Channel 9 - Entries tagged with tip Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with tip http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/tip Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/tip en Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT Rev9 2 1 25 Add Spaces to your Taskbar Over on the (unofficial) SevenForums site, one user has come up with a way to insert spaces into your Windows 7 taskbar so you can create separated icon groups. The trick involves creating some blank shortcuts that lead to a fake program and pinning those shortcuts to the taskbar.

To facilitate the process, he provided a zip file containing multiple “blank shortcuts” and blank.exe files. (Don’t worry – we scanned them with Microsoft Security Essentials – they’re safe. Other forum users tested them too).

After extracting the files, you’ll have a folder called “Blank” and a ReadMe.txt. Before pinning the Shortcuts to the taskbar, you have to move the entire “Blank” folder to C:\Windows. Then grab a shortcut and drag it to the taskbar. Now, instead of seeing a blank (white) icon, you’ll just see a space! The zip file contains four different “blank” shortcuts and you can only use one of each.

What a great trick!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Add-Spaces-to-your-Taskbar Over on the (unofficial) SevenForums site, one user has come up with a way to insert spaces into your Windows 7 taskbar so you can create separated icon groups. The trick involves creating some blank shortcuts that lead to a fake program and pinning those shortcuts to the taskbar. To facilitate the process, he provided a zip file containing multiple “blank shortcuts” and blank.exe files. (Don’t worry – we scanned them with Microsoft Security Essentials – they’re safe. Other forum users tested them too).After extracting the files, you’ll have a folder called “Blank” and a ReadMe.txt. Before pinning the Shortcuts to the taskbar, you have to move the entire “Blank” folder to C:\Windows. Then grab a shortcut and drag it to the taskbar. Now, instead of seeing a blank (white) icon, you’ll just see a space! The zip file contains four different “blank” shortcuts and you can only use one of each. What a great trick! http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Add-Spaces-to-your-Taskbar Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:38:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Add-Spaces-to-your-Taskbar Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Add-Spaces-to-your-Taskbar/RSS Customization customizations customize customizing Taskbar tips Tips tricks Windows 7 tip Where to Get New Media Center Themes The folks over at hack7mc.com have just debuted a new section of their website: a central location for Windows Media Center themes created both by the site’s authors as well as individual contributors like yourselves. The new theme directory is available at Theme7MC.com.

Now, theming your Media Center isn’t an official feature of the software, but it’s a relatively easy hack for those of you who like to tinker and personalize your PC in unconventional ways. (We have some more info on this here. There’s also step-by-step instructions for changing the default blue theme to black here).

There are already some pretty great themes available over on the new site, including this new theme called "Bokeh" which features colorful bubbles and black guides and menus.

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Once you have your new theme installed, head back over to hack7mc.com and check out how you can customize your Media Center icons to match.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Where-to-Get-New-Media-Center-Themes The folks over at hack7mc.com have just debuted a new section of their website: a central location for Windows Media Center themes created both by the site’s authors as well as individual contributors like yourselves. The new theme directory is available at Theme7MC.com. Now, theming your Media Center isn’t an official feature of the software, but it’s a relatively easy hack for those of you who like to tinker and personalize your PC in unconventional ways. (We have some more info on this here. There’s also step-by-step instructions for changing the default blue theme to black here). There are already some pretty great themes available over on the new site, including this new theme called "Bokeh" which features colorful bubbles and black guides and menus. Once you have your new theme installed, head back over to hack7mc.com and check out how you can customize your Media Center icons to match. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Where-to-Get-New-Media-Center-Themes Thu, 21 May 2009 13:49:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Where-to-Get-New-Media-Center-Themes Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Where-to-Get-New-Media-Center-Themes/RSS customizations customize customizing hacks media center themes Windows Media Center WMC clubhouse tip