Keeping all system tray icons visible helps me stay aware of what’s running in the background. Visible icons aren’t cluttered if screen space allows and background apps are limited. System tray icons ...

Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 Insider build less than a week after 22610, for Insiders on the Dev and Beta channels. Update, May 10: There's a newer build 22616.100 available, but it's just ...

Your taskbar icons are trying to tell you something. Here’s what the most common ones—and their variations—really mean.

Windows has changed a lot in the last few years, for good, but some features were better in the previous versions of Windows. For example, the grouped icons in our taskbar. With the latest Windows 11 ...

Windows 11 users might eventually get the ability to declutter the taskbar somewhat, or more specifically, the system tray at the far-right end of the bar. As spotted by known Windows leaker ...

The taskbar is at the center of everything you do on Microsoft’s operating system—launching and closing apps, switching between windows, personalizing the desktop—and has been around in some form ...

Last week, Microsoft released a new Windows 11 preview build in the Beta Channel. It introduced some interesting changes, including a simplified tray area that lets you turn off the notification bell ...

There are three native ways to show full or abbreviated date and time in the system tray of Windows 11: Show Full or Abbreviated Date and Time in System Tray using the Settings app Show Full or ...

Windows 11 Build 22631.1906 and 22621.1906 just shipped to the Beta Channel. Build 22631.1906 adds the option to hide the time and date in the system tray. The network flyout on the Lock screen has ...

Microsoft's latest preview of Windows 11 brings back the tablet-optimized taskbar. The collapsed state is a thin taskbar that only shows critical status icons and is designed to avoid accidental ...

You can change folder icons in Windows 11 by right-clicking and selecting "Properties" and "Customize." Desktop icons like the Recycle Bin are changed in the Settings under Personalization and Themes.