?Hi, Ken.
> if I click on the sixth icon down, I will get Quicken, whether or not it
> was already opened. I find that a real convenience.
Why not just press <Win>+6? ;<)
RC
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"Ken Blake" wrote in message
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On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 10:54:21 -0700, "Dell Christopher"
<dellc99@aim.com> wrote:
> Is there a settings option, or some downloadable utility, that will allow
> me
> to change the look of the Win7 taskbar? I really prefer the original
> Quick
> Launch look and the wider taskbar boxes to show open applications.
Not to try to talk you out of your preferences, but let me point out a
couple of things:
1. If you drag the task bar to the left or right side of the screen
instead of leaving it in its default position at the bottom, the boxes
can be as wide as you want them to be. Just drag to your preferred
size.
2. With today's wide-screen monitors, I think having the task bar on
the left or right side of the screen makes better use of screen real
estate than having it on the bottom.
3. When I first started with Windows 7, I also missed having the Quick
Launch Bar. But having used the "Pin to Taskbar" option for quite a
while now, I like it better. The reason is that each icon on the task
bar is always in the same place, whether it's an open running
application or a shortcut to an application that isn't running yet. So
if I click on the sixth icon down, I will get Quicken, whether or not
it was already opened. I find that a real convenience.