When Windows seven made it out the door reactions were mixed about the operating organization's revamped taskbar. Now two years afterward I can personally attest to the improved usability of the new bar and to a higher place all else, the magnificent implementation of leap lists.

Depending on the application bound lists can exist used to get 1-click functionality without recalling a minimized window, hands access common tasks or to quickly open up pinned and recent documents, saving you time not having to go through a number of dialogs. In a nutshell, if you are willing to brand the virtually of them, bound lists are a productivity godsend.

At present, imagine my despair when a few weeks ago all my established jump list items disappeared for no apparent reason. Worse than that, every bit I tried to add them back Windows decided to deed a bit like good onetime Vista and refused my changes. A few tweaks and restarts afterwards, information technology was a no get, until I found this set up.

Although there'south still no clear explanation on what triggers this erratic behavior, deleting a few files that contain your now probable corrupt jump list index volition repair the feature.

Browse to this location (copy and paste into the address bar for easy access): %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations. You will see a list of files that comprise your custom collection of jump list items, i file per program. Delete or move to another location all the files on that folder. Then browse to: %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations where you volition come across a similar listing of files. Once more, move those files somewhere else or delete them.

Some users take reported a succesful repair by moving the files to a safe location, restarting and and then moving the files back up. In my example I had to delete all files and start fresh to gear up the jump list feature.

Bonus Jump List Tricks

  • There's an alternative way to proceeds access to jump lists that doesn't require right-clicking. Click and hold your left mouse push over any taskbar icon and then move the cursor upwards. The jump listing will fade in and become accessible.

  • A 2nd alternative that keyboard shortcut lovers will dig: Alt + Windows central + Number.

  • If you are a Gmail user, you tin not only drag and drib attachments from a Windows Explorer window or your desktop, but tin can besides call up a jump listing and drag a file directly to Gmail's attachment box.

  • Non a truthful spring list trick, just it comes shut plenty. StandaloneStack is an utility that will let you add file and program stacks to a taskbar icon, resembling the 'stack' functionality in Mac Bone X.

  • Editing a taskbar programme's location and properties is accessible from the same leap list menu. Right-click on the icon to reveal the jump listing and and so right-click once more on the main program's entry to show the complete shortcut carte du jour.

  • Jumplist-Launcher is some other nifty third-political party utility that will let you create your own taskbar entry to be populated with as many files and programs as yous want (well, really there's a limit of 60!). The utility permit's yous customize lists in dissimilar means and it doesn't need to exist installed or run in the background for your newly created jump list to function afterwards.