Most Windows 7 users should appreciate the new taskbar located at the bottom. This bar, unlike what happened before with Xp and Vista, allows, not only to open programs quickly but also to open contextual menus called Jumplist by clicking on the icons with the right button.
For example, if you put a browser such as Internet Explorer or Chrome, clicking with the right button displays several options to open a new tab, to open the browser and to start private browsing.
Several other programs have their own Jumplists that interact with the operating system.
As seen, from Internet Explorer 9, it is also possible to add websites like Facebook and Twitter that present their fast action menus.
However, not all programs have jumplists so they don't have the ability to start actions quickly.
It also lacks the ability to put individual files, such as Excel documents, Word, and even links to websites and folders on the taskbar
Let's see how you can create customized jumplists for each file and each program and how to add files, links and folders to the taskbar individually.
As you will have noticed, in fact, if you add a word document, a pdf file or a folder to the taskbar, it adds up in the jumplist relating to the program that opens the file or folder (explores resources).
To put a file in the system tray and open it quickly, you need to do a little work.
You have to create a link of that file by putting it, for example, on the desktop.
On the link to the file you need to right-click on it, go to the properties, locate the path and add the word explorer to its left.
For example, if I have a link to a file on the desktop, in the destination entry, you have to write explorer "C: \ Users \ user \ Documents \ pippo.doc" .
Now you can drag that link to the taskbar and, by clicking on the properties, change its icon to make it recognizable.
You can use the program icon or one of those that are in the path C: \ Windows \ System32 \ shell32.dll .
To put a folder on the taskbar and taskbar and open it with a click, you have to do a different thing.
You need to create a new file on the desktop by right clicking on the blank and creating a new text document.
This file must be called with the name of the folder to be added and then with the .exe extension then the file becomes, for example, documents.exe .
If the extension is not true, you must go to the folder options, display tab and remove the flag from " Hide extension ".
Now, go to explore resources, right click and the Shift key (or Shift) pressed on the folder to put in the taskbar and choose Copy as path .
Now you can drag the document.exe file to the taskbar, right click on it, go to the properties and, in the destination field, paste the path copied before.
To change the icon, you can proceed as described above.
To put a website on the taskbar for quick start, you can use Internet Explorer or create a new shortcut on the desktop and give the following command as a destination: “C: \ Program Files \ Internet Explorer \ iexplore.exe "//Www.navigaweb.net .
If you use another browser, you must replace the path of Internet Explorer with the one where chrome.exe or firefox.exe is located .
Now you can drag the new link into the system tray.
To add jumplists for any program, you can use Jumplist Extender which allows you to add menu items to the jumplists for each program on the taskbar, even those that would not be supported by Windows 7.
For example, you can add several Excel files to the jumplist of the Excel program so, when you right click on it, you will see the list of files that has been stored.
To learn more about the Jumplist and the quick start of programs from the Windows 7, XP and Vista bar, I refer to an article a few months ago.
