How to center icons in Windows 7 Taskbar

- April 17, 2020

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In this blog I will show you how to center icons in Windows 7 Taskbar for a sort of mac OS-y Dock-ish look.

(This might work with Windows 8, but I’m not sure about Windows 10, just give it a try and comment whether it works or not.)

This is our final look-

It is very easy and can be done without any additional software or expertise.

So, let’s get started…

Step 1:

Create a blank folder wherever you want. Name it Windows 7 (or Windows 8 or Windows 10, but we will go by Windows 7 in this instance). Note that this folder must be kept empty.

Step 2:

Right-click on the Taskbar, select Toolbars and click on New Toolbar. Now browse to the location where you created that blank folder, and click on Select Folder.

Now you should see a “Windows 7” toolbar near the notification icons.

Step 3:

Here comes the fun part! Right-click on the

Taskbar, uncheck Lock the Taskbar. Now you will see two rows of dotted lines near the toolbar you just created. Click and drag this all the way up to the Start button. Now, you may notice that some of your icons have come to the other side, along with another set of dotted lines. Drag these to the point till where the icons are pretty much centered.

If this looks good, right click on the Taskbar and check Lock the Taskbar to give it “that professional look”

Step 4:

You can hide the folder “Windows 7” now, since accidentally doing something in here would mess things up. Just do a right-click, go to Properties and check the box labeled “hidden”.

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If you don’t want that Windows 7 label, go and read on.

Step 5 (Optional):