{"id":11913,"date":"2025-06-24T19:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T19:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colemandev.directivesites.com\/tip-of-the-week-adding-more-utility-to-the-windows-taskbar\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T19:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T19:29:08","slug":"tip-of-the-week-adding-more-utility-to-the-windows-taskbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/?p=11913","title":{"rendered":"Tip of the Week: Adding More Utility to the Windows Taskbar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eb-entry-article clearfix\" data-blog-content=\"\">\n<h2>Using the Taskbar to Highlight Folders<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re like most users today, a large amount of the work you are responsible for only requires you to access certain areas of the company\u2019s storage, which can quickly make navigating there a frustrating inconvenience. Fortunately, there is a Taskbar feature that can streamline this process considerably.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can add direct links to folders (and their contents) to the Taskbar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how it\u2019s done:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Right-click<\/strong> any unused space in the Taskbar to open a menu of options<\/li>\n<li>Hover over <strong>Toolbars<\/strong> and select <strong>New toolbar\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Find your desired folder in the directory that appears, select it, and click <strong>Select Folder<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That folder should now appear in your Taskbar, with a list of its contents quickly and easily accessible to you.<\/p>\n<h2>Using the Taskbar to Quickly Access Websites<\/h2>\n<p>If your responsibilities more frequently require you to be on the Internet, you might find it useful to have a quick-access URL field in your Taskbar, enabling you to skip the step where you have to open a browser before beginning to navigate to a site.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Again, access your Taskbar options by<strong> right-clicking<\/strong> in any unused space<\/li>\n<li>Again, hover over <strong>Toolbars<\/strong>, this time selecting <strong>Address<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A URL field will have appeared in your Taskbar. Typing a URL into it and pressing <strong>Enter<\/strong> will open that website in your default browser.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to learn more about what the Taskbar can do? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the Taskbar to Highlight Folders If you\u2019re like most users today, a large amount of the work you are responsible for only requires you to access certain areas of the company\u2019s storage, which can quickly make navigating there a frustrating inconvenience. Fortunately, there is a Taskbar feature that can streamline this process considerably. 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