Minimalists rejoice — Windows 11 lets you shrink taskbar icons for a cleaner desktop.

AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. AI agents on the taskbar, Copilot in the File Explorer, and much more. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common similarities with what users can expect from the operating system today.

I still remember the golden era of Windows customization, somewhere between the glassy peaks of Windows 7 and the utilitarian reliability of Windows 10. For over a decade, the Taskbar was the command ...