Ever noticed an unfamiliar icon on the taskbar—or a familiar one that suddenly looks different? Each icon—and its variation—has a specific meaning, and knowing them helps you quickly spot issues. Here ...

Microsoft is testing a new taskbar icon scaling feature that automatically scales down Windows taskbar icons to show more apps when it gets too overcrowded. The feature is gradually rolling out to ...

Microsoft has been making quite a few changes to the Windows 11 taskbar, but there’s still room for improvement. Despite the big Windows 11 2024 Update that just dropped and all the nifty features and ...

Some folks aren't so keen on the size of the taskbar buttons with Windows 11, and if you fall into the group that feels the icons are oversized, there's some good news for you going by a change hidden ...

That works, but I wanted something that felt even more premium. So I went ahead and used Windhawk to customize the taskbar ...

Microsoft is testing an update to the Start menu, too. Microsoft is testing an update to the Start menu, too. is a former news writer for The Verge. Microsoft is testing out resizable taskbar icons in ...

Right now, I’ve got twelve open programs on my Windows 11 taskbar, plus four more pinned apps—and even on my ultrawide monitor, they’re taking up a lot of screen real estate. On my laptop, I have to ...

The big picture: Copilot may not have caught on with Windows users the way Microsoft would have wanted, but that isn't stopping the company from pushing its shiny new AI feature on unsuspecting ...