78 PCWorld JANUARY 2022F E ATU R E WINDOWS 10 SETTINGS SUPERGUIDE
buttons to shrink the size of the taskbar, as
well as create more room on it.
Then there’s an option that’s not on by
default to enable Peek. When this is activated,
if you hover the cursor over the Show desktop
button on the far right of the taskbar, Peek will
automatically show your desktop. This
alleviates the need to click on the button, but
it can get annoying if you frequently move the
cursor over that button without meaning to.
If you prefer the regular command prompt
to PowerShell, then turn off the slider labeled
“Replace Command Prompt with Windows
PowerShell in the menu when I right-click the
start button or press Windows key+X.”
One final slider turns off notification
badges on taskbar buttons (icons), such as anunread count for
messages.
After the on/
off sliders you get
two drop-down
menu items. The
first moves the
taskbar from the
bottom to the left,
right, or top. The
final drop-down
menu item lets
you separate
taskbar icons for
every window if
you don’t like the
default option that
combines windows from the same desktop
program into one icon on the taskbar. This
drop-down also has a section for only
combining icons when the taskbar gets full.
But that’s not all! If you have multiple
displays, you can choose to show the
taskbar on all your displays, as well as all
taskbar buttons on both monitors, and you
have the same option to combine or
separate out taskbar icons when opening
multiple windows in the same program.
Finally, you get the People section where
you can show the People app on the taskbar,
and set various options for that app if you’re
one of the rare birds who uses it.
That’s our tour of the Settings >
Personalization section. Happy customizing!7.