Windows 10: How get App icons on Windows 10 Taskbar to show only the icon and not a text description

Discus and support How get App icons on Windows 10 Taskbar to show only the icon and not a text description in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Could someone explain how to get the App icons on the Windows 10 Taskbar to just show the icon rather than the lengthy name of the page or folder... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by AlistairFraser, Oct 20, 2020.

  1. How get App icons on Windows 10 Taskbar to show only the icon and not a text description


    Could someone explain how to get the App icons on the Windows 10 Taskbar to just show the icon rather than the lengthy name of the page or folder please?


    So the expected result would be the same app icon as showing before the app is opened, just lightened and underlined with no text description beside the icon.


    Hope this can be easily configured, thanks heaps!

    :)
     
    AlistairFraser, Oct 20, 2020
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  2. NIGHTMARE icon in windows taskbar

    Ok ... this is really an annoying thingy in Windows Vista that till today. My top wish list is to solve this !!! *Bang Head :banghead:*Bang Head :banghead:*Bang Head :banghead:*Bang Head :banghead:*Bang Head :banghead:

    See attached pic ... for eg. open My Computer ... icon is of course as shown - the My Computer default Vista icon ... after you browse? *swoosh* kind of black magic ... it changes to that icon with the green arrow ... browsing back to My Computer it remains like that ... with the green arrow!!!

    This happens to any and all folders ! ... When you load it ... it comes up with the default folder ... after exporing through folder it changes ... and remains like that.

    For info : have tried a fresh installation of Vista to make sure that no bug got in. So must be some DAMN Vista settings

    Thanks mates ... hope you enjoy this puzzle !
     
    ragingspeed, Oct 20, 2020
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  3. Windows APPS ICON NOT SHOWING PROPERLY on taskbar


    It's been couple of days since I upgraded my system to Windows 10 from Windows 7. Everything is working fine except this nasty error. If I pin apps to taskbar or run apps , the app icons on the taskbar are shown as white square. And I am seeing the same thing on Apps & Feature settings list. The icons are there but as the backgrounds are shown as grey-white chequered pattern (for the transparency ), it looks like white squares. Rebuilt the icon cache but to no avail.
    How get App icons on Windows 10 Taskbar to show only the icon and not a text description [​IMG]

    How get App icons on Windows 10 Taskbar to show only the icon and not a text description [​IMG]
    And on the start menu everything looks fine.
     
    HyperionFumed, Oct 20, 2020
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  4. Naki Win User

    How get App icons on Windows 10 Taskbar to show only the icon and not a text description

    Feature suggestion: Add Windows 7 Taskbar icon GPU freq./temperature/RAM used meter

    Please add an option (which will also require an Options/Settings screen however, or else the main menu will be too cluttered) to have the GPU freq., temperature, videoRAM used and/or maybe GPU load shown in the program taskbar icon on Windows 7.
    It could have two options - cycle between modes (for example about each 10 seconds), or always show the same value - for example, GPU temp or load/etc.
    See how Core Temp does this for an example. (WinZIP also shows such a meter when decompressing archives.)

    What do you think, could this be useful?

    C++ examples here:
    Windows 7 Taskbar Dynamic Overlay Icons and Progress Bars
    http://blogs.windows.com/windows/ar...-dynamic-overlay-icons-and-progress-bars.aspx
    Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Taskbar Progress and Status Indicators
    Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Taskbar Progress and Status Indicators
     
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