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I installed Windows Server 2008 R2 (but I believe this question stil belongs here and not on serverfault) and the default look is one in which the taskbar buttons (taskbar, not notification icons) only show the icon and not the text. I prefer it where the buttons show both the icon and the text. How can I make this so?
I have 4 open programs: Chrome, Task Manager, CMD Prompt, Windows Explorer.
None of the programs are pinned.
I want to see the text beside each program like I'm used to from every previous version of windows.
Kirk Woll
Posted 2011-07-24T16:39:06.300
Reputation: 201
Are you asking for labels for the pinned programs, or the programs that are minimized? I think you ruled out the Systray icons in the right hand corner. – KCotreau – 2011-07-24T16:56:53.880
Right, click one of the taskbar buttons and see if it shows the title of the window. – Synetech – 2011-07-24T17:50:15.737
@Synetech, I am not talking about pinned programs. Just minimized (or normal, or maximized) taskbar buttons. (they all take up a slot in the taskbar as a button) They are not showing any text, making it difficult for me to figure out what they are. – Kirk Woll – 2011-07-24T18:24:31.127
@Synetech, I do not understand what you mean. When I right-click on the taskbar button, I get the same popup menu I always get: The name of the program, the ability to pin, and the ability to close the window. – Kirk Woll – 2011-07-24T18:28:26.143
I didn’t say right-click, I said I said right, as in what KCotreau said. What about non-minimized windows? Do they have text in their buttons? – Synetech – 2011-07-24T18:38:34.560
@Synetech, in my experience the taskbar buttons always show text whether they are minimized, normal, or maximized. Equally, here they do not shot text whether they are minimized, normal, or maximized. – Kirk Woll – 2011-07-24T19:00:35.543