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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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Windows taskbar height/width

I can't figure out how to get the windows taskbar height dynamicaly to set my application fullscreen. As you know, taskbar can be in four positions: bottom, top, left or right, so I'm wondering if it's possible to also know the current position to…
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Balloon tooltip with close button - C#

How do I create a ballon tool tip with a close button. I can show a tooltip: TaskbarIcon.ShowBalloonTip(10000); but I can't do the opposite: TaskbarIcon.CloseBalloonTip(); Or even a way to show a close box on a Balloon Tip. I saw this question…
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Change the icon on windows 7 taskbar for a pinned application

My software Pomodoro Timer is going to display a dynamic icon on Windows 7 taskbar. You may wonder why the application icon need to be dynamic. It's actually a counting down timer for me to help me focus on current task, so called the pomodoro…
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C# Display text on the taskbar | Windows 10

I want to display a text in the taskbar like the NetSpeedMonitor program . I thought about how Windows did that with der Date and Time display, but I couldn't find any answer. I want to do this with C# and .Net 4.x
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Task Manager visible in taskbar W10

I like to have Task Manager (%windows%\system32\taskmgr.exe) running all the time on my PC to show CPU activity. I check Options>Hide When Minimized so that it only shows in the system tray (information area). With XP and W7 I simply made a shortcut…
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How do I set AppUserModelID on shortcut?

I'm in Windows 7 working on combining two apps with the same task bar icon, as described in this question: Pinning advertised shortcuts on the taskbar in windows 7 I see there, and it lots of online documentation that I need to set the…
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Programmatically change the icon of the executable

I am developing an application called WeatherBar. Its main functionality is based on its interaction with the Windows 7 taskbar — it changes the icon depending on the weather conditions in a specific location. The icons I am using in the application…
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Using Windows 7 taskbar features in PyQt

I am looking for information on the integration of some of the new Windows 7 taskbar features into my PyQt applications. Specifically if there already exists the possibility to use the new progress indicator (see here) and the quick links…
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Multiple windows, but also multiple items on the task bar

I'm setting up a program that has three different windows. I'm just using .. Window1 win1 = new Window1(); win1.show(); ...for each of the extra windows. The problem is that each window opens up a new tab on the taskbar. Is there anyway that I…
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How to make my Deskband's (Taskbar Toolbar) Form transparent

I'm working on a Windows Deskband in Delphi XE2 for Windows XP, Vista and 7 (Win32 and Win64)... I've implemented all the necessary interfaces (ITrayDeskBand, IDeskBandInfo, IDeskBand2, IDeskBand) in my code, and that all works exactly as it should…
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Pin *.lnk file to Windows 7 Taskbar using C#

Even the programmatic pinning of icons in Windows 7 seems it's not permitted (like it says here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd378460(v=VS.85).aspx), there are some methods for doing this by using some VB scripts. Someone found a way of…
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Windows 7 Taskbar Icons Highlight Color

Can anyone explain how to calculate the highlight color based on dominant color in images like Windows-7 taskbar when mouse is over the taskbar item? Any c# code?
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Using the TaskBarItemInfo in WPF for the progress bar in Win 7 taskbar

Does anybody have a WPF example of updating the ProgressState through the available enum states when progressing through ProgressValue? I have the following code which binds my progress value to run from 0 to 1: …
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Is there a way to make a Python console application flash in the taskbar in Windows?

Is there a way to make my Python console application's window flash in the Windows taskbar, to get a user's attention? My script will be run exclusively in a relatively homogeneous Windows environment, so I don't care about detecting whether a…
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Delphi Change main form while application is running

I have this problem. When I hide my main form, then the taskbar icon of my application is also hidden. I saw a new question about this problem as well and the answers didn't really help. They suggested to minimize it, but I do not want to minimize…
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