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Questions tagged [taskbar]

For programming questions about the application switcher and launcher on Windows (or other operating systems copying its desktop environment), usually docked to the bottom of the screen. Questions might relate to interacting with and/or modifying the taskbar's behaviors.

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How to make Eclipse behave well in the Windows 7 taskbar?

All other apps that can be pinned to the taskbar behave well. But Eclipse doesn't show recently open projects when I right click it. It also doesn't allow to pin some projects inside it. Note that I have the JS version of Eclipse Helios. Which…
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How to display a Windows Form in full screen on top of the taskbar?

I have a .net windows application that needs to run in full screen. When the application starts however the taskbar is shown on top of the main form and it only disappears when activating the form by clicking on it or using ALT-TAB. The form's…
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How to hide a JFrame in system tray of taskbar

I'd created a JFrame and want to hide in taskbar (in windows not visible right in the bottom but hidden in the tray menu items). Can anybody tell me how to do that? Did I need to make some changes in System settings of windows? for example, you…
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Pinning a Java application to the Windows 7 taskbar

I use Launch4j as a wrapper for my Java application under Windows 7, which, to my understanding, in essence forks an instance of javaw.exe that in turn interprets the Java code. As a result, when attempting to pin my application to the task bar,…
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Setting the Windows taskbar icon in PyQt

I'm working on an applcation in Python's PyQt4 and cannot find how to change the taskbar icon. I made my .ui files in Qt's Designer, where I can change the windowIcon properties. But that is not what I am looking for. I want to change the look of…
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How to make a WPF Window to blink on the taskbar?

A given moment my WPF app needs user attention. I know it is possible to make the Windows 7 taskbar icon to flash with a yellow color. I tried so far: Window.Activate Attempts to bring the window to the foreground and activates it. Window.Focus…
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Win32: full-screen and hiding taskbar

I have a window, which I SetWindowPos(window, HWND_TOP, 0, 0, GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN), GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN), SWP_FRAMECHANGED); It covers the whole screen, ok, but it takes a while (0.5 sec) to cover the taskbar as well. Is there a…
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Pinning a Java executable (with launch4j) to the Windows 7 taskbar

After spending half a day searching and trying, I'm finally giving up. I have a java application of which I create a runnable jar (to include any other libs and just have a single jar file). With launch4j and the runnable jar I'm making an…
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Change pinned taskbar icon (windows 7)

I wan't to customize the icon displayed within the windows 7 taskbar. When my app is running, I can do it by changing main window icon but, when the app is pinned, the exe's icon is displayed. How can I set the taskbar icon for my app to an icon…
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How can I hide my application's form in the Windows Taskbar?

How can I hide the name of my application in the Windows Taskbar, even when it is visible? Currently, I have the following code to initialize and set the properties of my form: this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F,…
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How to pin Visual Studio Solutions in Windows 7 Taskbar

As in the title. Is it possible? When I rightclick on Visual Studio in a Taskbar I have a "Recent" category there i have but 1 .cs file that I can pin. Now the question is: what to do to pin a .sln solution there?
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Qt Hide Taskbar Item

I have a custom QWidget and I simple don't want it to show up in the taskbar. I have a QSystemTrayIcon for managing exiting/minimizing etc.
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How to pin to taskbar using PowerShell

How can I pin some programs to taskbar on Windows 7 using PowerShell? Please explain step-by-step. And How to modify the following code to pin a folder to taskbar? For Example $folder = $shell.Namespace('D:\Work') In this path, example named…
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Triggering taskbar button flash from batch file?

Is it possible to trigger Windows' "flash the task bar button X times or until the window comes to the foreground" behavior from a batch file? I'm trying to call the user's attention to a long-running script upon completion. Using an external…
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C# - Changing the icon of the taskbar

I want to change the icon on the taskbar of my software, so I changed the project settings. This path was suggested by Visual Studio itself But my taskbar still shows the same icon as before (the standard one) - In my Explorer the .exe has the…
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