop, close the software, drag this shortcut to the taskbar to lock, then left click 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 Gmail Notifier Plus 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 the hardware detection software such as the injection of Master Lu, 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 TaskbarCpumeter and TaskbarmemoryMeter plug-ins, double-click to display them in the taskbar, but the two plug-ins are different, no Detailed information will be displayed, but it will be 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.