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Taskbar and notifications

MAKE USE OF THE TASKBAR

The Taskbar is the best location for any, and all, shortcuts that you need. Right-click your existing desktop or Start menu shortcuts and choose ‘Pin to taskbar’ to add them. You can then drag and drop icons within the bar to order them logically.

MINIMISE THE SEARCH BOX

Does the new search bar take up too much room on your Taskbar? Right-click an empty part of the Taskbar and choose Cortana > ‘Show Cortana icon’ to replace it with a clickable icon instead; or choose Cortana > Hidden if you

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