Silly Windows Question
 

I like to keep my windows very organized, so much so that I open them in a specific order to keep them in that order on my taskbar.

I often make mistakes and close programs, resulting in my windows being out of order. I probably have OCD or something but this really bugs me.

Basically, my question is, is it possible to reorder windows in the task bar? If this isn't clear, say I opened notepad then calculator. Now I want notepad showing up to the right of the calculator on the taskbar. without closing and reopening notepad, is that possible?

Thanks.

Re: Silly Windows Question
 

Can't you drag them on the taskbar? (I'm not on windows to check.)

Re: Silly Windows Question
 

no, sadly. and my taskbar is unlocked

Re: Silly Windows Question
 

There are tons of shareware/freeware available for reordering your taskbar, google "reorder windows taskbar" and you'll find tons of links...
1 decent looking freeware one: http://www.[censored].com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm... wow... "[censored]"="free#$@#$webs" without the #$@#$, nothing like a little creative censorship...
I'm not going to try it myself so I can't vouch for it's legitimacy but this should work.

Re: Silly Windows Question
 

i'll take a look at those for my home computer, I was hoping there was something built into windows that did this (and kind of surprised there isn't) since this is mainly for my work computer.

Thanks for the link!

Re: Silly Windows Question
 

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I often make mistakes and close programs, resulting in my windows being out of order. I probably have OCD or something but this really bugs me.

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Not helping but I've got to say: you'd be fun to screw with [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Re: Silly Windows Question
 

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Can't you drag them on the taskbar? (I'm not on windows to check.)

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Cool! I just realized I can do this with Gnome. Why I'd want to is beyond me (as virtual desktops seem better for organizing windows anyway). It doesn't work in Xfce though; rohan (my laptop) is not happy.

Re: Silly Windows Question
 

Why on earth the above link was [censored], who knows [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Taskbar Shuffle is what you need....

.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm]http://www.[censored].com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm

Enjoy!

dave.

EDIT:

W T F !!! mine was censored too [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

www . free webs . com / nerdcave / taskbar shuffle .htm

EDIT2: I will vouch for it - was one of the top 50 free downloads in last mont's PCPro magazine here in the UK.

Why on earth is it censored?????

NO SPACES.