Comments on: Tweaking the Windows Explorer taskbar icon in Windows 7

By: Don

Don — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:53:36 +0000

The IE icon in the task bar will not open a new browser window (only the currently open ones), how do I get it to open a new window?

By: carl@reclaimed bricks

carl@reclaimed bricks — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:21:42 +0000

thanks for those tips, i also find the pinning feature very useful. The only thing i dont like are the previews of windows there sometimes a little too slow to load. is there any way to speed up the transition animation?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:12:13 +0000

@Mike: Upgrading to retail might fix it. That’s a weird situation… has googling brought up anything for it?

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:55:56 +0000

I had been enjoying the ability to pin frequently used folders to the Windows Explorer icon for some time, then one day they just disappeared.
Now when I right click on that icon in the task bar there are only 3 options:
- Windows Explorer
- Unpin this program from the taskbar
- Close Window

If I try to add a folder as you describe, by dragging, and releasing, nothing happens. I get the little message saying “pin to Windows Explorer”, I release, and nothing.

Very frustration. Don’t know why this changed spontaneously. I’m stuck with the 3 basic options.

Using Windows 7 RC at the moment, hopefully upgrading to retail will fix it?

By: Susie@Reuge Music Boxes

Susie@Reuge Music Boxes — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:43:55 +0000

Thanks for the post. Very helpful. Does it seem to you that each new Windows version looks suspiciously more and more Mac-like?

By: Ali Jiwani

Ali Jiwani — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:55:33 +0000

Thankyou for the hacks(thats what i call it). Do you know naything about scan disk, because i don’t get a scan disk after improper shutdown