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The bar displayed on a full edge of a GUI desktop that is used to launch, monitor and switch between running applications.

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Why did the running applications disappear in the Fedora taskbar?

I can't see the running applications in the task bar. I can only use Tab+Alt to switch. How can I bring it back?
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How do I tell Microsoft Outlook to minimize to the System Tray?

When I click on minimize in Outlook, I would like to minimize to the System Tray, not the Taskbar. How can I do this?
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How do I re-arrange window order in Win XP? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Does any software exist for Windows XP to change the order of items in the taskbar? I normally keep quite a few windows open and would like to find a utility which allows me ...
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How do you disable 'Keep taskbar on top of other windows' in Windows 7?

In Windows XP it is possible to uncheck the default 'Keep taskbar on top of other windows'. This setting is gone in Windows 7 (maybe Vista as well?). Are there any tweaks or similar to force the ...
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Make Google Chrome "Application" Windows Use High-Quality Icons in Windows 7

Whenever I use Google Chrome's "Create Application" shortcut (which I heavily use, and recommend), the icons shown on the Windows 7 taskbar are really blurry, probably the result of the 16x16 favicon ...
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Does any software exist for Windows XP to change the order of items in the taskbar?

I know alt + tab is handy, but doing web development on Windows XP can be difficult when I have to open something new, and it's in the far right, and I have Photoshop or something opened in the far ...
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Ubuntu power management taskbar widget disappeared

The power status dropdown widget in ubuntu 9.04 disappeared. I'm referring to the one in the corner which (when pidgin is installed) displays user status, and has a dropdown to shut down, suspend, ...
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Upon installing SP3, desktop icons don't load, taskbar disappears and nothing runs at startup

I have recently been forced to reinstall Windows XP. Since then, every time I install Service Pack 3, my task bar does not load when I log in. The only way I have been able to get it back is to ...
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Why does the clock in the notification area freeze?

I have noticed a bug in the Windows Vista taskbar clock (not the gadget one, the regular good old taskbar time). Sometimes, not that often, the clock display freezes and sticks to e.g. "7.41". And ...
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How do I disable the popup balloons in Windows XP?

We've all seen them. They're the distracting yellowish popup balloons that appear over the notification area in the Windows XP taskbar. A common one is for taking the Windows XP tour after a fresh ...
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Restoring the Outlook "you have mail" icon

So I'm running Outlook at work; I've done SOMETHING (but I don't know what) that stopped the little envelope icon from appearing in the system taskbar when I have new mail. I actually find that ...
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iTunes toolbar in Windows 64 taskbar

How (if possible) can I get the minimized-toolbar for iTunes into my taskbar on Windows 64 bit?
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How to get the Vista taskbar to span multiple monitors?

I can't for the life of me get the vista taskbar to span multiple monitors. I've searched and looked far and wide, and alas the only pseudo-solution i can find is Ultra-Mon, but a) it doesn't quite ...
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How to arrange Windows 7 task bar icons in 2 rows?

I have my windows 7 task bar set to 2 rows. I would like to arrange the items I have pined to the taksbar in 2 rows without waiting for them to be wrapped. Is this possible in Windows 7? If so how ...
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How do I lock right-aligned toolbars in Windows 7 without them looking awful

I like to create between 3 and 5 toolbars ( like the Quick launch toolbar) to house different sets of icons for daily use. Games Office, Apps, Utils (stuff like that) I like to right-align some of ...
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