Pin to Taskbar!

Started by Meganium September 9th, 2012 10:47 AM
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Meganium

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If you have Windows 7 (or the Windows 8 Preview, like I do), you have the option to "pin" or stick your programs on your taskbar for easier access and not having to minimize your programs or access to start. It's been around for years now and some of us have grown to used to it by now.

What programs do you have "pinned" to your taskbar?

My taskbar is in here. xD
Spoiler:


I don't intend to fill it up, but these are the programs I use frequently. xD

This topic is for everyone and not just limited to non-7 users. If you have an older version of Windows, Mac or Linux, what programs do you have on your "launchers"?

Tsutarja

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I'm actually one who dislikes taskbar clutter so usually I have mine empty with nothing pinned (on my Windows 7 laptop).. though when I did use Windows 8, I pinned my common programs.

donavannj

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I've found placing these shortcuts here easier than searching for them in the Start Menu. I've also made the icons smaller so I have a) more screenspace, and b) more space to put more taskbar shortcuts. I use some of these fairly often, while I don't use the Raptr one at all.

And having my taskbar at the top is something I did only fairly recently, in order to try to prevent screen burn-in.
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Hybrid Trainer

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Well I'm not using windows 7 right now, so no amazing screen shots, but I've always been very minimalistic when it comes to shortcuts and such. The most I could handle having pinned to my task bar is Chrome, MSN and then windows explorer. That's the most I could handle without getting all ocd about how messy it looks.

Oryx

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I have Chrome, Firefox, and mIRC all pinned to my taskbar. In addition I have the Snipping Tool, Calculator, Word, Notepad, and Paint all pinned to my start menu JUST IN CASE.


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Gerri Shin

  

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The only items that are actually in my dock full time are Finder, the Applications Stack, and the Trash. Though I usually always have iTunes and Safari running 24/7 so they may as well be pinned.
I keep my Dock on the left side near the top of the screen so as to be unobtrusive and easy to mouse to with any pointing device. (I find the dock on the bottom a bother since my cursor is usually resting on or near the bottom when watching movies fullscreen, which activates the dock on the bottom.
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Cherrim

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Desktop (Win7)
  • Windows Explorer
  • Notepad
  • Firefox

Pretty much the essentials. :P

Laptop (OSX)
  • Finder (because you can't unpin it ffff)
  • Firefox
  • Tweetie
  • Documents
  • Downloads
  • Trash (see Finder <_<)

You might be able to remove stuff from OSX but I've never figured out how and don't actually look at the dock enough to care that much.


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Nick

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Finder
App Store
Mail
Safari
uTorrent
Messages
Twitter
Adium
Facetime
Contacts
iCal
Reminders
Notes
Preview
iTunes
World of Warcraft
Spotify
Photo Booth
iPhoto
iMovie
Garage Band
Adobe Illustrator CS5
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Coda 2
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Excel
Keynote
Pages
Numbers
AppDelete Lite
Time Machine
System Preferences
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Documents
Downloads
Trash

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How do you take pictures like that? I have a Windows 7 Laptop also..do I have that feature already & not know about it? xD

Here's mine, I like to have mine "Auto-Hide the taskbar" & "Use small icons" though. More stylish!

In order:
HP Adviser Dock
HP MediaSmart
Windows Media Player
Windows Explorer (aka Folder)
Microsoft Office Word 2007
Windows Task Manager
Windows Live Messenger
Google Earth
Google Chrome
FireFox (Default Browser)
Windows Live Mail

Sammi

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Third icon is OpenOffice, fourth icon is FocusWriter. FocusWriter doesn't actually install (it's just an .exe) so I have it pinned for quick access.

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My Libraries folder, Steam, and Kapersky Internet Security 2011, and Snipping Tool are what is pinned to my taskbar. Chrome and HP MediaSmart DVD aren't. I'm watching Negima! right now.

Sorry the screenshot is so tiny. Wish I knew how to fix it.
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curiousnathan

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I have a really simple taskbar with only MSN, iTunes, Firefox and Windows Media Player. I can't handke having too much stuff cluttered along my taskbar or my desktop, I need to have all my files and folders organised ina logical way - or semi-logical way - (becuase sometimes I just can't be bothered sorting stuff out haha.) Plus with an organised taskbar/desktop, I find my computer much easier to use.
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My taskbar -- Firefox, Thunderbird, mIRC, Windows Explorer. I run QTTab on Windows Explorer so has tabs and I love it... it's hard to imagine life without it now. I used to have more... RNG Reporter, Desmume, and Winamp but I moved those to the Start Menu. The pinned programs on my start menu are Firefox, Thunderbird (yay for redundancy), Photoshop, Trillian, Calculator, Notepad, Torguard (VPN), Winamp, and RNG reporter. I use both a lot... otherwise I just type in what I need. Like the Snipping tool I used for my screen. :>

Hikamaru

Age 30
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Posted September 4th, 2018
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My taskbar contains everything I need, especially:

Folders
Google Chrome
MS Word
MS Excel
WordPad
Gone forever for personal reasons.
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Brendino

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I'm still stuck in the dark ages of Windows XP, so I don't have anything pinned to my taskbar.

The only things that I use enough that I would really put there would be Chrome and Photoshop. There are other things that I use on occassion, but nothing except maybe Microsoft Office or Paint would I really find pin-worthy.