Here’s a screenshot showing the Task Bar in view on the Windows 8.1 Start Screen. Simply press the Windows+ T key combination.
Luckily, there’s an easy way to instantly display the Windows Task bar regardless of which screen, program or app is loaded.
It also lets us see the computer’s clock, battery level indicator, active notification icons, and anything else that typically sits in the Task Bar’s “Notification Area”. May 21st, 2016 - Beta version 4.2.6 is out It improves support for Windows 10 Redstone, adds taskbar skinning, menu animations, and many new. May 22nd, 2016 - Beta version 4.2.7 is out QFE fix for a crash bug in beta version 4.2.6 that affects 32-bit Windows 10. Why use the Task Bar in Windows 8/8.1? Because it gives us a quick way to see what programs and apps are loaded as well as switch between them. It officially supports the Anniversary Update for Windows 10. And it also tends to stay hidden when you move the mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen.
All you had to do was glance at the Task Bar.īut while the Task Bar is still alive and well in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, it is usually hidden when viewing the Start Screen or while running a modern app. In Windows 7 (and earlier versions of Windows) it was easy to see which programs were running and access all the active notification icons.
