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Hide Wi-Fi icon from taskbar and notification icons area of Windows 11
I am trying to hide Wireless network connection from Windows 11 taskbar and notifications area icons.
I have tried to hide network connection from registry:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\...
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Some .exe files have blank icons on taskbar despite having icons
Most of games I install are GOG versions and the installers generate loads of unnecessary files, all have uninstallers, and if I want to uninstall, I will just delete the installation folder. I use ...
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Windows 11 default taskbar pinned apps?
TLDR: I want to reset the taskbar pinned apps to the default (similar to the first login of a new user)
I found taskband in regedit but this value isn't in the default user's registry hive. It seems ...
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How to change theme/background settings in Windows 10 automatically or with one click?
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I set my background to slideshow that changes every 10 minutes. It also choose the accent color automatically from my background and show the accent color on start, taskbar, and ...
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Windows Terminal WSL2 profile shortcut not highlighted in taskbar when opened
I have a shortcut for a WSL2 profile in Windows Terminal (Windows 10) pinned to the taskbar. The command is of the form wt.exe -p "Fedora 36" where the profile executes the command wsl.exe ~ ...
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Winows 10 taskbar preivew disappear
My goal is really quite simple. I want to make it such that there is no delay between my mouse moving away from the window preview (from the taskbar) and that preview disappearing.
Somehow, in the ...
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How to prevent taskbar from revealing on mouseover when hidden?
I have the Windows 10 taskbar set to automatically hide. By default, the taskbar appears when moving the mouse close to the edge of the screen where the taskbar is hidden.
How can I change this ...
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How to prevent a Windows 7 registry setting from always getting reset to the default on reboot?
Hopefully this question will be asking the correct question, and not be an infamous "XY" problem question. The challenge is that "X" has already been asked and answered, but that ...
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Stop Task Bar Apps from flashing
when an application is minimized but running, and something happens inside of the application, it's task bar icon starts to flash orange.
I.E. Teams recieves a message, a browser download is complete. ...
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Location of Notification area icons size in RegEdit Windows10
I wonder if anybody has encountered with notification area icons size in Windows 10? Because after a Windows update the time panel under right-corner of screen
Before: https://i.sstatic.net/92BLg.png
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How does windows store taskbar items?
In a question pertaining to windows 7, back from 2009 @Mikeon asks where windows stores taskbar data.
He mentions the filepath %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\...
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Where's Win10's Registry for Desktop wallpaper, Desktop icons and Tasbar icons?
In my company we got a computer which "barely" runs.
Anytime it is rebooted the desktop is wiped so that the wallpaper, all icons, start icons and taskbar has the default stuff on it. (My boss knows, ...
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Language bar missing for only one language
I have two languages in the system: Japanese and Russian. Japanese does not displays in the old language bar, Russian does not displays on the default Language taskbar indicator.
sfc /scannow was ...
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What's the logic behind windows 10 taskbar highlight, and how to disable it?
i wonder whats the logic behind windows taskbar hightlight, dont know why some app has 'active color' while others not . since i didnt open that application in front of all application, and how to ...
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I cannot access wifi in Windows 10, only ethernet is working now
I cannot access wifi settings anywhere in Windows10 like in
taskbar
in settings page networking area is showing nothing
Icon in taskbar is also disabled
First wifi was working and I can connect to a ...
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How to keep the taskbar hidden (i.e., minimized) in Windows 10?
I understand that in order to disable or remove the taskbar in Windows 10, the explorer.exe process must be terminated. However, is there a way to:
keep the taskbar minimized (i.e., auto-hide in the ...
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Windows won't hide my notification area icons, even though I set them to hide
In Windows 10, windows will always show all of my notification area icons. I've went into "Taskbar Settings => Select which icons appear on the taskbar", and turned off everything, but all the icons ...
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How do I combine multiple java (OpenJDK) buttons into a pile on the taskbar?
I found this answer for Oracle's Java runtime. But I am running ojdkbuild (OpenJDK) which doesn't seem to create the same registry entries.
I have done a search for "isHostApp" & "java.exe" ...
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How to disable flashing icons in Windows 10 taskbar
My question is the same as this one but for Windows 10 instead of Windows 7.
Is there a way to stop taskbar icons from flashing orange to get my attention? I find it very distracting. I have tried ...
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Hide labels on taskbar from registry
I recently had an update on my work computer (Windows 7 Pro). After rebooting, i now have a problem with my taskbar icons: the labels are visible and buttons not groupping.
I want to restore the ...
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Windows registry: changing showed program icon (taskbar and top left corner)
I'm making a script to open .sh files with bash.exe and wsl.exe.
the keys I'm editing are [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\wsl.exe] and [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\bash.exe];
I wanted to change ...
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Windows 10 Normal and Small Taskbar mode whilst keeping "Day of the Week & Date" shown at all times
In Windows 10, in "large icons" taskbar mode (32x32 taskbar program icons), I see the date plus first two letters of the week (Dutch) showing nicely:
But, when I activate "use small taskbar buttons" ...
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Show Teamviewer icon in Windows permanently - setting with GPO as registry possible?
I want deploy Teamviewer 12 as MSI over group policy. The silent installation works as well but the icon in the windows taskbar is invisible.
My target is on the client computer, that the user can ...
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How to display the current "Day of the Week" next to the 24H time in Windows 10?
I would like to see a short two letter day of the week abbreviation like MO for Monday SA for Saturday before the 24H time dusplay on windows 10.
As you can there's plenty of room there. For most ...
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Add Process explorer to taskbar right click context menu Windows 8.1
I recently discovered process explorer (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx) and would like to add it to the context menu when you right click on the taskbar. It has the ...
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About Group Policy: 'Do not allow pinning Store app to the Taskbar'
Using Windows 10 (TH2 Update), I need to enable this policy:
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\Do not allow pinning Store app to the Taskbar
The problem is that I ...
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Anyway to set taskbar height in registry
I have a issue that my taskbar does not want to stay 3 high.
It is not a windows issue more so the screen that I am using disconnects itself when I turn it OFF and when I turn it ON windows detects ...
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Windows 10 Taskbar: Never combine, always hide labels
Is there a way to never combine task bar icons, but still not display their labels?
This worked on Windows 7 with a registry hack found here, but it doesn't work as expected on Windows 10. It is ...
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How to remove icons from the taskbar?
I have windows 10, and I'm trying to completely remove 2 icons. (Not just hide them in the overflowed list.) Here are the 2 items I want to remove:
So I went to the startup programs (at task manager),...
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How do I start the taskbar after changing the "shell" registry key that runs at login
So, I have made a version of windows that looks like it isn't running windows (no logos or common windows tropes), so that it looks like it is only the software I choose that is running, sort of like ...
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Registry or command line - Set fixed position of pinned task bar item
I am installing Google Chrome in addition to Internet Explorer 11 on several Windows-7 machines. After the installation, I would like to have Google Chrome set to the same position (#2) in the task ...
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Is it possible to change Windows 7's Quick Launch icon size? Maybe registry?
I recently found out you can enable Quick Launch in Windows 7. The only problem is that the icons are slightly bigger than the original taskbar icons so there's a little gap on the bottom of the ...
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No right click, No icons on desktop, Icons are in the taskbar instead?
My service laptop, running on XP for the moment, do not display any icon on the desktop nor allow to right click on the desktop.
The desktop icons are instead located in the taskbar, I deleted the ...
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How can I speed up the redraw rate for the Windows 7 taskbar?
In foobar2000, I have a script for Columns UI that scrolls the song title across the taskbar button. I like it, but I wish it scrolled faster and more smoothly. I've read that the taskbar redraw rate ...
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Remove taskbar with registry in windows 7
I'm trying to permanently hide my taskbar. I'd rather not use a different shell or use software to do this for me, so editing the registry seemed a natural choice. Searching the web a bit, I found ...
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How can I change the Windows 7 taskbar position (overriding GPO, Registry Editor, Admin. Rights)?
I run the computer center of my Faculty and the problem is that users manage to change the Windows 7 taskbar position. I don't really know how they do this as far as I have applied many group policies ...
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Hide a taskbar toolbar's text and title by default
I need to add toolbars which hides the shortcut/icon/application text and title as default.
I thought the best way would be through the registry (where everything like that can be set, but not this I ...
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How can I pin a program to the Windows 7 Taskbar, with parameters?
In my case, I have to login and manage user accounts on a specific PC on our network quite frequently. I just learned that I can use the Windows Computer Management Snap-in to connect to another PC ...
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How can I disable flashing icons on Windows 7 taskbar?
I set my Windows 7 taskbar to auto-hide. However, sometimes when a program changes or something new happens in a program, the taskbar will show its self, and its respective taskbar icon will begin ...
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How to always show titles on Windows 7 Taskbar thumbail preview?
I often use the Win+n shortcuts to 'alt-tab' between windows of pinned application (i.e. Win+2 to basically 'alt-tab' multiple putty windows, where putty is pinned as app #2 on the taskbar).
The ...
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Make Windows "Show icon and notifications" by default, but let you hide some
In Windows 7 if you have the Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar option disabled, the setting for individual applications defaults to Only show notifications.
Is there a magical ...
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How to change the Windows 7 taskbar icon spacing?
At home i run Windows 7 with on a widescreen LCD with the taskbar to the left and this works well, but at work i just got upgraded to W7 on a 4:3 LCD and have the taskbar at the bottom.
So what's ...
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Set "never combine" in Windows 7 using the registry?
How do i set task bar buttons to "never combine" using the registry?
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Can I Supress the Windows Live Messenger Taskbar "Flashing"?
Is it possible, using a registry hack or some other method, to supress the taskbar "flashing" when someone sends me an instant message?
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How can you control a Windows XP\2003 taskbar size via the registry?
all the googling I've done only shows me how to lock or unlock it, how to hide it, or how to control the grouping setting. What I'm looking for specifically is, when you make the task bar one or two ...
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