How TO Make Windows 7 Better & More Better?

windows 7Here are a few tips and tricks you can use to make this great Windows even better.
I know you liked the new Windows 7 taskbar a lot but something was missing in . Guess what, now you can pin programs to the Start menu. But don’t forget the Quick Launch bar, where you could keep icons for programs. You won’t easily find Quick Launch bar in Windows 7, but there is a way to get it back. The Quick Launch folder is located at the hidden system folder location:

C:\Users\(user-name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
Once you get the Quick Launch bar on your taskbar, you can drag programs to it as you did in Vista.
Even though Microsoft redesigned the new taskbar, but we know some people don’t like it. They’d prefer to have the old Vista/XP look and behavior, where the taskbar uses less screen space. If you’re one of those , it’s easy to change the taskbar so it will look like similar to the old look.

1. Right-click the Start button and select Properties.
2. Click the Taskbar tab.
3. Select the Use Small Icons check box and click Apply.

If you don’t like the way Windows 7 combines icons for all instances of an application, you can change that, too. On the same tab, click the down arrow on the Taskbar Buttons box and select Combine When Taskbar Is Full.

This dialog box also enables you to pick the taskbar location on the screen (bottom, top, left, or right), customize which icons appear in the notification area (system tray), and decide whether to temporarily minimize all open windows when you place your mouse on the far end (or bottom) of the taskbar

If you’re running Windows 7 with two or more monitors, you’ll be glad to know that multiple-monitor support has been enhanced. One thing we really like about Windows 7 is that when we connect to it via Remote Desktop from another computer, it doesn’t rearrange all icons as Vista often did with multiple monitors. However, one thing Microsoft didn’t build into Windows 7 that some of us were hoping for is the ability to set different wallpapers on different monitors.

However, there is an application called Display-Fusion. The free version offers you multiple wallpaper support, and the paid version, which costs $20 less than UltraMon, gives you multiple taskbars and window management features. We ’ve installed it on two Windows 7 computers and it works great.
Aero Snap is a new feature in Windows 7, which causes your application windows to automatically snap into a pre-configured place when you move them to the edges of the screen. Drag a window to the far right, and it will size itself to fill exactly half the screen. Drag it to the top corner and it will maximize to fill the whole screen. This can be handy, but it can also be annoying if you prefer that your windows stay the size you made them. Luckily, you can easily turn Snap off. Here’s how:
1. Click Start and select Control Panel.
2. Click Ease of Access Center.
3. Click Make the Mouse Easier to Use.
4. Select the Prevent Windows From Being Automatically Arranged When Moved To The Edge Of The Screen check box and click OK.

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