João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also love all things tech and videogames, especially Nintendo, which he's always ...

If you want to mod Windows, open source is the best route.

Start11 v3 introduces widgets, workspaces, app grouping, and a redesigned taskbar experience for Windows 11 users. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If the default Windows mode is on Light, you can't choose a custom color. This article explains how to change the color of the ...

The Windows taskbar is supposed to bring ease of access to the operating system. All open and frequently used apps, as well as recent files and folders, can be conveniently accessed right there on the ...

You can customize the Windows taskbar in several different ways. You can display the bar horizontally or vertically. You can pin applications to the taskbar, select icon size and group pinned icons.

Ben Smith is a writer based in Los Angeles, California who has been covering consumer tech for at least five years. He's written thousands of articles for various sites about laptops, tablets, and ...

The Windows 10 experience is anchored by the taskbar. It provides an information-packed reference point for your workflow, but not every desktop serves the same purpose. Here are a few customization ...

Over at Windows expert Paul Thurrott's web site, he points out that you can easily access the shortcut properties for a pinned shortcut by first right-clicking on the taskbar button, and then ...

Unlike macOS and other desktop platforms, Windows 10 lets you redesign the desktop with third-party tools that offer a wide range of customizations. From simply changing the accent color to installing ...

Trying to create a customized start menu / taskbar for a specific department and not having any luck. I can see the group policy that the XML is attached to applies successfully for my test user and I ...

The first thing you ever learned about Windows 7 was probably the updated taskbar. Many of its goodies -- like rich thumbnail previews from the taskbar icons, pinning apps to the taskbar, and jump ...