winmetabar

This is a small windows utility that shows number label above task bar icons so you can use Win + <Number Key> to launch them easily.

Installation

• Install Visual Studio 2017.
• Clone this repository.
• Build it.
• Win + R to launch the Run box, and enter shell:startup to open the startup folder.
• Find the winmetabar.exe from the build folder and copy it to the startup folder.
• Log out and log back in, the app should be started automatically.

Uninstall

• Find and kill winmetabar.exe from task manager
• Win + R to launch the Run box, and enter shell:startup to open the startup folder.
• Delete the winmetabar.exe from the startup folder.

Usage

• Press Win key and the number icons should show above the task bar icons.
• To replace the default number icons, you can either
  • Replace the numbers100ransom.png with your own one (the easy way) or.
  • Add another image to the resource and update the resource ID in config.h (the right way).