Jake of the Web

We're creatures of habit. Everybody has a certain order they like their application buttons to be in on their taskbar. But what happens if an application crashes or times out? I've known more that one person (yours truly included) who is willing to close out 10 apps only to reopen them again in the preferred order - all so the taskbar buttons are where you want them to be.

Taskbar Shuffle allows you to drag and drop any taskbar button within the taskbar area:


With Taskbar Shuffle, I was finally able to get the monkey off my back. I can re-order individual windows or groups of similar windows as I choose:


You can also rearrange system tray items if you so desire, although that functionality has yet to find its way in to my daily routine.

Taskbar Shuffle is free, small (only 630k), and brilliantly simple. Best of all, it quickly proves itself indispensable.