Windows 7 Tips.More to come.!

Want to rearrange your system tray icons? Read this: You can rearrange icons on the taskbar as you wish and start new (or switch to running) instances of the first ten taskbar programs using Win+1, Win+2, and so on. The cool thing is you can also rearrange system tray icons. Reorder them on the tray or move them outside or back in the tray. Take control of what you want to always keep an eye on, and from which apps you’ll require notifications.



Pin frequently used programs to the taskbar.Right-click, drag, and pin your favorite folders to Windows Explorer on the taskbar. They will now show up in the Jump List when you right click on Explorer giving you quick access to your favorite folders.



Add any folder to favoritesJust navigate to that folder, right click favorites in the navigation pane on the left hand side and select "Add current location to favorites.

Use Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 7

1. Use Keyboard Shortcuts

Using the mouse, you can drag-‘n-dock windows to either side of the screen, or drag it to the top to maximize it. These keyboard shortcuts are even faster:

1 Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow dock the window to the left and right side of the screen
2 Win+Up Arrow and Win+Down Arrow maximize and restore/minimize
3 Win+M minimizes everything
4 Alt+Up, Alt+Left Arrow, Alt+Right Arrow navigate to parent folder, or browse Back and Forward through folders in Explorer
5 Win+Home minimizes/restores all open windows except the active window
6 Alt+Win+# accesses the Jump List of program number ‘#’ on the taskbar

Change your Vista Taskbar to Windows 7 style Icons

In Windows 7 on the taskbar, it does not show text on the application buttons. The only thing it shows is it's icon.


The Windows 7 application buttons saves a lot of space on the taskbar and actually looks really good. If you want it in Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003, 2008 follow these steps below:

1. Get to your Run dialog box. Then type regedit in it and press the OK button. This will open your registry editor.

2.go to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics.

3. When you get to WindowsMetrics, click the edit drop down button and go to New and then string value and type in MinWidth and set its value to -255.

4. Thats all you need to do. Turn off or restart your computer and it shall be there just like in the Windows 7 taskbar.

5. If you want to change it back just delete the MinWidth string value and then restart again