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A single icon in the notification area (system tray) represents network connectivity through all network adapters and/or internet gateways, whether wired or wireless and for all different types of connections. It is not possible to set individual connection status icons on the taskbar or hide some or all network icons altogether.
Icons in Windows Vista are visually more realistic than illustrative. Icons are scalable in size up to 256 × 256 pixels. Required icon sizes are 16 × 16, 32 × 32, and 256 × 256; optional sizes are 24 × 24, 48 × 48, 64 × 64, 96 × 96, and 128 × 128. Icons now display thumbnails depicting the actual contents of files.
A button allows the user to reveal all the icons. Starting with Windows Vista, the taskbar notification area is split into two areas: one reserved for system icons including clock, volume, network and power; the other for applications. Starting with Windows 7, the system icons and applications are shown in the same area again.
16-bit applications can no longer display their icon on the taskbar when running. The taskbar instead shows the icon for NTVDM.exe, which is the 32-bit host process for running 16-bit applications. Always on Top for the taskbar is mandatory in Windows 7; in previous versions of Windows this was possible to disable.
The following taskbar features are no longer available as of Windows 11: Support for moving the taskbar to the top, left, or right of the screen [7] Support for changing the size of the taskbar or its icons "Time" is not displayed in the calendar when clicking on the "Date/Time" on taskbar; Scheduled events are not displayed in the calendar ...
The Line Up Icons command on the desktop was removed and replaced by the Align to Grid option. [2] Due to this being a toggle, simply aligning desktop icons once without further constraining their placement requires an extra click. [3]: 47 The Minimize all windows command on the taskbar was removed.
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Windows taskbar is a toolbar-like element that, by default, appears as a horizontal bar at the bottom of the desktop. It may be relocated to the top, left or right edges of the screen. Starting with Windows 98, its size can be changed. The taskbar can be configured to stay on top of all applications or to collapse and hide when it is not used.