TaskArrange - Arrange the Taskbar Buttons the Way YOU Want Them

Elias Fotinis TaskArrange :: Arrange the Windows taskbar buttons

"TaskArrange is a simple utility that lets you rearrange the buttons of the Windows taskbar.

Sometimes we open our programs in a specific sequence, to keep their taskbar buttons in a desired order. But what happens if a program crashes or we close it, and then we open it again? That's right - its task button ends up last in the taskbar. Windows itself does not allow us to move the task buttons around, so we are stuck with two options: either accept the new order, or close everything and reopen them in the preferred order. TaskArrange brings an end to this annoyance, by letting us do exactly what we want: reorder the task buttons. ..."

Sometimes when I'm juggling a ton of different things I have a lot of app's running. Mentally switching between them, it helps if their task bar buttons are in a logical order (as apposed to the normal app started order). There's enough on my mind without having to hunt through the buttons looking for App X.

I've been using the TaskBar Sorter for about a year and it gets the job done well but ...

Today I came across another like utility, Task Arrange, which I'm giving a try. One thing I like about it over Taskbar Sorter is that at startup the list of items are sorted as currently shown (i.e. Taskbar Sorter just lists the items in some unknown order). Having the items listed in "as currently shown" order really helps when reordering...

Both utilities are small and thumb drive'able....

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