Mouse Scroll on Taskbar

Question

I am using Windows 10. I want to scroll taskbar. I have placed my taskbar on the right hand side of the screen. There are many icons open and I need to quickly scroll using the mouse. Need help.

Answer 1

                many icons open and I need to quickly scroll using the mouse.            

Have you tried looking at Task View?  Win+Tab.  You could probably let your Middleclick button (or that click modified in some way) to substitute for that keystroke.  Or if you have a keyboard with a "Stack windows key" (AKA "Flip 3D") use it instead.  If you have a Touch Screen Task View is also seen from a "swipe from the left".  FWIW I reserve my Taskbar mostly as a way to start things, e.g. using the Win-<position number> method.

BTW I have not seen it on the side but my guess would be that when you have too many tasks to fill the Taskbar there it would create another column of icons, then that might mean you would have to scroll the columns (or increase the width of your Taskbar) to see more.  The wider Taskbar with Auto-hide enabled would probably be a better solution than using that horizontal "scrolling".  I have seen scrolling in the Taskbar so rarely that I can't remember exactly what it is possible to do when necessary; possibly the wheel could be used to at least get access to a particular column of icons.

Also, Windows 10 has another Task management feature that you might want to consider: multiple Desktops.  If you could partition your tasks using Desktops both Task View and the Taskbar could seem less cluttered.

FYI

Robert Aldwinckle

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Answer 2

Thanks, I believe that was a feature on Windows 7 and I am sure I have used that in the past extensively. Shame that its not on Windows 10 :-(

Answer 3

Un-fortunately there is no setting to enable scrolling of the Taskbar, a web search may reveal an app, that may enable, although I am not aware of any.!!!!!

Answer 4

On my laptop, I place my mouse pointer over an open program on the taskbar and use my three fingers swipe up and down and this scrolls through each open program on screen. A similar function should work if you are using a wired mouse.

If your touchpad is not working, here are some things you can try:

1. Connect an external USB mouse then run the Hardware Troubleshooter:

Open Start > Settings > Update & security > Troubleshoot

Scroll down

Click Hardware and Devices

Click Run the Troubleshooter

When complete, restart to see if the problem is resolved.

2. Press Windows key + X

Click Device Manager

Expand Human interface devices

Right click HID-compliant touch pad

(If you don't see your touch pad listed, look under 'Mice and other pointing devices')

Click uninstall

Exit then restart.

If you don't have an external/wired mouse...

Press Windows key + X

Press the 'M' key

Press tab once

Use the down arround to select Human interface device or Mice and other pointing devices.

Press the right arrow to expand Mice and other pointing devices.

Use the down arrow again to select your HID-Compliant mouse or touch pad

Press the right click menu key on your keyboard (usually located between the Alt and Control keys)

Select uninstall

Hit Enter

Press Alt + F4

Press the Windows key + X

Press the letter U

Press the letter R

Restart

Other things you can try.

Power on and off your computer three times

How do you do that?

Power on, when you see the Windows Logo - power off

Power on, when you see the Windows Logo - power off

Power on, it will then your computer will boot into the Advanced Recovery environment

You might be asked to sign in with your Microsoft Account or Local Account password.

Click Troubleshoot

Click Advanced Options

Click Startup Settings

Click Restart

Press (4) to Enable Safe Mode

Wait while Windows 10 starts in safe mode.

Log in

Click Start > Settings > Devices > Touchpad

Under Related settings, click Additional settings

This might launch the Synaptics or Mouse Properties for your touch pad

Click the TouchPad tab then click Restore defaults.

Method 1: Update the touchpad driver. An outdated or incompatible driver can cause problems. Check to see if an updated driver is available.

Method 4: Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files. This allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Open Start, type: CMD

Right click CMD

Click Run as administrator

Type in at the prompt OR Copy and Paste these one at a time : (Hit enter after each)

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Also run the System File Checker utility:

Open Start, type: CMD

Right click CMD

Click Run as administrator

At the Command Prompt, type: sfc/scannow

This will check for any integrity violations

Restart your system

Reset your BIOS defaults:

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/reset-pc-bios-...

If you recently upgraded to a new version of Windows 10, there might be a compatibility issue.

As future Windows 10 feature updates are released it will introduce incompatibility with older devices and PC's. Certain components will not support these changes as observed by some users not seeing transparency anymore. Recommendations include, rollback, block the upgrade or consider upgrading components in your system such as graphics, storage, BIOS, motherboard or purchase a new Windows 10 PC.

There seems to be some early adopter issues at this time with Windows 10 1803, if you can, I recommend you downgrade to your previous version until the Spring Creators Update matures with future cumulative updates.

Open Start > Settings > Update & security > Recovery > under Go back to my previous version of Windows 10, click Get started.

or

Press Control + Alt + Delete

Click Sign out

At the Sign In screen, hold down the shift key on your keyboard while clicking the Power button on the screen

Continue to hold down the shift key while clicking Restart

Continue to hold down the shift key until the Advanced Recovery Options menu appears

Click Troubleshoot

Click Advanced options

Click Go back to the previous version of Windows

Windows Update might attempt to upgrade to Windows 10 1803 again. See instructions how to block it:

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/block-windows-...

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