Display Icons And Text In The Windows 7 Taskbar
The Windows 7 taskbar has seen a major overhaul. It looks and behaves different than the taskbars on previous versions of the Windows operating system. One of those changes is the icon only display in the Windows 7 taskbar.
All open programs will be shown with their icons only. Some users might prefer the old way of displaying items in the Windows taskbar instead.
It is actually possible to change the display of the Windows 7 Taskbar items so that they display both icons and text instead.
To do that right-click empty space in the Windows 7 Taskbar and select Properties from the options. Locate the Taskbar Buttons entry and change the dropdown menu on the right from Always Combine, hide labels to Never Combine and press OK to apply the changes.
From then on icons and text will be displayed in the Windows 7 Taskbar.
