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#Oct 29th @ 7:34 PM
brian.shapiro
brian.shapiro
things go on as always

You just have to create a shortcut where the target is the app plus the name of the file--like you would open the file from the command line.

 

For instance, "notepad.exe C:\test.txt".

 

Windows 7 will create a new taskbar item for every shortcut with a unique target address.

 

For most of the shortcuts on the Start Menu, all you need to do is create a copy and modify the target property on the copy. For some reason you can't do this for the shortcuts in the Accessories folder. I'm not exactly sure why, but all you need to do is create a new shortcut.

 

 

#Oct 29th @ 11:12 PM
keeron
keeron
Obsessive Geek

Nice! Thats a new one...

 

Related: if you have multiple files of the same type (same app), just pin the app on the taskbar. Then drag any file (related to that app) from Explorer/Desktop onto to the taskbar icon... you'll be asked if you want to pin.

 

This works for pretty much any app (and I've heard that VS 2010 Beta 2 has fixed the Win7 taskbar usage! Now real solutions instead of files)

#Oct 30th @ 4:09 AM
LeoDavidson
LeoDavidson

Although I've not tried it yet, this looks like a good tool to add some menus to the taskbar:

 

http://lifehacker.com/5303809/7stacks-does-os-x-stacks-in-windows-7-style

 

If it works well it's exactly what I felt the new taskbar was missing. (Menus for categories of apps that you use too often to search the start menu for but not often enough to pin to the taskbar.)

 

#Oct 30th @ 8:56 AM
brian.shapiro
brian.shapiro
things go on as always

Yes, thats what I do. A lot of people ask for the taskbar to work just like QuickLaunch did though.

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