Jumplists

Another neat feature of the taskbar is the jumplist. Remember the old Recent Documents list from previous versions of Windows? This feature is now part of the taskbar, and recently used documents are automatically linked to the icons for the applications that opened them.

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If you want to keep a website or document in the jumplist permanently, right-click it and select Pin to This List. If you no longer want it pinned, right-click it and select Unpin from This List.

Right-click the taskbar’s Internet Explorer icon, for example, and you’ll see a list of recently visited websites. Right-click Microsoft Word or WordPad or Notepad, ...

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