Recently we posted a small tutorial on how to get Windows 7 Iconized Taskbar feature in Windows XP and Vista:
Get Windows 7 Iconized (Icon Only) Taskbar Feature in Windows XP and Vista
The above tutorial shows how you can get the iconized taskbar easily by modifying Windows registry.
And now we are very pleased to announce that our very close friend "Solo-Dev" aka "Villain" has created a very small standalone utility exclusively for AskVG.com readers which can do the same task automatically.
"Taskbar Iconizer" is a small portable tool which uses the same registry trick to provide iconized taskbar feature in XP and Vista. You just need to download the file, run it and it'll show following window:
Simply click on the right-side image which shows "Windows 7 Type Iconized" and you have done. You'll need to log off or restart the system to take affect.
To restore default settings, click on the left-side image.
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Pallab
My main qualm with using this is how do i distinguish between difference windows of the same app?
VG
^^ Yeah. Thats the main problem. We can't.
Jeet Chowdhury
Maybe A Comment Type Thing Mouse Over It Can Do This.
Kevin
I'd really love to be able to do this but I'm using your VistaVG theme and I can still see the first letter of the task. I'm using windows XP
Mick
2 important remarks:
1) I see no difference with your Get_Iconized_Taskbar regpatch you released recently. I used this patch, nothing has changed with the use of this utility. Seems logic to me, because my registry was already patched
2) The same weird problem remains with both the regpatch and this utility: I see indeed little icons, but they are displaying also the first letter of the application with a dot after it. e.g. when I start "Deze Computer" (means "My Computer", I use a dutch version of XP remember?) I see an icon with the letter "D." on the right. Another example: when I start Winamp I see the little winamp icon in the taskbar, but with the letter "W." on the right! When I open Smart Defrag I see that icon followed by "S." and so on.
I first thought that it was maybe a bug in your regpatch and therefore I also tried this utility by Solo-Dev, but it hasn't solved the problem.
Anyone out there who knows a solution for this error? Or is it the purpose of this patch and utility that you still can see the first letter of the application you've started???
VG
^^ Thats a limitation in XP. The first character will always get displayed.
ST
"Pallab said:
My main qualm with using this is how do i distinguish between difference windows of the same app?"
Right click on your taskbar. Select "Properties". Amongst the checkboxes pertinent to "Taskbar appearance" there should be a box called "Group similar taskbar buttons" Now it'll squeeze all of the running instances of a single application onto one button on the taskbar; when you click the button a little menu pops up with your choice of windows.
PS - No offence intended if you're not a noob!
Nikolaj
@ST what is a "noob"
FaRReR
somebody who doesn't know anything about anything.
oscq
How to get that start button ( 1. picture ). Or what is that VS ?