Microsoft在(Microsoft)Windows 7中对任务栏进行了一些重大改进，使其比以前的Windows版本中的任务栏更加通用和有用。尽管Windows 7(Windows 7)和Windows 8.1之间的变化并没有那么多，因为他们第一次就做到了，所以在Windows 8.1中发生了一些变化。任务栏的主要改进之一是可以自定义的方式。由于大多数人在根据自己的喜好排列工具时工作效率更高，让我们来看看Windows 7和Windows 8.1中的任务栏可以做什么：
注意：(NOTE:)我们将在本教程中与您分享的大部分信息同样适用于Windows 7和Windows 8.1。在此过程中，我们将讨论Windows 8.1的独家产品。此外，如果您在搜索有关Windows 10任务栏的指南时来到这里，请查看我们写的另一篇文章：Windows 10中个性化任务栏的完整指南。
如何打开任务栏属性
大多数配置选项位于任务栏属性窗口中。要打开它，请右键单击或(click or press)按住任务栏的空白处，然后选择(taskbar and select) Properties。
配置选项位于第一个选项卡中，称为Taskbar。您可以在下面看到它在Windows 8.1(Windows 8.1)中的样子：
这是它在Windows 7中的外观视图：
让我们看看这些选项的作用。
如何更改任务栏的外观和位置(appearance and location)
在“任务栏(Taskbar)”选项卡上，您将能够选择任务栏的位置、是否停留在那里、上面的图标大小、哪些图标出现在哪里，以及是否使用Peek来预览桌面. 让我们一一来看看：
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“锁定任务栏”("Lock the taskbar") - 如果您选择此项，您的任务栏将保留在您放置的位置，并且不允许您将其移动到其他位置或更改其大小。如果您想要一个可移动或隐藏的任务栏，您应该取消选中此项。
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“自动隐藏任务栏”("Auto-hide the taskbar") - 此选项隐藏任务栏，直到您将鼠标指针悬停在隐藏它的区域上。然后它滑入视野。一旦你离开它，它就会再次隐藏起来。
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("Use small taskbar buttons")Windows 8.1 中的“使用小任务栏按钮”或 Windows 7 中的“使用小图标”("Use small icons") - 通过更改其上图标的大小以及任务栏本身的宽度，这可以使您的任务栏不那么突兀。
如果您使用的是鼠标（这不适用于触摸屏设备），您可以右键单击“显示桌面”(Show Desktop)按钮以快速启用或禁用“查看桌面(Peek at Desktop)”功能。
在Windows 8.1和Windows 7中，您可以像调整任何窗口的大小一样调整任务栏的大小，方法是将鼠标悬停在上边距上，直到(margin till)看到“调整大小”光标出现(cursor appear)，然后向上或向下拖动边距。请注意，必须解锁任务栏才能执行此操作，并且它具有无法拖动的最小值和最大值。
如何将工具栏添加到Windows 任务栏(Windows taskbar)
如果您愿意，可以将工具栏添加到任务栏。为此，请右键单击或(click or press)按住任务栏上的空白区域，然后选择Properties，然后选择Toolbars选项卡。
根据您安装的程序，出现的选项会有所不同。以下是Windows 8.1(Windows 8.1)和 Windows 7中默认可用的工具栏：
您也可以右键单击（或按住(press and hold)）任务栏，然后选择工具栏(Toolbars)并选中您要启用的工具栏。
默认工具栏选项是：
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地址(Address)- 将相当于 URL 栏的内容添加到任务栏，因此您可以输入常用网站或文件位置。
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链接(Links)- 放置一个包含所有您喜欢的网站的工具栏，但前提是您的默认浏览器是 Internet Explorer，因此如果您是 Chrome、Firefox 或 Opera 用户，此工具栏几乎没用。
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触摸键盘(Touch Keyboard)- 在任务栏上放置一个快捷方式，您可以使用它来启动触摸键盘。只有当您的 Windows 设备具有触摸屏时，您才会看到此选项。
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桌面(Desktop)- 重复桌面上的所有快捷方式，(Desktop)无论您使用的是 Windows 8.1 还是 Windows 7，这都是一个相当无用的选择。
- 如果您使用任务栏中的右键菜单(click menu)，您还可以选择创建一个New Toolbar，它可以让您放入一个自定义工具(custom toolbar)栏，其中包含您选择的任何喜欢的文件夹的内容。如果您选择固定的文件夹有很多内容，您的任务栏可能会很快填满，并且加载时间会更长。默认文件夹(default folder)是您的Documents用户(Documents)文件夹。
如何将项目固定到Windows 任务栏(Windows taskbar)
您可能拥有想要快速访问的喜爱程序或常用文件。实现这一点的一种好方法是将这些项目固定到任务栏。这在Windows 8.1和Windows 7中的工作方式相同。
如果应用程序或程序(app or program)已在运行，请右键单击或点击并按住任务栏中的图标，然后从弹出的菜单中选择固定到任务栏。(Pin to taskbar)在这里，我选择了我最喜欢的网络浏览器(web browser)Opera的(Opera)图标。
您可以将很多东西固定在任务栏上，我们在单独的教程中广泛介绍了这个主题：
- 如何将文件夹固定到Windows中的任务栏(Windows)
- 如何在任务栏上固定和显示现代Windows 8.1应用程序
- 如何在Windows 7和Windows 8中将特殊项目固定到任务栏(Windows 8)
- (Pin)Start Menu / Screen固定快捷方式
- 使用Internet Explorer(Internet Explorer)固定网站的完整指南
如何从任务栏中删除工具栏
如果您不想再看到特定工具栏，请右键单击或(click or press)按住任务栏，选择工具栏(Toolbars)，然后取消选择要隐藏的工具栏。您添加的项目将消失；列表中的默认项目只会取消选中，因此如果您改变主意，可以重新选中它们。
如果您想隐藏多个工具栏，在任务栏上右键单击（或按住(press and hold)）并选择Properties，然后选择Toolbars选项卡，然后取消选中您不想再看到的那些会更快更容易。同样(Again)，默认项目将被取消选中；自定义项目将消失。
不要忘记按应用(Apply)或确定(OK)按钮来保存您的更改。
结论
如您所见，任务栏比最初看起来更加通用和可定制。Microsoft已使屏幕的这个区域几乎成为您的程序、文件和收藏夹的一站式位置。值得一试以完全按照您的喜好进行设置。您是否以有趣的方式自定义了任务栏？请(Please)告诉我们你做了什么！
The complete guide to personalizing the taskbar in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7
Microsoft made some great improvements in the taskbar with Windоws 7, making іt much more versatile and usеful than the taskbar in previous Windows versions. Although there weren't nearly as mаnу сhanges between Windоws 7 and Windows 8.1, because thеy got іt so nearly right the first time, there are a few things thаt have сhanged in Windows 8.1. One of the majоr improvements in the taskbar is in the way it can be customized. Sіncе mоst people work more productively when their tools are arranged according to their own preferences, let's take a lоok at what can be done wіth the tаskbar both in Windows 7 and іn Windows 8.1:
NOTE: Most of the information we'll share with you in this tutorial applies equally to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. We'll talk about the Windows 8.1 exclusives along the way. Also, if you got here while searching for a guide about the taskbar from Windows 10, check this other article we wrote: The complete guide to personalizing the taskbar in Windows 10.
How to open the taskbar properties
Most of the configuration options are located in the taskbar properties window. To open it, right click or press and hold on a blank space of the taskbar and select Properties.
The configuration options are found in the first tab, called Taskbar. Below you can see what it looks like in Windows 8.1:
Here is a view of how it looks in Windows 7:
Let's see what these options do.
How to change the appearance and location of the taskbar
On the Taskbar tab, you'll be able to choose where your taskbar is located, whether it stays there or not, the size of the icons on it, which icons appear where, and whether you use Peek to get a preview of your desktop. Let's go through these one by one:
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"Lock the taskbar" - If you select this, your taskbar will stay where you place it, and it won't allow you to move it somewhere else or change its size. If you'd like to have a movable or hidden taskbar you should uncheck this.
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"Auto-hide the taskbar" - This option hides the taskbar until you hover your mouse pointer over the area where it's hidden. Then it slides into view. Once you move away from it, it hides again.
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"Use small taskbar buttons" in Windows 8.1 or "Use small icons" in Windows 7 - This can make your taskbar less obtrusive, by changing the size of the icons on it and therefore the width of the taskbar itself.
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"Taskbar location on screen" - This lets you put the taskbar on the side or top of your screen instead of the bottom, which is the default. Click or tap the dropdown menu and choose your location. If your taskbar is unlocked, you can also simply drag the taskbar elsewhere with your mouse or with your finger.
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"Taskbar buttons" - This lets you choose how application icons behave. You can choose from "Always combine, hide labels" (each application shows only one icon regardless of how many instances you have running, but the icons are stacked to show that there's more than one of them, and they are icons only, no text), "Combine when taskbar is full" (works like "Never Combine" until you fill up the taskbar, and then the icons stack), and "Never Combine" (just keep squeezing in the icons for as many applications as you open).
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"Use Peek to preview the desktop when you move your mouse to the the Show desktop button at the end of the taskbar" in Windows 8.1 or "Use Aero Peek to preview the desktop" in Windows 7 - If you select this, you can move your pointer over the "Show Desktop" button on the far right of the taskbar. In Windows 7, this button is vaguely delimited by a faint border, while in Windows 8.1 it's just a blank space at the end of the taskbar. If you hover your mouse over the "Show Desktop" button, it makes all the open applications on your desktop transparent so you can see how the desktop looks, without minimizing or closing everything. If you click or tap the button everything on your d esktop will be minimized. Click or tap again to put it all back.
If you're using a mouse (this does not work on touch screen devices) you can right click on the Show Desktop button to quickly enable or disable the Peek at Desktop feature.
In both Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, you can resize the taskbar as you would resize any window, by hovering over the upper margin till you see the "resize" cursor appear and then dragging the margin up or down. Note that the taskbar must be unlocked to do this, and it has minimum and maximum values beyond which it can't be dragged.
How to add toolbars to the Windows taskbar
You can add toolbars to the taskbar if you like. To do that, right click or press and hold on a blank space on the taskbar and choose Properties , then the Toolbars tab.
The choices that appear will be different depending on which programs you have installed. These are the toolbars that are available by default in both Windows 8.1 and Windows 7:
You can also right-click (or press and hold) on the taskbar, then choose Toolbars and check the toolbars that you want to enable.
The default toolbar choices are:
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Address - adds the equivalent of a URL bar to the taskbar, so you can type in frequently used websites or file locations.
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Links - puts in a toolbar with all your favorite web sites, but only if your default browser is Internet Explorer, so this toolbar is pretty much useless if you're a Chrome, Firefox or Opera user.
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Touch Keyboard - puts a shortcut on your taskbar that you can use to launch the touch keyboard. You will see this option only if your Windows device has a touch screen.
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Desktop - repeats all the shortcuts on your Desktop and it's a fairly useless choice regardless o f whether you use Windows 8.1 or Windows 7.
- If you used the right click menu from your taskbar, you also get an option to create a New Toolbar , which lets you put in a custom toolbar with the contents of any favorite folder of your choice. If the folder you choose to pin has a lot of content, your taskbar can fill up pretty fast and it will take longer to load. The default folder is your Documents user folder.
How to pin items to the Windows taskbar
You may have favorite programs or frequently-used files that you want to have speedy access to. One good way to make this happen is to pin those items to the taskbar. This works the same way in Windows 8.1 and in Windows 7.
If an app or program is already running, right-click or tap and hold on its icon in the taskbar, and choose Pin to taskbar from the menu that pops up. Here, I've chosen the icon of my favorite web browser, Opera.
There are many things you can pin to the taskbar and we have covered this subject extensively in separate tutorials:
How to remove toolbars from the taskbar
If you don't want to see a particular toolbar any more, right click or press and hold on the taskbar, choose Toolbars , and deselect the toolbar you wish to hide. Items that you have added will disappear; default items on the list will just uncheck so that if you change your mind you can re-check them.
If you want to hide multiple toolbars, it's faster and easier to right-click (or press and hold) on the taskbar and choose Properties , then the Toolbars tab, and uncheck the ones you don't want to see any more. Again, default items will be unchecked; custom items will disappear.
Don't forget to press the Apply or the OK button to save your changes.
Conclusion
As you can see, the taskbar is far more versatile and customizable than it might appear at first. Microsoft has made this area of the screen pretty much a one-stop-shop location for your programs, files and favorites. It's worth playing around with to get it set exactly as you prefer. Have you customized your taskbar in an interesting way? Please show us what you did!
