Taskbar

A bar that by default is located at the bottom of Microsoft Windows that was first introduced with Windows 95 and included with all versions of Windows after that. The Taskbar enables users to quickly and easily locate and launch programs they may be interested in running through Start, see any program that is currently open, display the time and/or date, items running in the background through the Systray, and with later revisions of the Windows operating system, the Quick Launch.

Windows Taskbar
Windows 98 Taskbar

Microsoft Windows 7 Taskbar
Windows 7 Taskbar

  • Additional information and help with the Taskbar can be found on document CH000127.

Also see: Live Taskbar Previews, Operating system definitions, Quick Launch, Restore, Status bar, Systray, Task