Touch Keyboard - puts a shortcut on your taskbar that you can use to launch the touch keyboard. Links - puts in a toolbar with all your favorite web sites, but only if your default browser is Internet Explorer, so this toolbar is pretty much useless if you're a Chrome, Firefox or Opera user. 'Use small taskbar buttons' in Windows 8.1 or 'Use small icons' in Windows 7 - This can make your taskbar less obtrusive, by changing the size of the icons on it and therefore the width of the taskbar itself.Īddress - adds the equivalent of a URL bar to the taskbar, so you can type in frequently used websites or file locations. Once you move away from it, it hides again.
'Auto-hide the taskbar' - This option hides the taskbar until you hover your mouse pointer over the area where it's hidden. If you'd like to have a movable or hidden taskbar you should uncheck this. 'Lock the taskbar' - If you select this, your taskbar will stay where you place it, and it won't allow you to move it somewhere else or change its size. On the Taskbar tab, you'll be able to choose where your taskbar is located, whether it stays there or not, the size of the icons on it, which icons appear where, and whether you use Peek to get a preview of your desktop.
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