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operating system. The icon bar holds icons which represent mounted disc drives and RAM discs, running applications and system utilities. These icons have their own context-sensitive menus and support drag and drop behaviour.
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functions and information. At the time of its introduction in 1995, the taskbar was unique among such elements because it provided the user with a means of switching between running programs through a single click of the
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whilst holding down the CTRL key, an extra tab for DeskBar Options is shown, but no part of it can be used. The DeskBar option was a feature that was never included within these versions of Windows.
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by removing a border of pixels surrounding the Start button which did not activate the menu, allowing the menu to be activated by clicking directly in the corner of the screen.
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position) can be dragged to control its height (width for a vertical taskbar); this is especially useful for a vertical taskbar to show window titles next to the window icons.
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called panel applets, which can consist of application shortcuts, search tools, or other tools. The contents of the panels can be moved, removed, or configured in other ways.
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removes the Quick Launch bar and hides application names by default, in favor of large icons that can be "pinned" to the taskbar when the application is not running.
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the taskbar or drags the icon upwards with the mouse left click. Recent and frequent files and folders can be pinned inside the jump list.
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1172:The new taskbar of Plasma 5.20
38:element that has been part of
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3208:Open XML Paper Specification
3068:Remote Installation Services
2276:Microsoft Windows components
1725:The Next Windows: Windows 98
1543:. AuthorHouse. p. 358.
957:. Optionally shown when the
3360:Windows Subsystem for Linux
3319:Mandatory Integrity Control
3073:Windows Deployment Services
2870:Wireless Zero Configuration
1987:"Shell_NotifyIcon Function"
1832:Microsoft Developer Network
1143:Unix-like operating systems
1077:were a popular category of
938:many other taskbar features
721:The Windows shell places a
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3462:Universal Windows Platform
3168:Kernel Transaction Manager
3153:Hardware Abstraction Layer
2850:Multimedia Class Scheduler
1537:Dan Ryan (13 April 2011).
1109:The right side of macOS's
539:Windows Anniversary Update
513:Windows Anniversary Update
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3914:Windows Services for UNIX
3299:Data Execution Prevention
3148:Graphics Device Interface
3038:Network Access Protection
2657:Remote Desktop Connection
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2226:"GNOME 3.8 Release Notes"
1899:"System Tray Icon Sample"
727:Single Document Interface
3279:Security and Maintenance
3223:Security Account Manager
2817:Windows XP visual styles
1322:(based on KDE3's Kicker)
1056:at the right end of the
896:Winkey-D key combination
652:(or the Start screen in
36:graphical user interface
3864:Media Control Interface
3698:Help and Support Center
3314:Kernel Patch Protection
3078:System Resource Manager
3058:Remote Desktop Services
3053:Print Services for UNIX
2835:Service Control Manager
2445:Windows Error Reporting
2365:DirectX Diagnostic Tool
2063:Windows XP Resource Kit
1287:Other Unix environments
733:may also appear there.
64:behavioral psychologist
3844:Desktop Cleanup Wizard
3420:COM Structured storage
3121:Desktop Window Manager
3013:Windows Media Services
2029:(September 20, 2003).
1656:(September 10, 2003).
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1522:: CS1 maint: others (
1454:Andrews, Paul (1999).
1365:Avant Window Navigator
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741:Windows Desktop Update
689:Windows Desktop Update
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310:Windows Server 2012 R2
286:Windows Desktop Update
192:operating system from
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3472:Windows Mixed Reality
3143:Enhanced Write Filter
2993:Roaming user profiles
1940:"Microsoft Time Zone"
1602:US patent 5825357
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3753:Mobile Device Center
3703:Health & Fitness
3501:Solitaire Collection
3329:User Account Control
3324:Protected Media Path
3228:Server Message Block
3178:Logical Disk Manager
2430:System Policy Editor
2415:System Configuration
1626:CHI 96 Design Briefs
1293:desktop environments
1263:which showcases the
1133:The default Dock in
1092:and its predecessor
959:Windows Media Player
955:Windows Media Player
3899:Virtual DOS machine
3243:System Idle Process
3218:Resource Protection
3126:Portable Executable
3018:Active DRM Services
2420:System File Checker
2390:Performance Monitor
2128:"Notification Area"
1828:"Notification Area"
1632:on October 22, 2008
1261:Activities Overview
693:Internet Explorer 4
670:Windows Server 2012
298:Windows Server 2012
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4039:Windows components
3904:Windows on Windows
3628:Backup and Restore
3440:Transaction Server
3158:I/O request packet
2998:Folder redirection
2667:Speech Recognition
2425:System Information
2380:Management Console
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2069:. November 3, 2005
1789:. November 1, 2006
1687:"Giving You Fitts"
1389:The New York Times
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2812:Windows Spotlight
2455:Windows Installer
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1662:The Old New Thing
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2687:Sticky Notes
2652:Quick Assist
2580:Media Player
2550:Feedback Hub
2545:Fax and Scan
2440:Task Manager
2370:Event Viewer
2350:Disk Cleanup
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3942:Spun off to
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3758:Movie Maker
3663:Diagnostics
3613:ActiveMovie
3355:COMMAND.COM
3233:Shadow Copy
3088:Server Core
2928:Mount Point
2855:Shadow Copy
2450:Windows Ink
1326:Standalone
1272:GNOME Shell
1187:gnome-panel
1115:Menu extras
1066:AppleScript
859:status area
847:system tray
785:introduced
761:introduced
654:Windows 8.1
487:Windows 8.1
385:A standard
333:Fitts's law
306:Windows 8.1
177:Windows 1.0
130:Windows 1.0
125:Windows 1.0
120:Antecedents
103:interactive
4034:Windows 95
4018:Categories
3953:DVD Player
3768:NetMeeting
3668:DriveSpace
3533:3D Pinball
3033:SharePoint
2797:Start menu
2642:Phone Link
2505:Calculator
2460:PowerShell
2321:Management
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2211:2022-05-20
2146:2008-04-20
2102:2008-04-20
2073:2008-04-20
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1842:2008-05-27
1813:2020-02-10
1793:2008-10-21
1772:2008-05-27
1747:2023-02-20
1700:2008-01-14
1671:2021-08-12
1636:2008-10-22
1583:US5757371A
1440:2024-04-26
1407:2023-03-22
1371:References
1281:Activities
1276:Activities
1148:KDE Plasma
1050:Mac OS 8.5
1034:Windows 98
1030:Windows 95
963:Windows XP
909:Windows 11
866:Windows Me
811:Windows 11
759:Windows XP
753:Windows Me
737:Windows 98
712:Windows XP
700:Windows 98
681:Windows 95
658:Windows 9x
650:Start menu
627:Windows 11
605:Windows 11
583:Windows 10
561:Windows 10
535:Windows 10
509:Windows 10
465:hot corner
413:Windows XP
387:Windows XP
361:Windows Me
357:Windows 98
353:Windows 95
290:Windows XP
157:Windows 95
52:Start Menu
44:Windows 95
3748:Messenger
3743:Messaging
3673:DVD Maker
3643:CD Player
3638:CardSpace
3589:Solitaire
3289:BitLocker
3284:AppLocker
2918:Hard link
2807:Task View
2785:Namespace
2755:ClearType
2575:Messaging
2560:Magnifier
2525:Clipchamp
2500:3D Viewer
2165:Microsoft
2136:Microsoft
2096:Microsoft
2067:Microsoft
2039:Microsoft
1945:Microsoft
1695:Microsoft
1666:Microsoft
1518:cite book
1397:0362-4331
1353:WindowLab
1103:trash can
1079:shareware
1075:DragThing
1022:Windows 7
983:Tablet PC
881:combined.
825:Deskbands
801:Windows 7
794:Windows 7
787:jumplists
783:Windows 7
716:Windows 7
666:Windows 8
461:Windows 8
439:Windows 7
328:project.
294:Windows 8
138:title bar
112:With the
56:Microsoft
3992:Category
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3854:ScanDisk
3773:NTBackup
3653:Contacts
3633:Cardfile
3568:Hold 'Em
3547:FreeCell
3393:VBScript
3304:Defender
3272:Security
3258:Winlogon
3213:Registry
2827:Services
2760:Explorer
2745:AutoPlay
2632:Paint 3D
2617:OneDrive
2607:Narrator
2555:Get Help
2510:Calendar
2405:Settings
2375:IExpress
1510:45226466
1476:40820951
1300:Cinnamon
1111:Menu bar
1094:NeXTSTEP
1058:menu bar
1005:Language
1001:feature.
913:UltraMon
813:removed
803:removed
254:Mac OS X
246:Amistart
199:icon bar
48:programs
3968:Mahjong
3889:Interix
3823:WinHelp
3723:Journal
3713:Imaging
3561:InkBall
3447:DirectX
3410:ActiveX
3398:JScript
3111:Console
3083:Hyper-V
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2802:Taskbar
2775:IFilter
2750:AutoRun
2712:WordPad
2707:Weather
2622:OneNote
2612:Notepad
2535:Cortana
2410:Sysprep
1556:13 June
1335:Fluxbox
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1062:palette
999:Flip 3D
989:Desktop
945:Address
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797:button.
777:tooltip
708:Browser
704:Launch
302:hotspot
250:MorphOS
238:AmiDock
234:AmigaOS
204:RISC OS
99:windows
71:Harvard
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3963:Hover!
3837:Others
3818:Travel
3813:Syskey
3596:Tinker
3554:Hearts
3482:WinUSB
3467:WinAPI
3452:Native
3263:WinUSB
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2765:Search
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