Taskbar order (TFP*)
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Ok so I revealed I have a favourite spoon awhile back, just one of my strange quirks. Here is another: I have a preferred order for applications on my taskbar, and will close and re-open apps to ensure the order is correct. Currently it goes (from left to right): Nelson Email Organiser, VS.NET, Internet Explorer, Fireworks, SQL Enterprise Manager and then anything else I use less frequently. (Windows Media Player gets minimized to the taskbar player control which always sits on the far right) I also have the taskbar set to groups so if there are two IEs open then it is one item on the taskbar. Do you also have a preffered order? Actually the reason for this post is I hope someone replies with "But Paul! Download XYZ Taskbar Orderer and then you can drag the items around to your hearts content!" or "But Paul! Just write a small app yourself which hooks into XYZ Windows API." That would be awesome. I am sure Michael Dunn, shell guru extraordinaire, already knows how to do it :-D * TFP = Typical Friday Post
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: "The Labia [cinema]... ...was opened by Princess Labia in May 1949..." Christian Graus wrote: See, I told you it was a nice name for a girl...
Paul, It is not realy what you are after but, have you tried the Virtual Desktop Manager that comes with PowerToys? It gives you 4 virtual desktops to work with. It's a handy tool for keeping your work organized if you are like me and have lots of apps open at once. Fill me with your knowledge, your wisdom, your coffee.
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Ok so I revealed I have a favourite spoon awhile back, just one of my strange quirks. Here is another: I have a preferred order for applications on my taskbar, and will close and re-open apps to ensure the order is correct. Currently it goes (from left to right): Nelson Email Organiser, VS.NET, Internet Explorer, Fireworks, SQL Enterprise Manager and then anything else I use less frequently. (Windows Media Player gets minimized to the taskbar player control which always sits on the far right) I also have the taskbar set to groups so if there are two IEs open then it is one item on the taskbar. Do you also have a preffered order? Actually the reason for this post is I hope someone replies with "But Paul! Download XYZ Taskbar Orderer and then you can drag the items around to your hearts content!" or "But Paul! Just write a small app yourself which hooks into XYZ Windows API." That would be awesome. I am sure Michael Dunn, shell guru extraordinaire, already knows how to do it :-D * TFP = Typical Friday Post
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: "The Labia [cinema]... ...was opened by Princess Labia in May 1949..." Christian Graus wrote: See, I told you it was a nice name for a girl...
Paul Watson wrote: Do you also have a preffered order? Absolutely! Outlook Express first, then IE open to CP, then VS6, and lastly any other of up to a dozen tasks. The thing that screws me up sometimes is that when I click on a link in an email, usually a response from CP, it opens a new instance of IE instead of the existing one and screws up my preferred order. "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)
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Paul Watson wrote: Do you also have a preffered order? Absolutely! Outlook Express first, then IE open to CP, then VS6, and lastly any other of up to a dozen tasks. The thing that screws me up sometimes is that when I click on a link in an email, usually a response from CP, it opens a new instance of IE instead of the existing one and screws up my preferred order. "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)
Roger Wright wrote: it opens a new instance of IE instead of the existing one and screws up my preferred order Aarrgghh! You are one of those strange people who like IE to open a new URL in an existing window! I detest that (the "feature", not you lol) and start throwing things out the window when some app does it. Even with "Re-use IE windows" unchecked some apps don't listen. For a web developer when you are ten forms into a checkout procedure and an app overwrites that page with a new URL, it is damned annoying. Plus the taskbar grouping in Windows XP then stops new IE windows from getting un-ordered. Heaven :-D
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: "The Labia [cinema]... ...was opened by Princess Labia in May 1949..." Christian Graus wrote: See, I told you it was a nice name for a girl...
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Paul, It is not realy what you are after but, have you tried the Virtual Desktop Manager that comes with PowerToys? It gives you 4 virtual desktops to work with. It's a handy tool for keeping your work organized if you are like me and have lots of apps open at once. Fill me with your knowledge, your wisdom, your coffee.
Chris Austin wrote: have you tried the Virtual Desktop Manager that comes with PowerToys Indeed I have and alas I could not get used to it. I only gave it ten minutes though. Thanks though, I may try it again.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: "The Labia [cinema]... ...was opened by Princess Labia in May 1949..." Christian Graus wrote: See, I told you it was a nice name for a girl...
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But Paul! Download Paul Vickery's Taskbar Sorter utility[^] and then you can drag the items around to your heart's content! :-D
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
I use ButtonBoogie[^] (a PC Magazine utility) You can rearrange the buttons using drag 'n drop. It can "try to" remember your preferred arrangement.
Bruce Duncan, CP#9088, CPUA 0xA1EE, Sonork 100.10030
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Paul Watson wrote: Ok so I revealed I have a favourite spoon awhile back, just one of my strange quirks. Here is another: I have a preferred order for applications on my taskbar, and will close and re-open apps to ensure the order is correct. If people don't have favourite belongings and orders to things they are fucked up. Where ever I have lived and which ever relatives are particularly close so that I visit often, I will have a favourite type of plate and cutlery to use and a favourite mug and glass. It's just the way it is. As for icons, Windows Explorer first, always, nothing else. Then Outlook, IE Homepage, IE Code Project then who cares. Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
Michael Martin wrote: As for icons, Windows Explorer first, always, nothing else. *sigh* I used to do that. But i tend to leave my PC running all week without logging off, and Explorer likes to crash more often than that. :(
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Shog9 The siren sings a lonely song - of all the wants and hungers The lust of love a brute desire - the ledge of life goes under
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Michael Martin wrote: As for icons, Windows Explorer first, always, nothing else. *sigh* I used to do that. But i tend to leave my PC running all week without logging off, and Explorer likes to crash more often than that. :(
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Shog9 The siren sings a lonely song - of all the wants and hungers The lust of love a brute desire - the ledge of life goes under
Shog9 wrote: *sigh* I used to do that. But i tend to leave my PC running all week without logging off, and Explorer likes to crash more often than that. :( Completely your own fault I'm afraid Shog9. Everybody else seems to have realised that even computers can't put up with Windows for any length of time. Forcing your computer to endure Windows for an entire week, I'm surprised it didn't commit suicide. Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
