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Why don't control panel programs and property sheets show up in the taskbar?

June 8, 2005 Jun 8, 2005 06/8/05

Raymond Chen

Control panel programs and property sheets don't show up in the taskbar. Why not? As I recall, the explanation was that control panel programs and property sheets aren't applications. They are auxiliary helper windows that assist you with a task, but they aren't a program in their own right. Therefore, they don't get a taskbar button. I've ...