Access Desktop Folders from the Windows 7 Taskbar

Edited by Lukward Thomason, Alexander Avdeev

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    We start by clicking on an empty space on the taskbar
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    Then, we hover the mouse over "Toolbars"
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    From the new menu, we check "Desktop" by clicking it once
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    The desktop icon will appear on the taskbar
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    If we have a window open that we don't want to minimize, but we want to be able to access the folders on the desktop, then we simply click on the double-arrow icon in the newly appeared desktop toolbar
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    There will be all the files and all the links from the desktop.
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    This concludes the tutorial on how to access desktop folders from the taskbar in Windows 7. Thank you for watching VisiHow! If you have any other comments or questions, please leave them in the comment section below.
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