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How to Control iTunes From Your Taskbar

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I found a very useful tip while browsing Digg the other day and I thought I’d share it with you. When you follow the instructions below you will be able to control iTunes from your Windows Taskbar. You may have seen this feature in Windows Media Player, but based on the comments on Digg, it doesn’t seem that the iTunes tip is well known.

Check out the instructions below so that you can learn how to use this feature. If you have any comments or questions please use the comments form below.

itunes windows taskbar How to Control iTunes From Your Taskbar

1. Right-click the Taskbar, then Toolbars and click iTunes. iTunes does not have to be open for this to work.

2. From now on whenever you minimize iTunes it will sit in your taskbar as a mini player.

Note: You may need to go to the iTunes preferences and uncheck the “Minimize iTunes windows to system tray” checkbox in order for the toolbar to work.

Via Taylor Hayward.

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Originally posted Aug 26, 2006

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  • Izzy

    Thanks so much for this! Having iTunes as a regular minimized window was way to distracting to me while I was doing homework.

  • Izzy

    Thanks so much for this! Having iTunes as a regular minimized window was way to distracting to me while I was doing homework.

  • Izzy

    Thanks so much for this! Having iTunes as a regular minimized window was way to distracting to me while I was doing homework.

  • http://www.gilsmethod.com Gil

    @Izzy – I agree, glad you found this useful.

  • http://www.gilsmethod.com Gil

    @Izzy – I agree, glad you found this useful.

  • nammi

    dude, thanks!, i’ve been trying to that for weeks, cant believe i didn’t think of that

  • nammi

    dude, thanks!, i’ve been trying to that for weeks, cant believe i didn’t think of that

  • nammi

    dude, thanks!, i’ve been trying to that for weeks, cant believe i didn’t think of that

  • Tharwen

    Thanks! Really useful tip :)

  • Tharwen

    Thanks! Really useful tip :)

  • Tharwen

    Thanks! Really useful tip :)

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/gjperera gjperera

    Glad you found it useful.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/gjperera gjperera

    Glad you found it useful.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/gjperera gjperera

    Glad you found it useful.

  • Jessica Otwell

    Great! I've been wondering about this!

  • Jessica Otwell

    Great! I've been wondering about this!

  • Jessica Otwell

    Great! I've been wondering about this!

  • john

    ohhhh tanks soooo much

  • john

    ohhhh tanks soooo much

  • john

    ohhhh tanks soooo much

  • OvertonGraphics

    Great to use with rainmeter

  • Jackylol

    Awesome, I have been trying to figure this out forever!!!

  • Wagneraraujo82

    Thanks for the tip!

  • M4tty3r3

    thanks, forgot how to do this when i installed windows 7

  • http://www.gilsmethod.com Gilberto J Perera

    Glad it worked for you.

  • http://twitter.com/tomkenning Tom Kenning

    Thanks, had used it before but completely forgot how to get it back.

  • http://www.gilsmethod.com Gilberto J Perera

    Glad you found it useful.

  • http://www.gravitateonline.com Joe

    I just spent 10 minutes trying to find this in the itunes help. Should have Googled it first. Thanks for posting this.

  • http://www.gilsmethod.com Gilberto J Perera

    Glad you found it useful. Thanks.

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