# kirupa.com - Windows 7: Taskbar Icon Overlay

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-windows-7-taskbar-icon-overlay/642807
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [May 17, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-windows-7-taskbar-icon-overlay/642807 "2020-05-17T22:35:23Z")
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#### Post date: [May 17, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-windows-7-taskbar-icon-overlay/642807/1 "2020-05-17T22:35:25Z")

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by kirupa&nbsp; |&nbsp; 17 February 2010

Traditionally, in Windows, your taskbar only displayed an icon of your running application along with some text:

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.kirupa.com/blend\_wpf/windows7\_taskbar\_icon\_overlay.htm](https://www.kirupa.com/blend_wpf/windows7_taskbar_icon_overlay.htm)