If you change your mind about a program icon you’ve parked on the taskbar, it’s easy to move an icon to a new place—just drag it with your mouse. You can also remove one altogether. Right-click the program’s icon—in the taskbar or anywhere on your PC—and, from the shortcut menu, choose “Unpin this program from taskbar.” Note: The taskbar is really intended to display the icons of programs. If you try to drag a file or folder, you’ll succeed only in adding it to a program’s jump list, as described next. If you want quick, one-click access to files, folders, and disks, you can have it—by using the Links toolbar (page 116).
Figure 2-29: To install a program on your taskbar, drag its icon to any spot; the other icons scoot aside to make room.
Jump Lists: Taskbar Edition Jump lists, new in Windows 7, are submenus that list frequently or recently opened files in each of your programs. On the taskbar, each program’s icon has its own jump list. (Jump lists can also sprout from your programs’ icons in the Start menu, as described on page 52.)