The taskbar is one of the most used and always visible areas of Windows operating system. As you likely know, the taskbar was overhauled in Windows 7 to bring new functionalities, look and feel to the taskbar.
The taskbar in Windows 10 although is not very colorful like it was in Windows 7/8 and looks slightly different because of the search box and dark theme, it behaves more or less the same.
Windows 10 offers basic settings to tweak and customize the default look and feel of the taskbar. You can find settings to change the taskbar color, make taskbar transparent, change the default location of the taskbar on the screen, and add/remove search box from the taskbar.
If want to have full control over the taskbar and want to change the default behavior of Windows 10’s taskbar, you can now use the free 7+ Taskbar Tweaker.
7+ Taskbar Tweaker for Windows 10
7+ Taskbar Tweaker, the popular taskbar tweaking utility, has just been updated to support in Windows 10, and is now available to download for everyone.
The current version of 7+ Taskbar Tweaker for Windows 10 doesn’t come with any Windows 10 specific taskbar settings. That is, as you can see in the picture, as of now, there are no new settings. That said, you can expect the developer to add new settings in future versions.
Like the previous version of the software, you can configure what happens when you right-click, middle click, and hover on taskbar items. You can also change the default settings of thumbnails, pinned items, drag-drop behavior, grouping, and combining.
The tool also you configure the action of the taskbar when you right-click and middle click on the empty area of the taskbar. For instance, you can configure the taskbar to open Task Manager or show desktop when you double-click or middle click on the empty space.
And then there are some tweaks who prefer using mouse over keyboard shortcuts to get their work done. Using 7+ Taskbar Tweaker, you can configure your Windows 10 to cycle between taskbar buttons when you hover the mouse cursor on the taskbar, quickly minimize or restore application windows when you hover mouse over taskbar buttons or thumbnails.
In short, 7+ Taskbar Tweaker is the ultimate tool out there to change the default behaviour of the taskbar in Windows 10. Although Windows 10 specific tweaks are not present in the current version of 7+ Taskbar Tweaker for Windows 10, it already offers plenty of settings to tweak the taskbar.
Download 7+ Taskbar Tweaker
Visit the following page to download the latest version of 7+ Taskbar Tweaker for Windows 10.
Please note, while installing, you can select portable install of the software to use 7+ Taskbar Tweaker without an installation.
John Trainor says
Thank you! In Windows 10 that show desktop button to the right of the clock has been a nuisance for a long time, activating when I am using a cursor at the bottom of the webpage.
7+ Tweaker solved my problem. I have a Windows 7 “Show Desktop” button to the right of the Start button. Appreciate the help!
Carl Jahn says
The app is a Godsend in Windows 10. All I need is for the list option to work with Edge and I’ll be all set.
Thanks for a great app!