Don't Want 'Pin to ...", Prefer Separate Taskbar Icon

[Jeff Layman]

It's the extreme right end of the taskbar, about 1/8" wide, so I would say
that qualifies as Stan described it. I was about to ask if you had
something different, but then realized that you probably aren't using Aero
desktop. That means you have a button to the right of your clock, and not
the thin vertical bar, right?

Yep. I was going to ask if aero was involved in my previous post, but
you've answered the point. I use a simple "Classic XP" theme.

Now if I could only get the thin vertical bar with my theme, and dump
that icon, that would be ideal. But I don't think Win7 will play...

 

[jetjock]

I can't remember it, that's what

A major problem for all us "seniors"!

 

[choro]

A major problem for all us "seniors"!

An 80 year old man goes for a medical. All of his tests come back normal.

The doctor says, "Bert, everything looks great. How are you doing
mentally and emotionally? Are you at peace with God?"

Bert replies, "God and I are tight. He knows I have poor eyesight, so
he's fixed it for when I get up in the middle of the night to go to the
bathroom. Poof!, the light goes on. When I am done, poof!, the light
goes off."

"Wow, that's incredible", the doctor says.

A little later in the day, the doctor calls Bert's wife.

"Ethel," he says, "Bert's doing fine but I had to call you because I'm
in awe of his relationship with God".

"Is it true that when he gets up in the middle of the the night Poof!,
the light goes on in the bathroom, and when he's done, Poof! the light
goes off?"



"OH, MY GAWD!" Ethel screams, "He's pissing in the fridge again !!!!!"

 

[Ken Blake]

A major problem for all us "seniors"!

I'm 73--more senior than most of you--but I can remember Winkey+D, as
well as Winkey+M, which is almost the same.

But although I can remember both, I hardly ever use either. I almost
never want to see the whole desktop.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

An 80 year old man goes for a medical. All of his tests come back normal.

The doctor says, "Bert, everything looks great. How are you doing mentally
and emotionally? Are you at peace with God?"

Bert replies, "God and I are tight. He knows I have poor eyesight, so he's
fixed it for when I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom.
Poof!, the light goes on. When I am done, poof!, the light goes off."

"Wow, that's incredible", the doctor says.

A little later in the day, the doctor calls Bert's wife.

"Ethel," he says, "Bert's doing fine but I had to call you because I'm in
awe of his relationship with God".

"Is it true that when he gets up in the middle of the the night Poof!, the
light goes on in the bathroom, and when he's done, Poof! the light goes off?"


"OH, MY GAWD!" Ethel screams, "He's pissing in the fridge again !!!!!"

Yeah, that pertty much covers it

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, jetjock.

I'm 75. Even more senior than Ken! ;^}

Rather than try to remember Win+D or some other such key combo, I just scoot
my mouse into the corner to the right of the clock and let it hover there
for a moment. My desktop pops up and I read the temperature (at our local
airport) - or whatever Gadget or other info I want to see - and then move
the mouse away from that corner and continue with whatever I was doing.
Takes only a second for the round trip. If I want the desktop to stay, I
just click the mouse in that corner.

RC
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"jetjock" wrote in message

I can't remember it, that's what

A major problem for all us "seniors"!

 

[UXD]

I'm 73--more senior than most of you--but I can remember Winkey+D, as
well as Winkey+M, which is almost the same.

I was puzzled there, since the only Winkey I remember is Winky-Dink.
(if you're not old enough, look it up - the first interactive TV -
as long as you sent in for the plastic sheet & "magic" crayons.)

 

[jetjock]

Hi, jetjock.

I'm 75. Even more senior than Ken! ;^}

Rather than try to remember Win+D or some other such key combo, I just scoot
my mouse into the corner to the right of the clock and let it hover there
for a moment. My desktop pops up and I read the temperature (at our local
airport) - or whatever Gadget or other info I want to see - and then move
the mouse away from that corner and continue with whatever I was doing.
Takes only a second for the round trip. If I want the desktop to stay, I
just click the mouse in that corner.

RC

Do the same myself, as well as using Aero Peek to mouse over minimized
programs and see what is going on. IMHO, those are some of the best
features of Win 7. As I keep telling my wife, there is no "right way"
to do something on a computer; Only the way that works best for you.

 

[Stan Brown]

What's wrong with "Windows Key+D"?

Nothing at all. I mentioned it several days ago. But some people
prefer to click on things.

 

[Stan Brown]

Isn't that the *&$!")^ immovable "Show the desktop" icon you're
referring to? Stan referred to "The slightly-differently-colored
vertical bar at the right edge of the taskbar". AFAIAA you can delete
that icon (and maybe replace it by something else - a vertical bar
perhaps?) but you cannot reclaim the space it takes up.

I was trying to describe the same thing as Roy. Yes, it is to the
right of the system clock. I think of the whole bottom margin of the
screen, including notification area and system clock(*), as "the
taskbar". It's possible I'm not using the terminology correctly.


(*) Itself apparently part of the notification area.

 

[Bob I]

Do the same myself, as well as using Aero Peek to mouse over minimized
programs and see what is going on. IMHO, those are some of the best
features of Win 7. As I keep telling my wife, there is no "right way"
to do something on a computer; Only the way that works best for you.

Unless of course you happen to use a crowbar when instructed to "Open
"My Computer"" ;-)

 

[Ken Blake]

....

I was trying to describe the same thing as Roy. Yes, it is to the
right of the system clock. I think of the whole bottom margin of the
screen, including notification area and system clock(*), as "the
taskbar". It's possible I'm not using the terminology correctly.

That's right; you are using the terminology correctly.

Just one minor point: since the Task Bar can be on the left or right
side of the screen (I prefer it on the left) rather than at the bottom
or top, it can be *under* the clock, rather than to the right of it.
So, rather than saying "It's all the way down in the bottom right
corner," it would be preferable to say that it's at the extreme end of
the Task Bar.

 

[choro]

That's right; you are using the terminology correctly.

Just one minor point: since the Task Bar can be on the left or right
side of the screen (I prefer it on the left) rather than at the bottom
or top, it can be *under* the clock, rather than to the right of it.
So, rather than saying "It's all the way down in the bottom right
corner," it would be preferable to say that it's at the extreme end of
the Task Bar.

Yes, but then the question arises, which extreme end?

 

[Ken Blake]

Yes, but then the question arises, which extreme end?

A piece of string can be said to have two ends. But a Task Bar clearly
has a beginning and *one* end.

 

[Metspitzer]

That's right; you are using the terminology correctly.

Just one minor point: since the Task Bar can be on the left or right
side of the screen (I prefer it on the left) rather than at the bottom
or top, it can be *under* the clock, rather than to the right of it.
So, rather than saying "It's all the way down in the bottom right
corner," it would be preferable to say that it's at the extreme end of
the Task Bar.

The clock part and the icons that are close to it are called the
"system tray" Did I miss something?

 

[Ken Blake]

The clock part and the icons that are close to it are called the
"system tray" Did I miss something?

It was never officially called the "System Tray," not even back in
previous versions of Windows. The official name has always been the
System Notification Area, although most of us have been using the
unofficial name "System Tray" for a long time now.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

A piece of string can be said to have two ends. But a Task Bar clearly
has a beginning and *one* end.

Not in my lexicon...

 

[Stan Brown]

The clock part and the icons that are close to it are called the
"system tray" Did I miss something?

They *were* called the system tray. Now they have gained the dignity
of several extra syllables as the Notification Area. I can't
remember whether the System Tray was part of the Taskbar or not, but
the Notification Area is: if you click on an empty area of the
Taskbar and select Properties, the second section of the Taskbar tab
lets you customize the Notification Area.

 

[Stan Brown]

It was never officially called the "System Tray," not even back in
previous versions of Windows. The official name has always been the
System Notification Area, although most of us have been using the
unofficial name "System Tray" for a long time now.

That's a big "whoops!" on part of the article I just posted, then.

 

[Bob I]

Not in my lexicon...

Is not "Start", synonymous with "beginning"? ;-)