![]() Sign up to have Rick’s newsletter e-mailed to you each week. Rick Broida writes PC World’s Hassle-Free PC blog. Now, this won’t give you exactly the same taskbar you remember (Windows 7’s pinned icons tend to interrupt the “flow” a bit), but at least you’ll have the text labels and bigger buttons back. If you really want a more Vista/XP-like taskbar, check the “Use small icons” check box. Click the “Taskbar buttons” pull-down and choose Never combine. ![]() Right-click on any open area of the toolbar and choose Properties. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to make the Windows 7 toolbar look a lot more like the one in Vista (and, for that matter, XP). Without them, it takes me an extra second or two to figure out what’s what. Specifically, I miss the text labels that accompany each running program. I like most of what Windows 7 brings to the table, but there’s one thing I definitely don’t like: the new taskbar. When you’re ready, run that file and sit back while Ninite goes to work. Once you’ve made your picks, click Get Installer to download a small executable file. The service offers the most current versions of nearly every popular mainstream program, including Firefox, Skype, OpenOffice, iTunes, Picasa, Steam, and Revo Uninstaller. Thankfully, I’ve found salvation in the form of Ninite, a new service that automatically downloads and installs popular software.Īll you do is scroll through Ninite’s list of 70-odd apps, check-marking the ones you want. I’ve always hated this part, as it involves digging out CDs, downloading apps from lots of different sites, and then manually installing everything. Now that you’ve got Windows 7 up and running on your newly partitioned, dual-boot PC, it’s time for the next big step in any OS migration: reinstalling your software. Winstall takes advantage of the new Winget package manager, recently. That said, there is a cool new project in town called Winstall which is developed by Mehedi Hassan and it’s as seamless as Ninite. ![]() And frankly speaking, it works like a charm. Last week I told you how to migrate to Windows 7 at your own pace-there’s no need to jump into the deep end right away. For long, Ninite has been a go-to service for many users who want to bulk install Windows 10 apps.
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