How to Make the Windows 7 SuperBar (Taskbar) Icons Smaller (Small Size)
Windows 7 has introduced a completely new concept of Taskbar (also known as Superbar or Awesome Bar) which has undergone drastic visual changes. The Quick Launch bar has been integrated and merged with the ordinary Taskbar buttons to create an enhanced Taskbar which is commonly known as Superbar, or Awesome Bar. The Superbar features prominently icons, as in Quick Launch bar, replacing the buttons used in previous operating system.
However, the size of the icon on Windows 7 Taskbar or Superbar may not be to the liking of some users. The size of the Windows 7 Taskbar icons is big or large, and taking up too much screen estate. Luckily, it’s possible to make the icons in the Windows 7 Superbar smaller in size. Here’s how to do it.
Just right click on any blank space on the Taskbar, and then select Properties from context menu. On the “Task Bar and Start Menu Properties” dialog, go to “Taskbar” tab, and then tick or check the checkbox for “Use small icons” option.
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Now, users will have small icons on Windows 7 Taskbar.
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October 31st, 2009 02:42
[...] How to Make the Windows 7 SuperBar (Taskbar) Icons Smaller (Small Size) [...]
October 31st, 2009 02:26
[...] the length or width of the button or icon on Taskbar is fixed, and Windows 7 only allows user to change the size of Taskbar pinned icons and buttons together with font to standard or smaller. With the following registry trick, user can also change or adjust the width, or length of the [...]
October 31st, 2009 02:26
[...] the length or width of the button or icon on Taskbar is fixed, and Windows 7 only allows user to change the size of Taskbar pinned icons and buttons together with font to standard or smaller. With the following registry trick, user can also change or adjust the width, or length of the [...]
October 31st, 2009 02:26
[...] the length or width of the button or icon on Taskbar is fixed, and Windows 7 only allows user to change the size of Taskbar pinned icons and buttons together with font to standard or smaller. With the following registry trick, user can also change or adjust the width, or length of the [...]
October 31st, 2009 02:26
[...] the length or width of the button or icon on Taskbar is fixed, and Windows 7 only allows user to change the size of Taskbar pinned icons and buttons together with font to standard or smaller. With the following registry trick, user can also change or adjust the width, or length of the [...]
October 18th, 2009 02:12
Well, that does not exactly make the icons smaller. It makes the picture smaller but the distance between the icons stays the same. Hence, it is useless if you would like to increase your usable desktop space.
Is there a way to not only make the icons smaller but also group them tighter together, similar to 2k, XP and Vista?
August 25th, 2009 15:55
when i go to click make icons smaller the checkbox is gray and i cant check or uncheck it. What do i do?!!
December 8th, 2008 21:05
Help!
I somehow got the program names to come beside the icons in the taskbar..
But I want to remove them now, I can’t remember how I got it. Can you help?