Saturday, June 27, 2009

Quick Windows Tip - 3

If you're not a Windows user (some say "sufferer" is more apt), chances are that you may find the rest of this post irrelevant to you. However, for deriving sheer sadistic pleasure, you may wish to read on. On the other hand, long-time Windows users who would like to make their life a wee bit easier may find this tip a useful one.

Do you find that you constantly keep accessing programs residing on the System Tray? If so, you might have noticed that some of the programs that you like to access often are hidden by Windows (by default; constant tinkerers with Windows settings who have long since nailed this might get an inkling of what I'm about to spout in all my wisdom, so I say to them, "Sssshhh; this post is not meant for you people either, so go away and read some other posts").

A simple solution to make those hidden progams visible is at hand: right-click an empty area on the Taskbar, and select Properties. The "Hide inactive icons" option would be checked by default, so uncheck it. That's it! You will now see all of your system tray icons at once instead of having to click on the left- or right-pointing arrows alternately.

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