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Microsoft 365 'Mini Apps' Come to Taskbar

by John Lister on August, 27 2025 at 11:08AM EDT

Microsoft is adding new features to Microsoft 365 for Windows 11 users. They are described as "Companion" or "mini apps" and will be built into the taskbar at the bottom of the screen. The features are only for Microsoft 365. That's the subscription ... version of the Office package where users get updates for as long as they are paying the annual fee. They won't be available on the standalone Office or on Windows 10. The idea of the mini-apps is to make it easier to carry out core tasks without the need to open up full-blown apps or visit a web page. Calendar Tool Enhanced The File Search ... (view more)

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May

How to Fix: Disable Taskbar Thumbnail Previews in Windows 7, 8, 10

by Dennis Faas on May, 19 2017 at 02:05PM EDT

Infopackets Reader Vema H. writes: " Dear Dennis I just upgraded to Windows 10 and one thing that really bothers me is the taskbar thumbnail previews. For example, if I place my mouse over top of a task on the taskbar, a preview will show up. The ... problem is that most of the time I don't mean to do this, so part of the screen is being taken away by some task preview that I don't care about. Is there any way to disable the taskbar thumbnail previews? It's driving me nuts! " My response: I completely agree with you - I have never had any use for this feature which I believe started some time ... (view more)

Mon

Sep

Leaked Screenshots Reveal More About Windows 9

by Brandon Dimmel on September, 15 2014 at 01:09PM EDT

Screenshots of Windows 9 have leaked to the press and they show an operating system (OS) that's a substantial step away from the controversial Windows 8. Windows 9, which is currently code-named Threshold , is expected to launch later this year, ... with a technical preview expected sometime in October. Screenshots Confirm Start Button Returning Experts speculate that Microsoft will blend the best elements of Windows 7 and 8 together, and graft them onto the classic desktop found in Windows 7. Leaked screenshots show that Windows 9 will likely have a Start Menu of sorts - something which was ... (view more)

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Mar

More Details about Windows 8 Update 1, Due April

by John Lister on March, 10 2014 at 12:03PM EDT

A leaked set of documents reveals some additional changes planned for Windows 8 due next month. The changes are aimed at making the operating system easier to use with a mouse and keyboard, but without returning to the traditional Windows desktop ... interface. The free Windows 8 update will be officially released in April through Microsoft's Windows Update system. It will be known as Windows 8.1 Update 1 , a sign that the changes won't be as major as the previous update from version 8 to 8.1 (which was released October 2013). The details became public as Microsoft briefly made the update ... (view more)

Thu

Dec

'7 Taskbar Tweaker', and 'Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.0 Platform Preview 2 (2.10.8103.0)'

by Brandon Dimmel on December, 1 2011 at 08:12AM EST

7 Taskbar Tweaker This new tool is designed to tweak (and improve) the Windows 7 taskbar. It provides you with options like disabling "grouping," "middle-click" to close, and many more. Recently updated to version 3.1 with a slew of new features. ... http://rammmichael.com Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.0 Platform Preview 2 (2.10.8103.0) An updated platform preview of IE10 for the Windows Developer Preview is now available for download. This IE10 preview adds even more support for HTML5 technologies, enabling richer Web applications with significantly improved performance. IE10's hardware ... (view more)

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Jul

'Taskbar Ex', and 'Idle Monitor'

by Brandon Dimmel on July, 23 2009 at 08:07AM EDT

Taskbar Ex Drag items off of your Taskbar onto your Desktop with the exciting new program, 'Taskbar Ex'. http://cybernetnews.com Idle Monitor Idle Monitor is a handy little program that monitors your computer's idle time, based on mouse movements. ... It can shutdown your computer for you, if left unattended for X number of minutes. http://www.brooksyounce.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at Shell Extension City. Please note that the below software descriptions are provided solely from the developer and are absent from any guarantee or warranty. You are ... (view more)

Tue

May

'Service Tuner', and 'Taskbar Commander'

by Brandon Dimmel on May, 19 2009 at 08:05AM EDT

Service Tuner Service Tuner is a utility that lets users tweak the start-up state of the background services using some presets. It is also capable of saving the current start-up state of all services, as well as restoring that saved state at a ... later time. http://www.hiren.info Taskbar Commander This tool is only for the most eccentric of Windows users: it lets you control the order that buttons appear on your taskbar. Alphabetize them, color them, do anything you want! Requires IE4+ with shell integration. http://www.hiren.info Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob ... (view more)

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Apr

'Taskbar Shuffle', and 'Links2tray'

by Brandon Dimmel on April, 3 2009 at 08:04AM EDT

Taskbar Shuffle Taskbar Shuffle is a simple, small, free utility that allows you to rearrange your Wndows taskbar buttons using drag-and-drop techniques. This is very useful when customizing your desktop, and it makes for easier navigation than ever ... before! http://www.freewebs.com Links2tray Links2Tray is a utility that resides in the system tray (near the clock). It displays a menu combining Internet Explorer's Favorites and Bookmarks from Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera. You can load any link's web page in either Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome or Opera (assuming you have these ... (view more)

Mon

Apr

'Taskbar Shuffle', and 'Fair Use 4wm'

by Bob Helmer on April, 28 2008 at 08:04AM EDT

Taskbar Shuffle Taskbar Shuffle is a simple, small, free utility that lets you drag and drop your Windows taskbar buttons to rearrange them. If you run more than a few applications at a time, you'll definitely find Taskbar Shuffle useful. ... http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/ Fair Use 4wm If you can't transfer legally purchased music and videos to your iPod or Sony PSP because of the DRM protection of Windows Media files, here comes free software for Windows called FairUse4WM. FairUse4WM is intended to be used to make fair-use backups only. Please do not abuse this rule. http://www.undrm.info (view more)

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Jul

'Taskbar Control', and 'Attribute Changer'

by Bob Helmer on July, 31 2007 at 08:07AM EDT

Taskbar Control Rearrange the buttons on your Windows taskbar by simply dragging and dropping them. http://www.pointstone.com/products/TaskbarControl/ Attribute Changer Attribute Changer is a power user tool to change all kind of file and folder ... attributes, like date, time and even NTFS compression. A really useful feature is the compression/decompression of files stored on the Windows NT/2000 and XP NTFS file system. Furthermore, date and time on files and folders can be partially changed. In this case, you can advise Attribute Changer not to change the whole object data, but only parts such ... (view more)

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