Taskbar text formatting (& ellipsis)

[Guest]

Hi there,

As you may know, when a window's caption is too long for the space on its
tile in the taskbar, the shell truncates the text and adds an ellipsis to the
end:

For instance:
* Microsoft Development Environment - sample.cpp
becomes:
* Microsoft Development ...

Is there any way to achieve either of the following:

- Eliminate the ellipsis? (to provide more space for text)
e.g.: Microsoft Development Env

- Have the shell display the end (or some other part) of the caption instead
of the beginning?
e.g.: ... - sample.cpp

In other words, is there any way to format the taskbar text in any way? I've
tried hacking explorer.exe (both in binary and in resource mode), but in
vain. Hopefully someone here is able to help.

Thanks in advance!

Best,
-AJG.

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

In other words, is there any way to format the taskbar text in any way? I've
tried hacking explorer.exe (both in binary and in resource mode), but in
vain. Hopefully someone here is able to help.

No, Windows does not provide this. You could search for third-party
software for this purpose on sites like http://www.tucows.com/,
http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/