Microsoft has a new ad that says Windows 11 is the home of gaming, but shows Chrome pinned on the taskbar instead.

Your taskbar icons are trying to tell you something. Here’s what the most common ones—and their variations—really mean.

If you hover over apps on the Windows 11 taskbar, you can now share your app's window with Copilot and start asking questions ...

Windhawk is a free and open-source utility that allows you to customize most aspects of the Windows user interface, including ...

Back at the end of August, Microsoft released a new Beta version with code KB5041881 for Windows Insiders. This update included several interesting improvements and new features, but one flew under ...

Stardock’s Start11 is back with more fixes for the Windows 11 experience. Today, the company is offering two key improvements: the ability to ungroup icons on the Windows 11 taskbar, as well as widen ...

Your Windows 10 taskbar can provide quick access to all the information you'll need. Here's how to personalize your taskbar before Windows 11 arrives. Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET ...

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When you activate a brand new Windows 10 device, the Windows taskbar is located by default horizontally at the bottom of your device's screen. The Windows taskbar gives users quick access to their ...

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In Windows 10, the icons in the taskbar are aligned to the left by default. We all have been experiencing this practice for a long time. However, some Windows users like to center align the icons on ...

As part of optimizing Android for tablets and foldables, Google introduced a taskbar to aid multitasking. Android 13 QPR2 is set to make a big change that makes the taskbar “transient” and less of a ...