[thelist] Windows: Altering Taskbar Order

> My prefered order would be:
>
> |OUTLOOK | ACCESS | HOMESITE | NETSCAPE | IE |
>
> And to get that in the taskbar, I have to open the programs in
> that order...
> which almost never happens. I've tried dragging the "buttons" into another
> order, but no go. Anyone have any insight? This ability would increase
> productivity and decrease swearing.

Were you using PCs in the dark days of DOS? Well, batch files still work,
and they will open the programs you need in the order you specify. I would
suggest opening them in the "startup" folder, but even this opens programs
in an arbitrary (and different each time) order...

But if you create a batch file (webdev.bat, say), which simply contains the
full paths to each program you want to open, in the order you want to open
them, and link to it on your desktop, you'll have a single shortcut which
will always open your "web dev" package in the correct order.

A quick caveat: DOS understands path names best if you truncate them to the
old 8-character DOS format. So the folder "program files" becomes
"progra~1", etc etc (first 6 letters, followed by ~1 normally)


Best I can think of without delving into the often-frustrating world of
so-called "shell enhancements"...

HTH

sb