TaskbarExt

Every type of operating system is designed to allow a certain degree of ease of use. Windows makes it possible to control various areas according to your needs, with the taskbar being a major option in this regard. What’s more, applications like TaskbarExt want to extend the functionality by allowing you to perform several operations much easier.

The application comes with several advantages, and one of them is portability. On the one hand, this means you don’t have to go through a setup process and you can even store it on an USB flash drive and use on other computers as well. As a consequence, system registries remain intact, which means the target PC stays clean during and after usage.

When launched, the application goes directly to the system tray, so don’t get worried if no prompt comes up or any main window is shown. In fact, the application isn’t fitted with an actual interface and all functions you can manage are triggered from the tray icon.

Its general purpose is to allow you to work with, arrange, and manage all taskbar icons and desktop windows a bit more comfortably. In this regard, the fact that it doesn’t take any space on your taskbar and desktop represent a neat advantage.

However, it might not live up to expectations, given it hasn’t received updates in quite some time, and its features can now be triggered as general functions of Windows. Among the options at your disposal you find quick triggers to hide or show all desktop icons, minimize visible windows, or make them transparent.

Seeing as how most of these options are already a part of Windows, as well as the lack of any hotkey support, the time spent triggering them as you normally would versus the application’s benefits is practically the same, thus having a considerable impact on overall practicality.

TaskbarExt wants to make it easier to handle your crowded workspace and unclutter the desktop. However, it doesn’t bring anything in this regard to make functions accessible faster, but rather places them in a different area, with the possibility of causing more confusion than actually helping out.