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<p>The <b>taskbar</b> is a <a href="Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">graphical user interface</a> element that has been part of <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> since <a href="Windows_95" title="Windows 95">Windows 95</a>, displaying and facilitating switching between running <a href="Computer_program" title="Computer program">programs</a>. The taskbar and the associated <a href="Start_menu" title="Start menu">Start Menu</a> were created and named in 1993 by Daniel Oran, a program manager at <a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> who had previously collaborated on <a href="Great_ape_language" title="Great ape language">great ape language</a> research with the <a href="Behaviorism" title="Behaviorism">behavioral psychologist</a> <a href="B._F._Skinner" title="B. F. Skinner">B.F. Skinner</a> at <a href="Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The taskbar is an exemplar of a category of always-visible graphical user interface elements that provide access to fundamental <a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> functions and information. At the time of its introduction in 1995, the taskbar was unique among such elements because it provided the user with a means of switching between running programs through a single click of the <a href="Pointing_device" title="Pointing device">pointing device</a>.

</p><p>Since the introduction of Windows 95, other operating systems have incorporated graphical user interface elements that closely resemble the taskbar or have similar features. The designs vary, but generally include a strip along one edge of the <a href="Computer_screen" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer screen">screen</a>. <a href="Icon_(computing)" title="Icon (computing)">Icons</a> or textual descriptions on this strip correspond to open <a href="Window_(computing)" title="Window (computing)">windows</a>. Clicking the icons or text enables the user to easily switch between windows, with the active window often appearing differently from the others on the strip. In some versions of recent operating systems, users can "pin" programs or files to this strip for quick access. In many cases, there is also a notification area, which includes <a href="Interactive_computing" title="Interactive computing">interactive</a> icons that display real-time information about the <a href="Computer_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer system">computer system</a> and some of the running programs.

</p><p>With the <a href="History_of_operating_systems" title="History of operating systems">rapid evolution of operating systems</a> and graphical user interfaces, items that are native to each operating system have been included in the various designs.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Antecedents">Antecedents</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Windows_1.0">Windows 1.0</h3></div>

<p><a href="Windows_1.0" title="Windows 1.0">Windows 1.0</a>, released in 1985, features a horizontal bar located at the bottom of the screen where running programs reside when minimized (referred to as "iconization" at the time), represented by icons. A <a href="Window_(computing)" title="Window (computing)">window</a> can be minimized by double-clicking its <a href="Title_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Title bar">title bar</a>, dragging it onto an empty spot on the bar, or by issuing a command from one of its <a href="Menu_(computing)" title="Menu (computing)">menus</a>. A minimized window is restored by double-clicking its icon or dragging the icon out of the bar.

</p><p>The bar features multiple slots for icons and expands vertically to provide the user with more rows as more slots are needed. Its color is the same as that of the screen background, which can be customized. Minimized windows can be freely placed in any of the empty slots. Program windows cannot overlap the bar unless maximized.

</p><p>The <a href="Start_button" class="mw-redirect" title="Start button">Start button</a> did not make an appearance in these early implementations of the taskbar, and would be introduced at a much later date with the release of <a href="Windows_95" title="Windows 95">Windows 95</a>.

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<div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:650px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Appearance of the bar used for holding minimized windows in <a href="Windows_1.0" title="Windows 1.0">Windows 1.0</a></div></div></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arthur">Arthur</h3></div>

<p>Another early implementation can be seen in the <a href="RISC_OS" title="RISC OS">Arthur</a> operating system from <a href="Acorn_Computers" title="Acorn Computers">Acorn Computers</a>. It is called the <i><a href="Icon_bar" title="Icon bar">icon bar</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Ryan2011_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ryan2011-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and remains an essential part of Arthur's succeeding <a href="RISC_OS" title="RISC OS">RISC OS</a> operating system. The icon bar holds icons which represent mounted disc drives and RAM discs, running applications and system utilities. These icons have their own context-sensitive menus and support drag and drop behaviour.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Amiga">Amiga</h3></div>

<p><a href="AmigaOS" title="AmigaOS">AmigaOS</a> featured various third party implementations of the taskbar concept, and this inheritance is present also in its successors. For example, <a href="AmiDock" class="mw-redirect" title="AmiDock">AmiDock</a>, born as third-party utility, has then been integrated into AmigaOS 3.9 and AmigaOS 4.0.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="AROS" class="mw-redirect" title="AROS">AROS</a> operating system has its version of Amistart that is provided with the OS and free to be installed by users, while <a href="MorphOS" title="MorphOS">MorphOS</a> has been equipped with a dock utility just like in AmigaOS or <a href="Mac_OS_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Microsoft_Windows">Microsoft Windows</h2></div>

<p>The default settings for the taskbar in <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> place it at the bottom of the screen and includes from left to right the <b>Start menu button</b>, <b>Quick Launch bar</b>, <b>taskbar buttons</b>, and <b>notification area</b>. The Quick Launch toolbar was added with the <a href="Windows_Desktop_Update" title="Windows Desktop Update">Windows Desktop Update</a> and is not enabled by default in <a href="Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a>. Windows 7 removed the Quick Launch feature in favor of pinning applications to the taskbar itself. In <a href="Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a> and <a href="Windows_Server_2012" title="Windows Server 2012">Windows Server 2012</a>, a <a href="Screen_hotspot" title="Screen hotspot">hotspot</a> located in the bottom-left corner of the screen replaced the Start button, although this change was reverted in <a href="Windows_8.1" title="Windows 8.1">Windows 8.1</a> and <a href="Windows_Server_2012_R2" title="Windows Server 2012 R2">Windows Server 2012 R2</a>.

</p><p>The Windows 95 taskbar buttons evolved from an earlier task-switching design by Daniel Oran, a program manager at Microsoft, that featured file-folder-like tabs across the top of the screen, similar to those that later appeared in <a href="Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browsers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For this reason, the taskbar was originally intended to be at the top of the screen. But the final configuration of Windows 95 put the taskbar at the bottom of the screen, replacing a user interface element called the <b>tray</b> that had been borrowed from Microsoft's <a href="Cairo_(operating_system)" title="Cairo (operating system)">Cairo</a> project.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trayPatent_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trayPatent-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-chenBlog_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chenBlog-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Windows 95 OSR 2.5 would add the Quick Launch toolbar.

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<div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:810px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The first implementation of the Windows taskbar in <a href="Windows_95" title="Windows 95">Windows 95</a>. It also appeared in <a href="Windows_98" title="Windows 98">Windows 98</a>, <a href="Windows_Me" title="Windows Me">Windows Me</a> and <a href="Windows_2000" title="Windows 2000">Windows 2000</a>.</div></div></div><p>With the release of Windows XP, Microsoft changed the behavior of the taskbar to take advantage of <a href="Fitts's_law" title="Fitts's law">Fitts's law</a> by removing a border of pixels surrounding the Start button which did not activate the menu, allowing the menu to be activated by clicking directly in the corner of the screen.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Icons in the notification area could now be hidden to save space and revealed with the arrow button.</p><div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:810px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">A standard <a href="Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> taskbar with multiple tasks running.</div></div></div><p>For <a href="Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a>, the taskbar remained functionally the same but received a visual overhaul to align the new <a href="Windows_Aero" title="Windows Aero">Windows Aero</a> design language, introducing transparency effects to the taskbar, and a start button that now slightly overlapped the content displayed above the taskbar.</p><div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:810px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The taskbar in <a href="Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a>.</div></div></div><p>With <a href="Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a> saw the first major redesign of the taskbar since its introduction with larger application icons, the ability to pin application to the taskbar so that they're shown even if they aren't running, and hiding the application names by default. Quick Launch was also disabled by default. Users still had the option to show the application labels and reduce the taskbar height to create a taskbar similar to the design used in Windows Vista. At the right side of the taskbar, the Aero Peak button was added, allowing users to quickly view the contents of the desktop and their widgets by hovering over the button, or minimize all applications by clicking on it.</p><div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:810px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The taskbar in <a href="Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a>.</div></div></div><p><a href="Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a> introduced no functional changes to the taskbar, but replaced the Start button and Aero Peek button with hot corners for desktop users. Tablet users could now use the Charms bar. <a href="Windows_8.1" title="Windows 8.1">Windows 8.1</a> restored the Start button, and with Windows 8.1 Update, it was now possible to see Metro apps on the taskbar and pin them, as well as to access the taskbar while on the Start screen.</p><div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:810px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The taskbar in <a href="Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a> on the desktop.</div></div></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taskbar_elements">Taskbar elements</h3></div>

<ul><li>The <b>Start button</b>, a <a href="Button_(computing)" title="Button (computing)">button</a> that invokes the <a href="Start_menu" title="Start menu">Start menu</a> (or the Start screen in <a href="Windows_8.1" title="Windows 8.1">Windows 8.1</a>). It appears in <a href="Windows_9x" title="Windows 9x">Windows 9x</a>, <a href="Windows_NT_4.0" title="Windows NT 4.0">Windows NT 4.0</a> and all its successors, except <a href="Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a> and <a href="Windows_Server_2012" title="Windows Server 2012">Windows Server 2012</a>.</li>

<li>The <b>Quick Launch bar</b>, introduced on <a href="Windows_95" title="Windows 95">Windows 95</a> and <a href="Windows_NT_4.0" title="Windows NT 4.0">Windows NT 4.0</a> through the <a href="Windows_Desktop_Update" title="Windows Desktop Update">Windows Desktop Update</a> for <a href="Internet_Explorer_4" title="Internet Explorer 4">Internet Explorer 4</a> and bundled with <a href="Windows_95#Editions" title="Windows 95">Windows 95 OSR 2.5</a> <a href="Windows_98" title="Windows 98">Windows 98</a>, contains shortcuts to applications. Windows provides default entries, such as <i>Launch <a href="Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a> Browser</i>, and the user or third-party software may add any further shortcuts that they choose. A single click on the application's icon in this area launches the application. This section may not always be present: for example it is turned off by default in <a href="Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> and <a href="Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a>.</li>

<li>The Windows shell places a <b>taskbar button</b> on the taskbar whenever an application creates an unowned window: that is, a window that does not have a parent and that is created according to normal Windows user interface guidelines. Typically all <a href="Single_Document_Interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Single Document Interface">Single Document Interface</a> applications have a single taskbar button for each open window, although <a href="Modal_window" title="Modal window">modal windows</a> may also appear there.

<ul><li><a href="Windows_98" title="Windows 98">Windows 98</a> and <a href="Windows_Desktop_Update" title="Windows Desktop Update">Windows Desktop Update</a> for Windows 95 introduced the ability to minimize foreground windows by clicking their button on the taskbar. They also introduced DeskBands (band objects).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="Windows_2000" title="Windows 2000">Windows 2000</a> introduced balloon notifications.</li>

<li><a href="Windows_Me" title="Windows Me">Windows Me</a> added an option to disable moving or resizing the taskbar.</li>

<li><a href="Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> introduced <i>taskbar grouping</i>, which can group the taskbar buttons of several windows from the same application into a single button. This button pops up a menu listing all the grouped windows when clicked. This keeps the taskbar from being overcrowded when many windows are open at once.</li>

<li><a href="Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a> introduced window previews which show thumbnail views of the application in real-time. This capability is provided by the <a href="Desktop_Window_Manager" title="Desktop Window Manager">Desktop Window Manager</a>. The Start menu <a href="Tooltip" title="Tooltip">tooltip</a> no longer says "Click here to begin" but now says simply "Start".</li>

<li><a href="Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a> introduced <a href="Features_new_to_Windows_7" title="Features new to Windows 7">jumplists</a> which are menus that provide shortcuts to recently opened documents, frequently opened documents, folders paths (in case of Windows Explorer), or various options (called Tasks) which apply to that specific program or pinned website shortcut. Jump lists appear when the user right-clicks on an icon in the taskbar or drags the icon upwards with the mouse left click. Recent and frequent files and folders can be pinned inside the jump list.</li>

<li><a href="Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a> introduced the ability to pin applications to the taskbar so that buttons for launching them appear when they are not running. Previously, the Quick Launch was used to pin applications to the taskbar; however, running programs appeared as a separate button.</li>

<li><a href="Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a> removed <a href="Features_removed_from_Windows_7" class="mw-redirect" title="Features removed from Windows 7">several classic taskbar features</a>.</li>

<li><a href="Windows_11" title="Windows 11">Windows 11</a> removed <i>taskbar grouping</i>, possibly to have the functionality to move the taskbar to the left side of the screen, etc., but the old taskbar could be reactivated.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li>

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</style><span class="vanchor"><span class="vanchor-text">Deskbands</span></span></b> are minimized functional, long-running programs, such as Windows Media Player. Programs that minimize to deskbands are not displayed in the taskbar.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>The <b><span class="vanchor"><span class="vanchor-text">notification area</span></span></b> is the portion of the taskbar that displays icons for system and program features that have no presence on the desktop as well as the time and the volume icon. It contains mainly icons that show status information, though some programs, such as <a href="Winamp" title="Winamp">Winamp</a>, use it for minimized windows. By default, this is located in the bottom-right of the primary monitor (or bottom-left on languages of Windows that use right-to-left reading order), or at the bottom of the taskbar if docked vertically. The clock appears here, and applications can put icons in the notification area to indicate the status of an operation or to notify the user about an event. For example, an application might put a printer icon in the status area to show that a print job is under way, or a display driver application may provide quick access to various screen resolutions. The notification area is commonly referred to as the <b>system tray</b>, which Microsoft states is wrong,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the term is sometimes used in Microsoft documentation,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> articles,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> software descriptions,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and even applications from Microsoft such as <a href="Bing_Desktop" class="mw-redirect" title="Bing Desktop">Bing Desktop</a>. <a href="Raymond_Chen_(Microsoft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Raymond Chen (Microsoft)">Raymond Chen</a> suggests the confusion originated with systray.exe, a small application that controlled some icons within the notification area in Windows 95.<sup id="cite_ref-chenBlog_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chenBlog-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The notification area is also referred to as the <b>status area</b> by Microsoft.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the current edition of Microsoft Writing Style Guide, Microsoft has clarified that beginning with Windows 11, system tray is now the preferred term,<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/a-z-word-list-term-collections/s/system-tray">[1]</a> while notification area is the term used in Windows 10 and Windows 8.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/a-z-word-list-term-collections/n/notification-area">[2]</a>

<ul><li>In older versions of Windows the notification area icons were limited to 16 colors. <a href="Windows_Me" title="Windows Me">Windows Me</a> added support for high color notification area icons.</li>

<li>Starting with Windows XP, the user can choose to always show or hide some icons, or hide them if inactive for some time. A button allows the user to reveal all the icons.</li>

<li>Starting with Windows Vista, the taskbar notification area is split into two areas: one reserved for system icons including clock, volume, network and power; the other for applications.</li>

<li>Starting with Windows 7, the system icons and applications are shown in the same area again.</li>

<li>Starting with Windows 11, the separate volume, network, and power icons are combined into a single button that opens a quick settings menu when clicked. The clock and notification center buttons are also combined.</li></ul></li>

<li>Since the Windows 95 Desktop Update, the Quick Launch bar featured <b><span class="vanchor"><span class="vanchor-text">Show desktop</span></span></b> as one of its default shortcuts which automatically minimizes all opened applications, redundant with the <a href="Windows_key#Use_with_Microsoft_Windows" title="Windows key">Winkey-D key combination</a>. On Windows 7, a dedicated Show desktop button was placed to the right of the notification area and could not be removed. With the "Peek" option enabled, hovering over the button hides all opened windows to expose the desktop (leaving outlines of them on-screen). On Windows 10, the "Show desktop" widget changed yet again, being reduced to a narrow iconless strip at the far right of the taskbar. On Windows 11, the "Show Desktop" widget can be disabled from the taskbar settings.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Customization">Customization</h3></div>

<p>The Windows taskbar can be modified by users in several ways. The position of the taskbar can be changed to appear on any edge of the primary display (except in <a href="Windows_11" title="Windows 11">Windows 11</a>, where the taskbar is permanently fixed at the bottom of the screen and cannot be moved to the top, left, or right side). Up to and including Windows Server 2008, the taskbar is constrained to single display, although third-party utilities such as <a href="UltraMon" title="UltraMon">UltraMon</a> allow it to span multiple displays. When the taskbar is displayed vertically on versions of Windows prior to Windows Vista, the Start menu button will only display the text "Start" or translated equivalent if the taskbar is wide enough to show the full text.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the edge of the taskbar (in any position) can be dragged to control its height (width for a vertical taskbar); this is especially useful for a vertical taskbar to show window titles next to the window icons.

</p><p>Users can resize the height (or width when displayed vertically) of the taskbar up to half of the display area. To avoid inadvertent resizing or repositioning of the taskbar, Windows XP and later lock the taskbar by default.<sup id="cite_ref-homedifferences_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-homedifferences-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When unlocked, "grips" are displayed next to the movable elements which allow grabbing with the mouse to move and size. These grips slightly decrease amount of available space in the taskbar.

</p><p>The taskbar as a whole can be hidden until the mouse pointer is moved to the display edge, or has keyboard focus. The Windows 7+ taskbar does not allow pinning any arbitrary folder to the taskbar, it gets pinned instead to the jumplist of a pinned Explorer shortcut, however third party utilities such as <a href="Winaero" title="Winaero">Winaero</a>'s Taskbar Pinner can be used to pin any type of shortcut to the taskbar.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Desktop_toolbars">Desktop toolbars</h3></div>

<p>Other toolbars, known as "Deskbands", may be added to the taskbar.<sup id="cite_ref-vistauiguidelines_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vistauiguidelines-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This feature, along with <a href="List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_11#Taskbar" title="List of features removed in Windows 11">many other taskbar features</a> is currently absent in Windows 11. Windows includes the following deskbands but does not display them by default (except the Quick Launch toolbar in certain versions and configurations).

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<ul><li><b>Address</b>. Contains an address bar similar to that found in <a href="Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a>. (not available in Windows XP SP3, due to legal restrictions).</li>

<li><b>Windows Media Player</b>. Optionally shown when the <a href="Windows_Media_Player" title="Windows Media Player">Windows Media Player</a> is minimized.(<a href="Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a>, <a href="Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a>)</li>

<li><b>Links</b>. Shortcuts to items located in the user's Links folder. Usually shortcuts to internet sites.</li>

<li><b>Tablet PC Input Panel</b>. Contains a button to show the <a href="Tablet_computer" title="Tablet computer">Tablet PC</a> input panel for ink text entry.</li>

<li><b>Desktop</b>. Contains shortcuts to items contained on the user's desktop. Since the taskbar is always shown, this provides easy access to desktop items without having to minimize applications.</li>

<li><b>Quick Launch</b>. Contains shortcuts to Internet Explorer, email applications and a link to display the desktop. Windows Vista adds a link to the <a href="Flip_3D" class="mw-redirect" title="Flip 3D">Flip 3D</a> feature.</li>

<li><b>Language</b>. Contains shortcuts to quickly change the desired language for the keyboard to follow.</li></ul>

<p>In addition to deskbands, Windows supports "Application Desktop Toolbars" (also called "appbands") that supports creating additional toolbars that can dock to any side of the screen, and cannot be overlaid by other applications.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Users can add additional toolbars that display the contents of folders. The display for toolbars that represent folder items (such as Links, Desktop and Quick Launch) can be changed to show large icons and the text for each item. Prior to Windows Vista, the Desktop Toolbars could be dragged off the taskbar and float independently, or docked to a display edge. Windows Vista <a href="Features_removed_from_Windows_Vista" class="mw-redirect" title="Features removed from Windows Vista">greatly limited</a>, but did not eliminate the ability to have desktop toolbar not attached to the taskbar.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a> has deprecated the use of Floating Deskbands altogether; they only appear pinned into the taskbar.

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<ul><li>Upon opening the taskbar properties on <a href="Windows_95" title="Windows 95">Windows 95</a> and <a href="Windows_98" title="Windows 98">Windows 98</a> whilst holding down the CTRL key, an extra tab for DeskBar Options is shown, but no part of it can be used. The DeskBar option was a feature that was never included within these versions of Windows.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="macOS">macOS</h2></div>

<p><a href="Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Classic Mac OS</a> did not display a taskbar onscreen by default. Application switching prior to <a href="Mac_OS_8.5" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS 8.5">Mac OS 8.5</a> was done by clicking on an application's window or via a <a href="Pull-down_menu" class="mw-redirect" title="Pull-down menu">pull-down menu</a> at the right end of the <a href="Menu_bar" title="Menu bar">menu bar</a>. Prior to version 8.5 the menu's title was the icon of the foreground application. Version 8.5 introduced the ability to optionally also display the application name and to "tear off" the menu by dragging the title with the mouse. The torn off menu was displayed as a <a href="Palette_window" title="Palette window">palette</a>. The palette window could be configured using <a href="AppleScript" title="AppleScript">AppleScript</a> to appear much like a taskbar, with no title bar and fixed to one edge of the screen. No <a href="Control_panel_(software)" title="Control panel (software)">control panel</a> was provided by Apple to access this functionality, but third-party developers quickly wrote applications that allowed users unfamiliar with AppleScript to customize their application palettes. Third party taskbars such as <a href="DragThing" title="DragThing">DragThing</a> were a popular category of <a href="Shareware" title="Shareware">shareware</a> on these systems.

</p><p>The <a href="Dock_(OS_X)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dock (OS X)">Dock</a>, as featured in <a href="MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> and its predecessor <a href="NeXTSTEP" title="NeXTSTEP">NeXTSTEP</a>, is also a kind of taskbar. The macOS Dock is application-oriented instead of window-oriented. Each running application is represented by one icon in the Dock regardless of how many windows it has on screen. A textual menu can be opened by right-clicking on the dock icon that gives access to an application's windows. <a href="Mac_OS_X_10.2" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X 10.2">Mac OS X 10.2</a> added the ability for an application to add items of its own to this menu. Minimized windows also appear in the dock, in the rightmost section, represented by a real-time graphical thumbnail of the window's contents. The <a href="Trash_(computing)" title="Trash (computing)">trash can</a> is also represented in the Dock, as a universal metaphor for deletion. For example, dragging selected text to the trash should remove the text from the document and create a clipping file in the trash.

</p><p>The right side of macOS's <a href="Menu_bar" title="Menu bar">Menu bar</a> also typically contains several notification widgets and quick access functions, called <a href="Menu_extra" title="Menu extra">Menu extras</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unix-like_operating_systems">Unix-like operating systems</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="KDE_Plasma">KDE Plasma</h3></div>

<p>In <a href="KDE_Plasma_5" title="KDE Plasma 5">KDE Plasma 5</a>, taskbar uses Widgets as elements in taskbar. In the update 5.20 (November 2020) they updated the taskbar to look more like Windows 10 by only displaying icons by default and grouping application windows together.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:860px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The new taskbar of Plasma 5.20</div></div></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GNOME">GNOME</h3></div>

<p><a href="GNOME" title="GNOME">GNOME</a> 2 used its own type of taskbar, known as panels (the program responsible for them is therefore called <a href="Gnome-panel" class="mw-redirect" title="Gnome-panel">gnome-panel</a>). By default, GNOME 2 usually contains two full-width panels at the top and bottom of the screen. The top panel usually contains navigation menus labeled <i>Applications</i>, <i>Places</i>, and <i>System</i> in that order. These menus hold links to common applications, areas of the file system, and system preferences and administration utilities, respectively.

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<div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:850px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Default top panel appearance from <a href="Ubuntu_(operating_system)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ubuntu (operating system)">Ubuntu</a> 6.10 to 8.04</div></div></div>

<div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:850px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Default bottom panel from Ubuntu 6.10 to 8.04</div></div></div>

<p>The top panel usually contains a clock and notification area, while the bottom panel contains buttons for navigating between <a href="Virtual_desktop" title="Virtual desktop">virtual desktops</a>, the window list proper, and a button which minimizes all windows (similarly to Windows' Show desktop button). The contents of panels are handled by <a href="Software_widget" title="Software widget">widgets</a> called panel applets, which can consist of application shortcuts, search tools, or other tools. The contents of the panels can be moved, removed, or configured in other ways.

</p>

<p>In GNOME 3, panels are replaced by <a href="GNOME_Shell" title="GNOME Shell">GNOME Shell</a>, which consists of a bar across the top of the screen with an <i>Activities</i> button on the left, a clock in the centre, and a notification area on the right. GNOME Shell does not contain a traditional taskbar; users can manage windows, virtual desktops, and launch applications from either a "Dash" on the side of the screen, or by searching from Activities Overview, which is displayed by clicking on the <i>Activities</i> button. GNOME 3.8 introduces Classic Mode, which re-implements certain aspects of GNOME 2's desktop as an alternate desktop environment that can be selected at the login screen.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_Unix_environments">Other Unix environments</h3></div>

<p>These <a href="Desktop_environment" title="Desktop environment">desktop environments</a> provide their own implementation of a taskbar:

</p>

<ul><li><a href="Cinnamon_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinnamon (software)">Cinnamon</a></li>

<li><a href="Trinity_Desktop_Environment" title="Trinity Desktop Environment">Trinity Desktop</a> (based on KDE3's Kicker)</li></ul>

<p>Standalone <a href="Window_manager" title="Window manager">window managers</a> that provide an integrated taskbar include:

</p>

<ul><li><a href="Fluxbox" title="Fluxbox">Fluxbox</a></li>

<li><a href="IceWM" title="IceWM">IceWM</a></li>

<li><a href="WindowLab" title="WindowLab">WindowLab</a></li>

<li><a href="Window_Maker" title="Window Maker">Window Maker</a></li></ul>

<p>Programs that offer standalone taskbars for desktop environments or window managers without one include <a href="Avant_Window_Navigator" title="Avant Window Navigator">Avant Window Navigator</a>, pypanel, fbpanel, perlpanel, tint2, and others.

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<li>Architecture

<li><a href="Booting_process_of_Windows" title="Booting process of Windows">Booting process</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_games_included_with_Windows" title="List of games included with Windows">Games</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Management<br>tools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="App_Installer" title="App Installer">App Installer</a></li>

<li><a href="Cmd.exe" title="Cmd.exe">Command Prompt</a></li>

<li><a href="Control_Panel_(Windows)" title="Control Panel (Windows)">Control Panel</a></li>

<li><a href="Device_Manager" title="Device Manager">Device Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="DirectX_Diagnostic_Tool" title="DirectX Diagnostic Tool">DirectX Diagnostic Tool</a></li>

<li><a href="Disk_Cleanup" title="Disk Cleanup">Disk Cleanup</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Drive_Optimizer" title="Microsoft Drive Optimizer">Drive Optimizer</a></li>

<li><a href="Driver_Verifier" title="Driver Verifier">Driver Verifier</a></li>

<li><a href="Event_Viewer" title="Event Viewer">Event Viewer</a></li>

<li><a href="IExpress" title="IExpress">IExpress</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Management_Console" title="Microsoft Management Console">Management Console</a></li>

<li><a href="Netsh" title="Netsh">Netsh</a></li>

<li><a href="Performance_Monitor" title="Performance Monitor">Performance Monitor</a></li>

<li><a href="PowerShell" title="PowerShell">PowerShell</a></li>

<li><a href="Recovery_Console" title="Recovery Console">Recovery Console</a></li>

<li><a href="Resource_Monitor" title="Resource Monitor">Resource Monitor</a></li>

<li><a href="Settings_(Windows)" title="Settings (Windows)">Settings</a></li>

<li><a href="Sysprep" title="Sysprep">Sysprep</a></li>

<li><a href="MSConfig" title="MSConfig">System Configuration</a></li>

<li><a href="System_File_Checker" title="System File Checker">System File Checker</a></li>

<li><a href="System_Information_(Windows)" title="System Information (Windows)">System Information</a></li>

<li><a href="System_Policy_Editor" title="System Policy Editor">System Policy Editor</a></li>

<li><a href="System_Restore" title="System Restore">System Restore</a></li>

<li><a href="Task_Manager_(Windows)" title="Task Manager (Windows)">Task Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Error_Reporting" title="Windows Error Reporting">Windows Error Reporting</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Ink" title="Windows Ink">Windows Ink</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Installer" title="Windows Installer">Windows Installer</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Update" title="Windows Update">Windows Update</a>

<ul><li><a href="Windows_Insider" title="Windows Insider">Windows Insider</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Preinstallation_Environment#Windows_Recovery_Environment" title="Windows Preinstallation Environment">WinRE</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_3D_Viewer" title="Microsoft 3D Viewer">3D Viewer</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Calculator" title="Windows Calculator">Calculator</a></li>

<li><a href="Calendar_(Windows)" title="Calendar (Windows)">Calendar</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Camera" title="Windows Camera">Camera</a></li>

<li><a href="Character_Map_(Windows)" title="Character Map (Windows)">Character Map</a></li>

<li><a href="City_Art_Search" title="City Art Search">City Art Search</a></li>

<li><a href="Clipchamp" title="Clipchamp">Clipchamp</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Clock" title="Windows Clock">Clock</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Intune" title="Microsoft Intune">Company Portal</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Copilot" title="Microsoft Copilot">Copilot</a></li>

<li><a href="Feedback_Hub" title="Feedback Hub">Feedback Hub</a></li>

<li><a href="Magnifier_(Windows)" title="Magnifier (Windows)">Magnifier</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Media_Player" title="Windows Media Player">Media Player</a>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Messaging" title="Microsoft Messaging">Messaging</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Mobility_Center" title="Windows Mobility Center">Mobility Center</a></li>

<li><a href="MSN#MSN_Money_app" title="MSN">Money</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Movies_%26_TV" title="Microsoft Movies & TV">Movies & TV</a></li>

<li><a href="Narrator_(Windows)" title="Narrator (Windows)">Narrator</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Notepad" title="Windows Notepad">Notepad</a></li>

<li><a href="OneDrive" title="OneDrive">OneDrive</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_OneNote" title="Microsoft OneNote">OneNote</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Paint" title="Microsoft Paint">Paint</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_PC_Manager" title="Microsoft PC Manager">PC Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="People_(Windows)" title="People (Windows)">People</a></li>

<li><a href="Phone_Link" title="Phone Link">Phone Link</a></li>

<li><a href="Photos_(Windows)" title="Photos (Windows)">Photos</a></li>

<li><a href="Quick_Assist" title="Quick Assist">Quick Assist</a></li>

<li><a href="Remote_Desktop_Connection" class="mw-redirect" title="Remote Desktop Connection">Remote Desktop Connection</a></li>

<li><a href="Snipping_Tool" title="Snipping Tool">Snipping Tool</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Speech_Recognition" title="Windows Speech Recognition">Speech Recognition</a></li>

<li><a href="Sticky_Notes" title="Sticky Notes">Sticky Notes</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Store" title="Microsoft Store">Store</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Terminal" title="Windows Terminal">Terminal</a></li>

<li><a href="Sound_Recorder_(Windows)" title="Sound Recorder (Windows)">Voice Recorder</a></li>

<li><a href="MSN#MSN_Weather_app" title="MSN">Weather</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Whiteboard" title="Microsoft Whiteboard">Whiteboard</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_Remote_Desktop_Protocol_clients#Windows_App" title="List of Remote Desktop Protocol clients">Windows App</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Windows_shell" title="Windows shell">Shell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Action_Center" title="Action Center">Action Center</a></li>

<li><a href="AutoPlay" title="AutoPlay">AutoPlay</a></li>

<li><a href="AutoRun" title="AutoRun">AutoRun</a></li>

<li><a href="ClearType" title="ClearType">ClearType</a></li>

<li><a href="File_Explorer" title="File Explorer">Explorer</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Search" title="Windows Search">Search</a>

<ul><li><a href="IFilter" title="IFilter">IFilter</a></li>

<li><a href="Indexing_Service" title="Indexing Service">Indexing Service</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Shell_namespace" title="Windows Shell namespace">Namespace</a></li>

<li><a href="Virtual_folder#Windows" title="Virtual folder">Saved search</a></li>

<li><a href="Special_folder" title="Special folder">Special folder</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Start_menu" title="Start menu">Start menu</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Spotlight" title="Windows Spotlight">Windows Spotlight</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_XP_visual_styles" title="Windows XP visual styles">Windows XP visual styles</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Windows_service" title="Windows service">Services</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Windows_Error_Reporting" title="Windows Error Reporting">Error Reporting</a></li>

<li><a href="Multimedia_Class_Scheduler_Service" title="Multimedia Class Scheduler Service">Multimedia Class Scheduler</a></li>

<li><a href="Service_Control_Manager" title="Service Control Manager">Service Control Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="Shadow_Copy" title="Shadow Copy">Shadow Copy</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Task_Scheduler" title="Windows Task Scheduler">Task Scheduler</a></li>

<li><a href="Wireless_Zero_Configuration" title="Wireless Zero Configuration">Wireless Zero Configuration</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="File_system" title="File system">File systems</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="ExFAT" title="ExFAT">exFAT</a></li>

<li><a href="NTFS_links" title="NTFS links">links</a></li>

<li><a href="NTFS_volume_mount_point" title="NTFS volume mount point">Mount Point</a></li>

<li><a href="NTFS_reparse_point" title="NTFS reparse point">Reparse point</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Server_(computing)" title="Server (computing)">Server</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Active_Directory" title="Active Directory">Active Directory</a></li>

<li><a href="Active_Directory_Rights_Management_Services" title="Active Directory Rights Management Services">Active DRM Services</a></li>

<li><a href="File_Replication_Service" title="File Replication Service">DFS Replication</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Distributed_Transaction_Coordinator" title="Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator">Distributed Transaction Coordinator</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_domain" title="Windows domain">Domains</a></li>

<li><a href="Folder_redirection" title="Folder redirection">Folder redirection</a></li>

<li><a href="Group_Policy" title="Group Policy">Group Policy</a></li>

<li><a href="Hyper-V" title="Hyper-V">Hyper-V</a></li>

<li><a href="Network_Access_Protection" title="Network Access Protection">Network Access Protection</a></li>

<li>Print Services for UNIX</li>

<li><a href="Remote_Desktop_Services" title="Remote Desktop Services">Remote Desktop Services</a></li>

<li><a href="Remote_Differential_Compression" title="Remote Differential Compression">Remote Differential Compression</a></li>

<li><a href="Remote_Installation_Services" title="Remote Installation Services">Remote Installation Services</a></li>

<li><a href="Roaming_user_profile" title="Roaming user profile">Roaming user profiles</a></li>

<li><a href="Server_Core" title="Server Core">Server Core</a></li>

<li><a href="SharePoint" title="SharePoint">SharePoint</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_System_Resource_Manager" title="Windows System Resource Manager">System Resource Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Deployment_Services" title="Windows Deployment Services">Windows Deployment Services</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Media_Services" title="Windows Media Services">Windows Media Services</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Software_architecture" title="Software architecture">Architecture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Windows_Boot_Manager" title="Windows Boot Manager">Boot Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Console" title="Windows Console">Console</a></li>

<li><a href="Client/Server_Runtime_Subsystem" title="Client/Server Runtime Subsystem">CSRSS</a></li>

<li><a href="Desktop_Window_Manager" title="Desktop Window Manager">Desktop Window Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="Enhanced_Write_Filter" title="Enhanced Write Filter">Enhanced Write Filter</a></li>

<li><a href="Graphics_Device_Interface" title="Graphics Device Interface">Graphics Device Interface</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Windows_library_files#Hardware_Abstraction_Layer" title="Microsoft Windows library files">Hardware Abstraction Layer</a></li>

<li><a href="I/O_request_packet" title="I/O request packet">I/O request packet</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Imaging_Format" title="Windows Imaging Format">Imaging Format</a></li>

<li><a href="Kernel_Transaction_Manager" title="Kernel Transaction Manager">Kernel Transaction Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Windows_library_files" title="Microsoft Windows library files">Library files</a></li>

<li><a href="Logical_Disk_Manager" title="Logical Disk Manager">Logical Disk Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="Local_Security_Authority_Subsystem_Service" title="Local Security Authority Subsystem Service">LSASS</a></li>

<li><a href="MinWin" title="MinWin">MinWin</a></li>

<li><a href="NTLDR" title="NTLDR">NTLDR</a></li>

<li><a href="Ntoskrnl.exe" title="Ntoskrnl.exe">Ntoskrnl.exe</a></li>

<li><a href="Object_Manager" title="Object Manager">Object Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="Open_XML_Paper_Specification" title="Open XML Paper Specification">Open XML Paper Specification</a></li>

<li><a href="Portable_Executable" title="Portable Executable">Portable Executable</a>

<li><a href="Windows_Registry" title="Windows Registry">Registry</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Resource_Protection" title="Windows Resource Protection">Resource Protection</a></li>

<li><a href="Security_Account_Manager" title="Security Account Manager">Security Account Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="Server_Message_Block" title="Server Message Block">Server Message Block</a></li>

<li><a href="Shadow_Copy" title="Shadow Copy">Shadow Copy</a></li>

<li><a href="System_Idle_Process" title="System Idle Process">System Idle Process</a></li>

<li><a href="Winlogon" title="Winlogon">Winlogon</a></li>

<li><a href="WinUSB" title="WinUSB">WinUSB</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Security</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Security_and_Maintenance" title="Security and Maintenance">Security and Maintenance</a></li>

<li><a href="AppLocker" title="AppLocker">AppLocker</a></li>

<li><a href="BitLocker" title="BitLocker">BitLocker</a></li>

<li><a href="Credential_Guard" title="Credential Guard">Credential Guard</a></li>

<li><a href="Data_Execution_Prevention" class="mw-redirect" title="Data Execution Prevention">Data Execution Prevention</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Defender_Antivirus" title="Microsoft Defender Antivirus">Defender</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_family_features" title="Microsoft family features">Family features</a></li>

<li><a href="Kernel_Patch_Protection" title="Kernel Patch Protection">Kernel Patch Protection</a></li>

<li><a href="Mandatory_Integrity_Control" title="Mandatory Integrity Control">Mandatory Integrity Control</a></li>

<li><a href="Protected_Media_Path" title="Protected Media Path">Protected Media Path</a></li>

<li><a href="User_Account_Control" title="User Account Control">User Account Control</a></li>

<li><a href="User_Interface_Privilege_Isolation" title="User Interface Privilege Isolation">User Interface Privilege Isolation</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Firewall" title="Windows Firewall">Windows Firewall</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compatibility</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="COMMAND.COM" title="COMMAND.COM">COMMAND.COM</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux" title="Windows Subsystem for Linux">Windows Subsystem for Linux</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="API" title="API">API</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Active_Scripting" title="Active Scripting">Active Scripting</a>

<ul><li><a href="JScript" title="JScript">JScript</a></li>

<li><a href="VBScript" title="VBScript">VBScript</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="ActiveX" title="ActiveX">ActiveX</a></li>

<li><a href="ActiveX_Document" title="ActiveX Document">ActiveX Document</a></li>

<li><a href="COM_Structured_Storage" title="COM Structured Storage">COM Structured storage</a></li>

<li><a href="OLE_Automation" title="OLE Automation">OLE Automation</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Transaction_Server" title="Microsoft Transaction Server">Transaction Server</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="DirectX" title="DirectX">DirectX</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Native_API" title="Windows Native API">Native</a></li>

<li><a href="Universal_Windows_Platform" title="Universal Windows Platform">Universal Windows Platform</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_API" title="Windows API">WinAPI</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Mixed_Reality" title="Windows Mixed Reality">Windows Mixed Reality</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Runtime" title="Windows Runtime">Windows Runtime</a></li>

<li><a href="WinUSB" title="WinUSB">WinUSB</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Video_game" title="Video game">Games</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Microsoft_Solitaire_Collection" title="Microsoft Solitaire Collection">Solitaire Collection</a></i></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Discontinued</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Full_Tilt!_Pinball#3D_Pinball_for_Windows_–_Space_Cadet" title="Full Tilt! Pinball">3D Pinball</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Chess_Titans" title="Chess Titans">Chess Titans</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Microsoft_FreeCell" title="Microsoft FreeCell">FreeCell</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Microsoft_Hearts" title="Microsoft Hearts">Hearts</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="InkBall" title="InkBall">InkBall</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Purble_Place" title="Purble Place">Purble Place</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Microsoft_Solitaire" title="Microsoft Solitaire">Solitaire</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Microsoft_Spider_Solitaire" title="Microsoft Spider Solitaire">Spider Solitaire</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Microsoft_Tinker" title="Microsoft Tinker">Tinker</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Apps</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="ActiveMovie" title="ActiveMovie">ActiveMovie</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Address_Book" title="Windows Address Book">Address Book</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Anytime_Upgrade" title="Windows Anytime Upgrade">Anytime Upgrade</a></li>

<li><a href="Backup_and_Restore" title="Backup and Restore">Backup and Restore</a></li>

<li><a href="Cardfile" title="Cardfile">Cardfile</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_CardSpace" title="Windows CardSpace">CardSpace</a></li>

<li><a href="CD_Player_(Windows)" title="CD Player (Windows)">CD Player</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Contacts" title="Windows Contacts">Contacts</a></li>

<li><a href="Cortana_(virtual_assistant)" title="Cortana (virtual assistant)">Cortana</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Desktop_Gadgets" title="Windows Desktop Gadgets">Desktop Gadgets</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Diagnostics" title="Microsoft Diagnostics">Diagnostics</a></li>

<li><a href="DriveSpace" title="DriveSpace">DriveSpace</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_DVD_Maker" title="Windows DVD Maker">DVD Maker</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Easy_Transfer" title="Windows Easy Transfer">Easy Transfer</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Edge_Legacy" title="Microsoft Edge Legacy">Edge Legacy</a></li>

<li><a href="MSN_Food_%26_Drink" class="mw-redirect" title="MSN Food & Drink">Food & Drink</a></li>

<li><a href="Groove_Music" title="Groove Music">Groove Music</a></li>

<li><a href="MSN_Health_%26_Fitness" class="mw-redirect" title="MSN Health & Fitness">Health & Fitness</a></li>

<li><a href="Help_and_Support_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Help and Support Center">Help and Support Center</a></li>

<li><a href="HyperACCESS" title="HyperACCESS">HyperTerminal</a></li>

<li><a href="Imaging_for_Windows" title="Imaging for Windows">Imaging</a></li>

<li><a href="Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Journal" title="Windows Journal">Journal</a></li>

<li><a href="Make_Compatible" title="Make Compatible">Make Compatible</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Media_Center" title="Windows Media Center">Media Center</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Meeting_Space" title="Windows Meeting Space">Meeting Space</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Messaging" title="Windows Messaging">Messaging</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Messenger" title="Windows Messenger">Messenger</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Mobile_Device_Center" title="Windows Mobile Device Center">Mobile Device Center</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Movie_Maker" title="Windows Movie Maker">Movie Maker</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_NetMeeting" title="Microsoft NetMeeting">NetMeeting</a></li>

<li><a href="NTBackup" title="NTBackup">NTBackup</a></li>

<li><a href="Outlook_Express" title="Outlook Express">Outlook Express</a></li>

<li><a href="Paint_3D" title="Paint 3D">Paint 3D</a></li>

<li><a href="Phone_Companion" title="Phone Companion">Phone Companion</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Photo_Gallery" title="Windows Photo Gallery">Photo Gallery</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Photo_Viewer" title="Windows Photo Viewer">Photo Viewer</a></li>

<li><a href="Program_Manager" title="Program Manager">Program Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="Skype" title="Skype">Skype</a></li>

<li><a href="MSN#Discontinued_apps" title="MSN">Sports</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Start" title="Microsoft Start">Start</a></li>

<li><a href="Problem_Steps_Recorder" class="mw-redirect" title="Problem Steps Recorder">Steps Recorder</a></li>

<li><a href="Syskey" title="Syskey">Syskey</a></li>

<li><a href="Travel_(Windows)" class="mw-redirect" title="Travel (Windows)">Travel</a></li>

<li><a href="WinHelp" title="WinHelp">WinHelp</a></li>

<li><a href="WordPad" title="WordPad">WordPad</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Write" title="Microsoft Write">Write</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Desktop_Cleanup_Wizard" title="Desktop Cleanup Wizard">Desktop Cleanup Wizard</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_File_Protection" title="Windows File Protection">File Protection</a></li>

<li><a href="Games_for_Windows" title="Games for Windows">Games for Windows</a></li>

<li><a href="Interix" title="Interix">Interix</a></li>

<li><a href="Media_Control_Interface" title="Media Control Interface">Media Control Interface</a></li>

<li><a href="Next-Generation_Secure_Computing_Base" title="Next-Generation Secure Computing Base">Next-Generation Secure Computing Base</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem" title="Microsoft POSIX subsystem">POSIX subsystem</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_ScanDisk" title="Microsoft ScanDisk">ScanDisk</a></li>

<li><a href="Video_for_Windows" title="Video for Windows">Video for Windows</a></li>

<li><a href="Virtual_DOS_machine" title="Virtual DOS machine">Virtual DOS machine</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_on_Windows" title="Windows on Windows">Windows on Windows</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Services_for_UNIX" title="Windows Services for UNIX">Windows Services for UNIX</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_SideShow" title="Windows SideShow">Windows SideShow</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_System_Assessment_Tool" title="Windows System Assessment Tool">Windows System Assessment Tool</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_To_Go" title="Windows To Go">Windows To Go</a></li>

<li><a href="WinFS" title="WinFS">WinFS</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spun off to<br><a href="Microsoft_Store" title="Microsoft Store">Microsoft Store</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="DVD_Player_(Windows)" title="DVD Player (Windows)">DVD Player</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_File_Manager" title="Windows File Manager">File Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="Hover!" title="Hover!">Hover!</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Mahjong" title="Microsoft Mahjong">Mahjong</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Minesweeper" title="Microsoft Minesweeper">Minesweeper</a></li></ul>

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