Windows offers an unimaginable amount of options to personalize your PC. Many of these options are not in sight, but knowing them is very useful. Customizing the taskbar by placing the name is one of the possibilities that you do not imagine that Windows 10 can do.
The taskbar usually contains all the applications or websites that are most used, as well as icons of how many applications we are running at that moment. But if there is something that Windows allows it is to modify the way your desktop looks so that you feel comfortable using it and have your personal touch.
Put my name on Windows 10 taskbar
It is a simple change and that at the same time gives a personal and unique touch to your PC. There are two methods for placing your name or any other word you want to place on the taskbar.
Method 1 – put the name next to the time
Windows time appears on the taskbar at the far right of the taskbar. The configuration must be done from the Control Panel.
- Enter the Control Panel. Look for Control Panel in the Windows Start Menu. A quick way to find it is through the search engine. Press the Start + S keys to bring up the search engine, then type Control Panel and press Enter.
- Select the option to change date, time or number formats.
- A new window opens. You must click on the Additional Settings button.
- Go to the tab that says Time and modify the text indicated as Symbol am and Symbol pm Replace the text that is preset by your name or the name you want to place.
- When you finish with the configuration, press the Apply button and the changes will have been made.
Note: For the change to be made effectively, the short time and long time formats must have “tt” included at the end so that the text is displayed next to the time in the taskbar.
Method 2 – Add content folder
You must create a folder with your name to integrate it to the taskbar. It is a simple process that will not take you more than five minutes to do.
- Create a folder and put your name or the text you want to appear on the taskbar.
- right click on the taskbar in a free space. Click on the Toolbar option and then click on the New Toolbar option.
- A new window opens where you must find and select the folder that you created with your name
- Press accept and now your name appears on the right side of the taskbar.
- If you want to change the position of the folder on the taskbar, you do so by selecting it with a simple click and dragging it to the place where you want to place it. Just make sure the Lock taskbar option is not enabled.
The good thing about this method is that it can also be useful as a container for personal files that are well identified.
In case you want to remove the name from the taskbar, you just have to right-click on a free space in the taskbar and click on Toolbar and then click on the folder name. The name immediately disappears from the bar.
Pin apps and files
The best way to make your PC functional is by adding the icons of the applications and folders you use the most to the taskbar . If you have an open application that you want to pin to the taskbar, you just have to right-click on the application icon and select the option Pin to taskbar.
You can also do it from the Windows Start and if you no longer want to have it, you always have the option to remove the icons from the taskbar. You just have to search for the application, right click on it. Then select the more option and finally, click on the option Pin to taskbar.