Windows makes it easy (although not obvious) to customize the Taskbar with custom icons. You don’t need a third-party app, just the icon files to replace the defaults.

Auto Hide Desktop Icons is a free app that can hide your Windows desktop icons and even your taskbar, automatically after a set time interval.

You can add icons to your desktop in Windows 10 and more easily access the system apps or folders you regularly use. Here's how to do it.

How to Add Office to the Taskbar. Pinning a program to your taskbar means to put an icon on it for fast, one-click access to that program.

In Windows 11, your app icons are centered by default, icons are smaller, and a Quick Settings panel has been added. Here's how to master the Windows 11 taskbar (or make it look more like Windows 10).

Like those spiffy oversize icons in the Windows 7 taskbar? You can get the same look in Vista with just a few clicks.