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![Efficient use of Taskbar Buttons [Quick Tip]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/taskbar-recycle.jpeg "taskbar-recycle")
Setting Windows to combine Taskbar Buttons when the Taskbar is full is a great way to save space on the Taskbar, but also to keep it nice and tidy. To access the individual program window within such a group is usually done by hovering over the combined button and choose a window from the thumbnails. As long as you only got 3 or 4 combined windows, it’s not a big problem. But lets say you have 10 Word documents combined in a group, just telling them apart from the thumbnail view isn’t quite that easy. Or, let’s say you want to open a new blank document to start writing, did you know you could do that from the Taskbar ? Read the rest of this entry »
Efficient use of Taskbar Buttons [Quick Tip]
On August - 26 - 2011Comments Off
![pin to taskbar02 Pin Favorite Files and Folders to the Windows Explorer Jump List [Quick Tip]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pin-to-taskbar02.png "pin-to-taskbar02")
Windows 7 Jump Lists help you quickly get to the programs, files, and folders you use the most. We covered the basics of Jump Lists here: What are Windows 7 Jump Lists?
In this guide, we’ll show you a couple of ways to make the Windows Explorer Jump List work for you by saving you time.
![5 15 2011 8 57 25 PM [Update] Restore Quick Launch Toolbar in Windows 7 [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/5-15-2011-8-57-25-PM.png "5-15-2011 8-57-25 PM")
Remember the quick launch bar in Windows Vista? The one with the Flip-3D, Show desktop, and IE shortcuts? You can have it in Windows 7 too; in this guide, you’ll learn how to restore this toolbar.
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If you have a bunch of photos shot at a huge 10 megapixels (and thus the huge file size) that you want to quickly share with your friends and family via email, Facebook etc., and if you are too lazy to fire up a slow-loading-and-complex image manipulation application, Image Resizer is possibly the best solution for you.
![htc HTC Home Gadget 2.4 [Freeware]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/htc.png "htc")
Remember I told you about the HTC Home weather gadget (Here) a while back? HTC Home is a Desktop Gadget developed to look like the weather and clock gadget found on the HTC phones. Last time I wrote about it, version 2 was still in Beta. I recently decided to check back with the developers and found that they have recently released version 2.4.
The New and improved
![disable aero peek01 Enable or Disable Aero Peek Function in Windows 7 [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/disable-aero-peek01.png "disable-aero-peek01")
New in Windows 7, Peek gives you the power of X-ray vision, so you can peer past all your open windows straight to the Windows 7 desktop. Simply move your mouse over the little transparent rectangle in the lower right corner of your screen—and watch open windows instantly turn transparent, revealing all your hidden icons and gadgets. That’s a fast way to find files on your desktop, or get a peek at the latest traffic report.
If, however, you don’t want to use Aero Peek or if you find yourself accidentally activating it when your mouse works it way in to the bottom right corner of your screen, you can easily disable (and enable) it again.
