How To Get Back Vista Taskbar In Windows 7
Posted January 12, 2009 – 4:34 pm in: Windows 7, Windows 7 TweaksProbably Windows 7’s Superbar is the major change that you will notice when you install Windows 7 for the very first time. The new Superbar has many new features that you will find useful once you get used to it.
If you have come from Windows Vista then you will may take few days to get used to the new Taskbar(Superbar).But you can also get back the old Vista style taskbar in Windows 7 by changing the following settings in the Start menu properties.
1. Right-click on the Taskbar and select Properties.
2. Here you need to change three options. Let us do it one by one. First, check the box named “Use small icons”.
3. Next select “Never combine” option for the Taskbar options.
4. Lastly, uncheck the box named “Use Desktop Preview”. Desktop Preview option temporarily minimizes open windows when you place mouse on the far end button of the taskbar.
5. Click “Apply” to make changes you have done in the above three steps.
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6 Comments
Does anyone know how to get Windows 7 Explorer to default to “Computer” on launch, rather than “Libraries”?
I have but 1 question,
In Windows XP and Vista you can place the taskbar up so that you can place the windows that you have open under the icons
Could you please explain how to do that because when i put the lock off the taskbar it only lets me replace the windows AND icons you cant only draw the windows under the icons, wich i think is really sad…
Hi, Romano.
If I have mistaken you question, you can do it easily. Just unlock the taskbar and then enlarge it.
These steps do NOT give you back the Vista taskbar. IT is as close as you can get in 7, but sadly many things are missing.
1) a double height taskbar in Vista will efficiently triple-stack notification icons. A double height taskbar in 7 gives you a very poorly spaced double-stack arrangement.
2) a double height taskbar in Vista allows you to designate one row for quicklaunch, and another for active program windows. In 7, it’s all one big goulash.
3) in Vista, you can fit TWICE as many quicklaunch icons into a row. In 7, each icon has a glob of wasted space around it.
4) in Vista, you can launch a second instance of a program by clicking your quicklaunch icon again. In 7, your icon becomes the active program bar, making launching a second instance require a different process from the first (that is truly stupid and probably breaks some philosophical design law somewhere).
5)in Vista, your quicklaunch icons are always in the same place. In 7, they move around based on what you have open.
6) In Vista, you can make pretty much anything you want into a quicklaunch icon just by dragging the icon there. In 7, certain things are not “pinned” the way you might expect them to be, depending on what they are.
7) In Vista, the taskbar and associated areas are functional. In 7, they’re just pretty.
I have yet to find any redeeming qualities about the 7 taskbar. In fact, I HATE IT. I see people lauding it everywhere, but I have yet to hear someone say exactly what it is that they like about it. Yes, it is “cool looking”, but how is it more functional? As far as I can tell, it’s just a pain in the ass. I use the hell out of quicklaunch, and now it is ruined.
Man thanks very much!!!!
You are the KîNG!
John you’re stupid. Windows 7 and the superbar are better than the vista taskbar. The vista taskbar sucks and it is old. If you wanted the old taskbar, then why didn’t you just go to the dump and pick up your copy of Windows? Why am I here? It’s good to know. John, dig a hole and die in it.