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Force Pinned taskbar items to be "icon only" all the time in Windows 7

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Mar 15, 202611634 views
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By default (at least in my installation), pinned items on the taskbar will be "icon only" when they have no active windows, but when there are active window, the icon expanded to include text (typically some portion of the title text). I'm looking for a way to either: A (preferred option): For any …

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Fix for: Force Pinned taskbar items to be "icon only" all the time in Windows 7

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Right click the taskbar and hit . From here, check the tab and set the Taskbar Buttons option. You want to hide the names of the programs, which Windows refers to as "Hide Labels". This means using the Always combine, hide labels option. If you want…

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