如果您已从Windows XP移动到Windows 7，则可能需要一些时间才能习惯新的“开始”菜单和任务栏。下面是一个有用的提示列表，可以帮助您充分利用每一个。

开始菜单提示和技巧

在Windows7中，将“我的dropbox”添加到“开始”菜单

如果你是Dropbox的粉丝，有一种方法可以在开始菜单上快速方便地访问它。下面的文章描述了如何利用Libraries特性将录制的TV库重命名为其他名称。

这不是一个完美的解决方案，但如果你经常使用Dropbox，它是值得的。

将“我的Dropbox”添加到Windows7的“开始”菜单

在Windows7中获得经典的开始菜单和资源管理器功能

你是否已经切换到Windows7，只是无法适应新的开始菜单？有一个叫做ClassicShell的工具，可以让你在Windows7中从WindowsXP中获得经典的开始菜单。您还可以选择从经典版本的Windows资源管理器中获取功能。

ClassicShell的一个好处是，当您关闭或重新启动计算机时，您会看到ClassicShutdown屏幕。

ClassicShell为Windows7添加了经典的“开始”菜单和资源管理器功能

在Windows7中将回收站添加到“开始”菜单

Have you ever tried searching for the Recycle Bin in the Windows 7 Start menu Search box only to find you get no results? You can easily find files, folders, programs and more using the Start menu search in both Windows 7 and Vista. However, if you enter “recycle bin” in the Start menu Search box, you will not find it.

下面的文章介绍如何将回收站添加到“开始”菜单搜索中，以便您可以使用搜索框轻松找到它。

在Windows7中将回收站添加到“开始”菜单

使用windows 7“开始”菜单搜索更快地查找应用程序

When you first install Windows 7 and use the Search box on the Start menu to find files, folders, programs, etc., the results come up quickly. However, after using the system for a while, your collection of files, folders, and programs grows and the Search feature becomes slower.

有两种方法可以加速搜索功能。如果您主要使用搜索框来查找应用程序，则可以更改“开始”菜单搜索框的设置，使其只搜索“开始”菜单上的应用程序，而不搜索所有文档、图片、电子邮件等。您还可以清理正在索引的位置，以便索引中包含的文件更少。下面的文章将解释这两种方法。

使Windows 7“开始”菜单搜索更快地查找应用程序

更改windows 7“开始”菜单上显示的最近项目数

If you use the Recent Items list on the Start menu, you may have been wondering how to change the number of items it lists. Maybe you don’t want the list to be that long, or maybe you use the list a lot and want more items to be available in it.

“最近使用的项目”列表中显示的默认项目数为10。你可以增加或减少这个数额与注册表调整。下面的文章将向您展示如何。

更改Windows 7/Vista开始菜单上显示的最近项目数

更改windows“开始”菜单上电源按钮的默认操作

By default, the Power button on the Start menu in Windows 7 is the Shutdown button, and in Windows Vista it’s Sleep.

如果您更频繁地使用重新启动、睡眠、注销或休眠，则可以使这些操作之一成为单击电源按钮时发生的默认操作。下面的文章解释了如何在Windows7和WindowsVista中实现这一点。

将Windows 7或Vista电源按钮更改为关机/睡眠/休眠

在Windows7中打开“开始”菜单文件夹

Do you edit your Start menu every time you install a program to keep it neat and tidy? In Windows XP, all you had to do to access the Start menu folder was right-click on the Start button. However, that is not the case in Windows 7.

现在，在windows7中右键单击Start Orb将显示openwindows资源管理器选项，该选项只带您进入Libraries视图。下面的文章向您展示了如何在Windows7中轻松打开“开始”菜单文件夹，以便您可以自定义“开始”菜单快捷方式。

愚蠢的怪人把戏：如何在Windows7中打开“开始菜单”文件夹

在Windows7中向“开始”菜单添加管理工具

You might need to access the Administrative Tools in Windows quite often if you are a system administrator or a power user. Usually, you have to go into the Control Panel to access the Administrative Tools. Wouldn’t it be handy to be able to quickly access them from the Start menu?

下面的文章将向您展示如何在“开始”菜单上添加指向管理工具的链接，以便更快地访问。

如何在Windows 7中添加管理工具以开始菜单

在Windows7中启用“开始”菜单上的“运行”命令

You may think the Run dialog box has been removed from Windows 7 and Vista. It’s still available; it’s only been removed from the Start menu. You can access the Run dialog box by pressing Win + R on the keyboard, which is the simplest way to access it.

但是，如果您喜欢将鼠标放在键盘上，可以将Run命令添加回“开始”菜单。下面的文章解释了这样做的简单方法。

在Windows 7或Vista“开始”菜单上启用“运行”命令

在Windows7的展开视图中显示“开始”菜单项

The links to items such as Computer, Control Panel, and Documents, normally open to a separate window when you click them. You then, have to hunt for what you want on that window. However, you can expand these items on the Start menu to display a popup menu containing the items that would display on the window.

下面的文章向您展示了更改“开始”菜单行为的简单快捷的技巧。

初学者极客：在Windows7的扩展视图中显示“开始”菜单项

任务栏提示和技巧

在Windows7中将快速启动栏添加到任务栏

Windows7任务栏（Superbar）将普通任务栏的功能与快速启动的功能结合起来，允许您将项目停靠到任务栏。但是，如果您也想访问快速启动栏，那么在任务栏上也可以很容易地使用它。下面的文章解释了执行此操作的步骤。

在Windows7中将快速启动栏添加到任务栏

将回收站添加到windows 7中的任务栏

In the tips for the Start menu above, we listed an article that describes how to add the Recycle Bin to the Start menu so you can find it using Windows 7 Search. You can also add the Recycle Bin to the Taskbar. The following article discusses a couple of different methods for adding the Recycle Bin to your Taskbar for easier access. It also shows you how to add the fully functional Recycle Bin to the Quick Launch bar.

在Windows7中将回收站添加到任务栏

将“我的电脑”添加到windows 7任务栏

如果你经常访问“我的电脑”，在任务栏上有一个链接可以一键访问它会很有帮助。下面的文章介绍如何将“计算机”菜单添加为任务栏上的文件夹，以便轻松访问所有驱动器。此技巧也可用于将其他文件夹添加到任务栏。

将“我的电脑”添加到Windows 7/Vista任务栏

使Windows7任务栏像WindowsVista或xp一样工作

The Windows 7 Taskbar was redesigned as a “dock style” Taskbar with the windows for each application available on a single combined button on the Taskbar for that application. If you are not comfortable using the “dock style” Taskbar in Windows 7, there is a way to make the Taskbar work like it did in Windows XP and Vista. The following article shows you how.

使Windows7任务栏更像WindowsXP或Vista

为任何应用程序自定义windows 7任务栏图标

As you pin programs to the Taskbar in Windows 7, you’ll notice you end up with a mixed bag of random candy-colored ic*** that all look different and clash with each other. Would you like to use ic*** on your Taskbar that all go together in a matching style? The following article shows you how to put a beautiful set of matching ic*** on your Taskbar.

如何为任何应用自定义Windows7任务栏图标

将任务栏转换为系统资源监视器

If you like to monitor your system resources but don’t want to clutter up your desktop with a lot of ic***, you will like Taskbar Meters. It’s an open source, lightweight, portable set of three applicati***. There is a tool for monitoring memory use, one for CPU use, and one for disk activity. Simply run the specific application for the type of monitoring you want and adjust the slider to set the update frequency and the percent utilization at which the meters turn from green, to yellow, to red. Taskbar Meters does not offer a fine-tooth-comb view into your system performance, but for simple monitoring, it’s unobtrusive and effective.

任务栏仪表将任务栏变成系统资源监视器

在不使用额外软件的情况下更改windows 7任务栏的颜色

If you want to change the color of the Windows 7 Taskbar, you don’t need to install a custom theme or pay for extra software to do it for you. There is a simple, silly trick that allows you to change the color of the taskbar with no added software, and without changing your window color. The following article shows you how to do this using a beginning method and a more advanced, geeky method.

在没有额外软件的情况下更改Windows7任务栏的颜色（愚蠢的极客把戏）

修复windows任务栏拒绝正确自动隐藏的问题

如果Windows任务栏拒绝自动隐藏时出现问题，即使您已在控制面板中设置了该选项，我们有一些提示，可以让任务栏再次自动隐藏。下面的文章将向您展示如何在Windows7中解决这个问题，但是一些技巧也适用于Windows Vista或Windows XP。

修复Windows任务栏拒绝正确自动隐藏的问题

组织windows 7任务栏上的程序

The Windows 7 Taskbar provides quick and easy access to your favorite programs. However, it can get cluttered and disorganized as you pin more and more programs to it. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could sort the programs you use most into groups so it’s easy to find what you are looking for? The following article discusses a quick trick, using spacer shortcuts, that can help you organize your messy Taskbar.

如何在Windows7任务栏中组织程序

使任务栏按钮切换到Windows7中最后一个活动窗口

The Aero Peek feature on the Windows 7 Taskbar allows you to view live thumbnails of every window for each application. This is a cool feature, but what if you want to be able to just click a program icon on the Taskbar to access the last window you had open in that application? You can hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on a Taskbar button, but it is quicker and easier to be able to just click the icon without pressing a key as well. The following article describes a hack to make the ic*** on the Taskbar open the last active window for each application with one click. Once you apply this hack, if you still want to see the thumbnail list for an application, just hover your mouse over that’ application’s Taskbar button for half a second to see the full list.

本文向您展示了如何手动应用registry hack，还提供了一个链接来下载一个可以轻松应用该hack的文件。

使任务栏按钮切换到Windows7中最后一个活动窗口

我们希望这些提示和技巧能帮助您充分利用“开始”菜单和任务栏。