Setting the Windows 10 taskbar in Taskbarx

By default, the Windows 10 taskbar provides the user to some options for setting up design, such as small or conventional icons, color selection and some others. However, in some cases it may not be enough. For example, a frequent question: how to place the icons in the center or make the taskbar transparent, there are other tasks. One of the simple free programs that make it - Taskbarx (previously called Falconx).

This review details about the possibilities for setting up the taskbar in TaskBarx, available features and features of the program.

Loading and installation

The Taskbarx program is available in the Microsoft Store Store, but is paid. However, if you use the official site of the developer - https://chrisandriessen.nl/taskbarx We can download the program in the form of a Zip-archive (Portable version) completely free. Also, in the free form it is available on the github of the author.

The portable version of the program does not require any installation on the computer: it is enough to unpack the archive with the program files in a convenient location on your computer and get used.

Using TaskBarx to change the taskbar

In a folder with a unpacked program, you will find two main executable files - TaskBarx, which runs the program itself and Taskbarx Configurator to configure how your taskbar will look like.

In order to start, it is enough to run TaskBarx (while the icons on the taskbar will be located in the center between the leftmost system elements of the taskbar and the Windows 10 icons), after that - run the Taskbarx Configurator in order to set up the design.

Available settings in Taskbarx Configurator (in order to see the effect of the changes made, just press the "Apply" button):

1. Style. - Task panel style. You can turn on the transparent taskbar, select other options for design: gradient, translucent, with blurred background. Here you can also set the color parameters and the problem transparency level of the taskbar (not applied to select the TRANSPARENT item with a fully transparent taskbar). The "Switch Back to Default On Maximized Window" mark includes a standard type of taskbar when turning the window to the entire screen.
2. Animation. - style and time of animation when new icons appear on the taskbar (when you start any program).
3. Position - Shift taskbar icons relative to the automatically calculated center. Under PRIMARY TASKBAR, the taskbar is understood here on the first monitor, under Secondary - on the second and subsequent. The Skip Resolution item allows you to disable the location of the icons in the center for the selected screen resolution. Here you can completely disable the location of the icons in the center (the item "DON'T CENTER TASKBAR").
4. TasksChadule - By clicking the "Create" button on this screen, you will create a job scheduler task Windows 10, which will automatically run TaskBarx when logging in.
5. Extra - additional settings. Allow you to enable location in the center for one monitor only, hide the notification area and the Start button on the taskbar, turn on the TaskBarx icon display in the notification area. PAUSE LOOPER WHEN FULLSCREEN APP IS RUNNING disconnects the redrawing taskbar in full-screen programs (it can be useful in games if the taskbar appears on top of the game).

In order to remove other items of taskbar (not reflected in the EXTRA section), for example, searching or the task view button, use the system tools: just right-click on the item, disable the display of an unnecessary button or search string (how to remove the search from the panel Windows 10 tasks). The image below is an example of the result after using TaskBarx and system tools to adjust the taskbar.

It is not relatively difficult to figure out, but it works not only for the taskbar placed at the bottom of the screen, but also for its other locations. Perhaps there will also be an interesting article to execute the start menu in Windows 10.