Taskbar frustration

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OK so maybe I'm mouse challenged, but something really annoys me about the
taskbar. On my XP machine I have say a dozen apps and folders open on my
desktop, most of them maximized, and there are a dozen corresponding buttons
on the taskbar, one for each item. Say I want to see folder X and I click on
the corresponding taskbar button to bring the folder forward, but because
I'm in a frenzy I click the button again a second time without thinking and
the folder minimizes so I have to click it a third time to bring it forward
again...argh!

Is there any way to tweak XP so that when a program or folder is in the
foreground and I click it's taskbar button, the program/folder *doesn't*
minimize but simply stays in the foreground?

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Cheers,
Mitch Tulloch
[MVP--Windows Server]
http://itreader.net

 

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Not that I know of Mitch, no. That sort of behavior is by design and would
require changing the explorer shell responses.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Mitch Tulloch" <info@REMOVE_THIS_mtit.com> wrote in message
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> OK so maybe I'm mouse challenged, but something really annoys me about the
> taskbar. On my XP machine I have say a dozen apps and folders open on my
> desktop, most of them maximized, and there are a dozen corresponding
> buttons on the taskbar, one for each item. Say I want to see folder X and
> I click on the corresponding taskbar button to bring the folder forward,
> but because I'm in a frenzy I click the button again a second time without
> thinking and the folder minimizes so I have to click it a third time to
> bring it forward again...argh!
>
> Is there any way to tweak XP so that when a program or folder is in the
> foreground and I click it's taskbar button, the program/folder *doesn't*
> minimize but simply stays in the foreground?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Mitch Tulloch
> [MVP--Windows Server]
> http://itreader.net
>

 

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Yeah that's what I figured Rick. Guess I'll have to slow down a bit as I
work ;-)

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Cheers,
Mitch Tulloch
[MVP--Windows Server]
http://itreader.net



"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Not that I know of Mitch, no. That sort of behavior is by design and would
> require changing the explorer shell responses.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Mitch Tulloch" <info@REMOVE_THIS_mtit.com> wrote in message
> news:%23hn7uP1gFHA.2372@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> OK so maybe I'm mouse challenged, but something really annoys me about
>> the taskbar. On my XP machine I have say a dozen apps and folders open on
>> my desktop, most of them maximized, and there are a dozen corresponding
>> buttons on the taskbar, one for each item. Say I want to see folder X and
>> I click on the corresponding taskbar button to bring the folder forward,
>> but because I'm in a frenzy I click the button again a second time
>> without thinking and the folder minimizes so I have to click it a third
>> time to bring it forward again...argh!
>>
>> Is there any way to tweak XP so that when a program or folder is in the
>> foreground and I click it's taskbar button, the program/folder *doesn't*
>> minimize but simply stays in the foreground?
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Mitch Tulloch
>> [MVP--Windows Server]
>> http://itreader.net
>>
>
>

 

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Been afflicted with that myself, I find it easier to alt+tab to change
screens. But, then again, I'm mostly a boarder and that is comfortable for
me.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Mitch Tulloch" <info@REMOVE_THIS_mtit.com> wrote in message
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> Yeah that's what I figured Rick. Guess I'll have to slow down a bit as I
> work ;-)
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Mitch Tulloch
> [MVP--Windows Server]
> http://itreader.net
>
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23CfSiq1gFHA.1244@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Not that I know of Mitch, no. That sort of behavior is by design and
>> would require changing the explorer shell responses.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Mitch Tulloch" <info@REMOVE_THIS_mtit.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23hn7uP1gFHA.2372@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> OK so maybe I'm mouse challenged, but something really annoys me about
>>> the taskbar. On my XP machine I have say a dozen apps and folders open
>>> on my desktop, most of them maximized, and there are a dozen
>>> corresponding buttons on the taskbar, one for each item. Say I want to
>>> see folder X and I click on the corresponding taskbar button to bring
>>> the folder forward, but because I'm in a frenzy I click the button again
>>> a second time without thinking and the folder minimizes so I have to
>>> click it a third time to bring it forward again...argh!
>>>
>>> Is there any way to tweak XP so that when a program or folder is in the
>>> foreground and I click it's taskbar button, the program/folder *doesn't*
>>> minimize but simply stays in the foreground?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mitch Tulloch
>>> [MVP--Windows Server]
>>> http://itreader.net
>>>
>>
>>
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