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

Reader Barry is running Windows 7 Professional. Out of the blue, his system started displaying generic icons for various files and folders. Thankfully, he was kind enough to include a screenshot, ...

You may often notice blank icons on your desktop or folders or incorrect images on your Windows 11 device. These are broken icons in Windows 11/10, and we have just the right solutions for you to fix ...

Microsoft has just introduced a subtle change to how the battery level is shown in the Windows 11 taskbar. It’s a really useful change because it introduces color and percentage options. Battery ...

After almost three years, Microsoft has finally added the 'Never combine taskbar button' back to Windows, and it still doesn't work correctly. The combine taskbar items feature in Windows 10 allows ...

Windows 10 may be essentially an ex-operating system, but that doesn't mean Microsoft has relinquished its appetite for really ancient code. For proof, look no further than the icons contained within ...

Windows has changed a lot over the years and lost some old-school features along the way. Window grouping on the taskbar is a relatively new feature, for example, and you could disable it entirely in ...

Dick Frank unintentionally changed something in Windows 7 so that each window, rather than each application, gets its own taskbar icon. That’s too many icons. How does he change it back? One of the ...

If the Windows Search Bar or icon is not working on your Windows 11/10 PC then this post will help you resolve the issue. Some users have reported when they try to click it or insert text into the ...

(Option 1) Select the "Always" option in the "Show smaller taskbar buttons" setting to show smaller icons. Click the Taskbar page on the right side. (Option 3) Select the Never option to show ...