If you keep a lot of documents and files on your desktop, click on the Desktop Toolbar item to add it. The popup menu also contains 'Toolbars' that you can add to the Taskbar.Choose 'Properties' from the popup menu to Autohide the Taskbar among other features. To customize the Taskbar, right click on any blank space.If you Right Click on one of the buttons, you will see a popup menu that allows you to restore, maximize or close that window.

The main Taskbar is where you find a button for each page of each application you have open.You can also rearrange icons by clicking and dragging them to new locations. To make the Quick Launch bar more useful, delete icons for applications you don't use. If there is a double > symbol, that means there are more icons on the menu. Resize the Quick Launch area by clicking and dragging the divider line after the small icons.Notice you can also delete menu items if you don't use them. One other thing you can do to make Programs easier to find in the Start menu is to open the 'All Programs' menu. Check this out to see all the ways you can customize the Start menu. Click on Properties, and you will see a tab for the Start Menu. Right click on an empty area of the main Taskbar section, and a menu will pop up. While the Start menu isn't technically part of the Taskbar, you can control it from there.The System Tray-contains the clock and icons for some of the programs running in the background.The main Taskbar-displays icons for all open applications and files.If you don't use it, you can remove it (see #2 below). Use this to avoid cluttering up your desktop with application shortcuts. The Quick Launch bar-contains shortcuts to commonly used applications.The Taskbar usually consists of 4 distinct parts:

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