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Kent D Sullivan

Mark A Malamud

Chee Heng Chew

Jeffrey Lawrence Bogdan

Joseph D Belfiore

Ian Michael Ellison-Taylor

Daniel P Oran

A taskbar is provided that supplies visual cues, such as buttons, for each application having an active window. These visual cues inform a user of the currently active windows and may be used to display the active windows. The taskbar may also include a start menu button that enables a user to gain access to a menu for launching programs, opening documents and controlling system settings. The taskbar is resizable and may be anchored to different locations on a video display. The taskbar may operate in a mode where it is not obscurable by other windows. The taskbar may also be displayed in a mode where it is not displayed when another window is in a non-minimized state.

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Kent D Sullivan