Windows 10 TweaksPressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:. Open a new Explorer window. Click View in the ribbon. Click Options.

• Reduce Height Of Taskbar
• Reduce Taskbar Height Windows 10

Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”. Click OKcredit to Lifehacker.

Windows 10 Taskbar is not working and 'fixes' don't fix it.Hi Carole,Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community and being a part of Windows 10.I understand your concern about accessing Taskbar on Windows 10. We will help you with resolving the issue.Provide us the additional information to understand the issue and assist you better:.

What exactly happens when you press Alt+Tab keys from the keyboard to switch between the apps?. Have you made any changes to the operating system prior to this issue?.

What are the troubleshooting steps you have tried to resolve the issue?As you said Taskbar is not working, and you will minimize all the opened apps to access the one you wish to from Taskbar.

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 user like to center align the icons on the Taskbar. While you can use a to do it, you can also follow the trick laid down in this post. This placement is kind of a similar to macOS doc which sits on the bottom center of the screen and pretty convenient place to access the favorite or frequently used apps.As you probably know by now, Windows 10 facilitates to change the icon alignment on the taskbar. You can also use the third-party tools to change the default icons alignment to the center of the taskbar. If you want to center taskbar icons in Windows 10, here is a step-by-step guide to making the change happen.

Center Taskbar icons in Windows 10You can center Taskbar icns in Windows 10/8/7 by following any one of the following methods:. Create a Toolbar. Use TaskDock.

Use FalconX. Use CenterTaskbar.Let us see these methods in details.1 Create a ToolbarYou need to create a dummy folder somewhere in your hard drive, say D:Emp for example. However, the name and the location of the folder is not important.Now right-click the taskbar, select Toolbars - New Toolbar. Select the new folder that you have created as you’ll see a shortcut to the folder in the taskbar.Repeat the last step, and now you have two shortcuts to your folder in the taskbar. Now right-click on the taskbar, and it’ll show you the option Lock the taskbar, uncheck the option to unlock the taskbar.Next, drag one of the folder shortcuts which we created in the last step to the extreme left right next to the start button.

Select the icons folder and drag in the taskbar to center align them.Now right-click on folder shortcuts one at a time and uncheck the Show Title and Show Text option. Finally, right-click on the taskbar and choose the Lock Taskbar to lock it.

Reduce Height Of Taskbar

Now you know how to center taskbar icons in Windows 10. Just in case you wish to go to the default settings of the Windows, all you have to do is right-click on the taskbar, choose Toolbar and then uncheck the shortcut folders in the taskbar.2 Use TaskDockFor not so tech-savvy people, is another free utility which does something similar to what Falcon10 does. It gives taskbar a bit more of a dock like a feel.This nice little app re-arranges the taskbar application area by centering the toolbar. This application doesn’t bundle any configuration settings. It only requires a double-click to activate its function.If in case you want to exit the setting, just right-click on its green circle shaped icon located in the system tray. Right-click on it and it will serve you with an option to exit from the app.3 Use FalconXYou can also align icons to the center of the taskbar using Falcon10 now called FalconX which is a free program designed to center all icons on the taskbar including pinned icons as well.Once you install and run the program, it adds its icon to the system tray.

Reduce Taskbar Height Windows 10

Just double click the icon to open settings. A box will show the list of tweaks. You need to choose and check the Center Taskbar Icon option.FalconX is now again available a s a freeware from.4 Use CenterTaskbarCenterTaskbar is another free tool that will help you center your Taskbar icons.