Auto-hide the taskbar
D’oh! I never before noticed there’s a way to auto-hide your taskbar in Windows so that it only appears when you hover your mouse over where it would be. This lets you reclaim some screen real estate and avoid distractions from other programs’ windows.
- Right-click the taskbar, choose Properties.
- Under the Taskbar tab, click “Auto-hide the Task Bar”
You can also do something about icons you don’t really need showing down there, too.






