Move buttons in the Taskbar

Buttons appear in the Taskbar automatically. But, you need to be able to
move them around in the Taskbar so that they suit your working needs. If I
always have my application's button at a certain spot in the Taskbar, then it
is easier to find it.

If the application is shut down for whatever reason and restarted, I
shouldn't have to close every other application down in order to get it to be
first in the button list again. I should be able to drag and drop it into
position.

This should extend to the Startup programs. If I have programs that launch
at Startup, I should be able to indicate the order in which their buttons
appear in the Taskbar and not have to rely upon how quickly they launch.

If there is already a way to do this, it is well hidden. It needs to be
part of the Taskbar properties dialog box: "Drag and drop taskbar buttons."

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"Rrhain" <> wrote in message
news:0E5C95A3-73B6-4D92-A6F2-...
> Buttons appear in the Taskbar automatically. But, you need to be able to
> move them around in the Taskbar so that they suit your working needs. If
> I
> always have my application's button at a certain spot in the Taskbar, then
> it
> is easier to find it.
>
> If the application is shut down for whatever reason and restarted, I
> shouldn't have to close every other application down in order to get it to
> be
> first in the button list again. I should be able to drag and drop it into
> position.
>
> This should extend to the Startup programs. If I have programs that
> launch
> at Startup, I should be able to indicate the order in which their buttons
> appear in the Taskbar and not have to rely upon how quickly they launch.
>
> If there is already a way to do this, it is well hidden. It needs to be
> part of the Taskbar properties dialog box: "Drag and drop taskbar
> buttons."
>

That would be a nice touch and I reckon that the GUI designers might have
added that option if they had time to finish the job. If you look at the
explorer window's context sensitive toobar, you might think that it was all
a rush job at the last minute.

ss.

Oh this has been somethig windows users have asked for a loooong time.
Yet they didnt add this simple feature to vista.. its sad!!!

they did a million other changes that mixed up things and made things more
confusing..
who couldnt they do a few useful things?


"Rrhain" <> wrote in message
news:0E5C95A3-73B6-4D92-A6F2-...
> Buttons appear in the Taskbar automatically. But, you need to be able to
> move them around in the Taskbar so that they suit your working needs. If
> I
> always have my application's button at a certain spot in the Taskbar, then
> it
> is easier to find it.
>
> If the application is shut down for whatever reason and restarted, I
> shouldn't have to close every other application down in order to get it to
> be
> first in the button list again. I should be able to drag and drop it into
> position.
>
> This should extend to the Startup programs. If I have programs that
> launch
> at Startup, I should be able to indicate the order in which their buttons
> appear in the Taskbar and not have to rely upon how quickly they launch.
>
> If there is already a way to do this, it is well hidden. It needs to be
> part of the Taskbar properties dialog box: "Drag and drop taskbar
> buttons."
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> this
> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities....vista.general

It's been considered before and rejected. There is nothing stopping a
program from doing it though You just have to hide windows and show them in
the order you want them in..
"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Rrhain" <> wrote in message
> news:0E5C95A3-73B6-4D92-A6F2-...
>> Buttons appear in the Taskbar automatically. But, you need to be able to
>> move them around in the Taskbar so that they suit your working needs. If
>> I
>> always have my application's button at a certain spot in the Taskbar,
>> then it
>> is easier to find it.
>>
>> If the application is shut down for whatever reason and restarted, I
>> shouldn't have to close every other application down in order to get it
>> to be
>> first in the button list again. I should be able to drag and drop it
>> into
>> position.
>>
>> This should extend to the Startup programs. If I have programs that
>> launch
>> at Startup, I should be able to indicate the order in which their buttons
>> appear in the Taskbar and not have to rely upon how quickly they launch.
>>
>> If there is already a way to do this, it is well hidden. It needs to be
>> part of the Taskbar properties dialog box: "Drag and drop taskbar
>> buttons."
>>
>
> That would be a nice touch and I reckon that the GUI designers might have
> added that option if they had time to finish the job. If you look at the
> explorer window's context sensitive toobar, you might think that it was
> all a rush job at the last minute.
>
> ss.
>

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:27:56 -0800, Rrhain
<> spake thusly:

>Buttons appear in the Taskbar automatically. But, you need to be able to
>move them around in the Taskbar so that they suit your working needs. If I
>always have my application's button at a certain spot in the Taskbar, then it
>is easier to find it.
>
>If the application is shut down for whatever reason and restarted, I
>shouldn't have to close every other application down in order to get it to be
>first in the button list again. I should be able to drag and drop it into
>position.

In all my years with Windows I've *never* even thought of this.

Freaky.
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No, that only changes the alt-tab order. What I mean is to be able to pick
up the button and physically move it to a different location in the Task Bar.

My Task Bar is set to be on the left so the icons run down the left edge
(and thus, you can fit more buttons into the Task Bar). There is no way to
take the bottom button in the list and move it to the top without shutting
down every single program so that it's the only program left running and then
start up all the other programs.

The Task Bar already has the ability to group buttons. There's no reason
that it shouldn't be able to let me rearrange them to suit me.

"." wrote:

> It's been considered before and rejected. There is nothing stopping a
> program from doing it though You just have to hide windows and show them in
> the order you want them in..
> "Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > "Rrhain" <> wrote in message
> > news:0E5C95A3-73B6-4D92-A6F2-...
> >> Buttons appear in the Taskbar automatically. But, you need to be able to
> >> move them around in the Taskbar so that they suit your working needs. If
> >> I
> >> always have my application's button at a certain spot in the Taskbar,
> >> then it
> >> is easier to find it.
> >>
> >> If the application is shut down for whatever reason and restarted, I
> >> shouldn't have to close every other application down in order to get it
> >> to be
> >> first in the button list again. I should be able to drag and drop it
> >> into
> >> position.
> >>
> >> This should extend to the Startup programs. If I have programs that
> >> launch
> >> at Startup, I should be able to indicate the order in which their buttons
> >> appear in the Taskbar and not have to rely upon how quickly they launch.
> >>
> >> If there is already a way to do this, it is well hidden. It needs to be
> >> part of the Taskbar properties dialog box: "Drag and drop taskbar
> >> buttons."
> >>
> >
> > That would be a nice touch and I reckon that the GUI designers might have
> > added that option if they had time to finish the job. If you look at the
> > explorer window's context sensitive toobar, you might think that it was
> > all a rush job at the last minute.
> >
> > ss.
> >
>
>

In my experience with Microsoft, it appears that they either don't ask their
user base or don't care about the answers they receive. Simply using their
help and how to site takes many times as long as it should simply because it
is impossible to find things. I don't have these same problems with other
major software company's products.

While this may not be the case, I honestly believe that Microsoft decides
which features they want or how they think someone should use a program and
ignores anyone else's way of doing it. Since everyone uses their computer
differently, I find this hard to believe. They seem to be trying to control
the direction that people go in the use of a computer. While other OS's are
available, Windows is the one most people use and are stuck with it for the
most part.

If you really want a good example of how poor Microsoft can get when it
comes to including the basic functions you would think people would need from
a program, try using OneNote. They can't even get it to work properly with
their own 64bit OS much less include some of the absolute basic document
writing commands and tools.

I have heard for a long time my friends refer to them as microsuck and I
always wondered what the big deal was. As I begin to want to learn more about
the OS and other programs, I am finding out why very clearly. Compared to
Adobe or Autocad, or any other major software program I use, microsoft seems
as out of touch as any company out there with the users it sells to.

"nick" wrote:

> Oh this has been somethig windows users have asked for a loooong time.
> Yet they didnt add this simple feature to vista.. its sad!!!
>
> they did a million other changes that mixed up things and made things more
> confusing..
> who couldnt they do a few useful things?
>
>
> "Rrhain" <> wrote in message
> news:0E5C95A3-73B6-4D92-A6F2-...
> > Buttons appear in the Taskbar automatically. But, you need to be able to
> > move them around in the Taskbar so that they suit your working needs. If
> > I
> > always have my application's button at a certain spot in the Taskbar, then
> > it
> > is easier to find it.
> >
> > If the application is shut down for whatever reason and restarted, I
> > shouldn't have to close every other application down in order to get it to
> > be
> > first in the button list again. I should be able to drag and drop it into
> > position.
> >
> > This should extend to the Startup programs. If I have programs that
> > launch
> > at Startup, I should be able to indicate the order in which their buttons
> > appear in the Taskbar and not have to rely upon how quickly they launch.
> >
> > If there is already a way to do this, it is well hidden. It needs to be
> > part of the Taskbar properties dialog box: "Drag and drop taskbar
> > buttons."
> >
> > ----------------
> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> > this
> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/communities....vista.general
>
>
>

My first thought was that Taskbar Shuffle would work, but not on 64
bit.

However, this one claims that it will.

'Taskix - reorder buttons in your Windows taskbar - GUI MODS: GUI
Discussion Forum'
(http://guimods.com/forum/skinning_ne...s_taskbar.html)

Hope it is what you are looking for.


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Ifonlea