Right click menu on programs in the taskbar


  1. Posts : 55
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Right click menu on programs in the taskbar


    In Vista and older versions, if I right clicked on a program in the taskbar I could then move the mouse up ever so slightly to click "close."

    Now there is a weird little "box" that pops up instead of a menu, and I have to move my mouse significantly further to get to "close." Sounds trivial, but if I am shutting down several applications in a row it is much slower this way.

    Is there a way to return the right click menu to normal?
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  2. Posts : 238
    Windows 8.1 Enterprise
       #2

    press SHIFT while you right click a program in the taskbar

    Context Menu - Right Click vs Shift Right Click
    Last edited by Brink; 22 Aug 2009 at 21:57.
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  3. Posts : 55
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Shayx said:
    press SHIFT while you right click a program in the taskbar
    Nice! Thanks. No way to make that the default right-click behavior?
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  4. Posts : 238
    Windows 8.1 Enterprise
       #4

    maybe a registry hack but i don't know of a way, sorry.
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  5. Posts : 55
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    No problem, thanks again anyway. Shift will work well enough!
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