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How to Display Text on Windows 7 Taskbar Button

The default settings in Windows 7 allows Taskbar to display icon buttons only, it causes difficulties to recognize what the application is sometimes, unless you open it. If you would like to display text on Windows 7 Taskbar button as in Windows Vista or XP, you can change the settings to show the text together with icon.

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Solution

  1. Right click on Taskbar, then select Properties
    open Taskbar properties settings
  2. You should see the setting window like this
    Taskbar and Start Menu Properties settings window
  3. Change the settings of Taskbar buttons to Never combine or Combine when taskbar is full.
    settings of Show text on Taskbar button
    settings of Show text on Taskbar button
  4. Apply then OK, to save your settings. The result will be like this.
    show text on taskbar button

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