Excel 2007 Taskbar Tab shows Icon + "Microsoft Excel - filename"
 

Windows Vista Bus / Excel 2007:
How do I show just the filename on my Excel taskbar tabs?

My taskbar shows [Excel Icon] "Microsoft Excel - Filename1", with multiple
tabs on my taskbar I typically can't see which "Filename" is which because
there is not enough space. eg. "Microsoft Excel - Fil"
MS Word Tabs on the taskbar only show [Word Icon] filename.
The Word and Excel Icons are enough to know what app the tab is, I don't
need to see the words "Microsoft Excel"

Excel 2007 Taskbar Tab shows Icon + "Microsoft Excel - filename"
 

This is probably because Excel is opening all workbooks in separate
instances...

Try
Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

1) StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK.
2) StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.

See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe (most likely C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office12)

In that case StartRun "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office12\excel.exe" /regserver(quotes
required)OK


"glastron99" wrote:

Windows Vista Bus / Excel 2007:
How do I show just the filename on my Excel taskbar tabs?

My taskbar shows [Excel Icon] "Microsoft Excel - Filename1", with multiple
tabs on my taskbar I typically can't see which "Filename" is which because
there is not enough space. eg. "Microsoft Excel - Fil"
MS Word Tabs on the taskbar only show [Word Icon] filename.
The Word and Excel Icons are enough to know what app the tab is, I don't
need to see the words "Microsoft Excel"

Excel 2007 Taskbar Tab shows Icon + "Microsoft Excel - filenam
 

Thx Sheeloo.
The full path worked, mostly. If I open 1 excel workbook it still shows
"Microsoft Excel". Once I open a second workbook the "MS Excel" disappears,
even if I close the 2nd workbook the "MS Excel" doesn't re-appear.
When I open a word doc "MS Word" flashes in the Taskbar Tab for a
microsecond, then just shows the Icon and filename.

Thx again, I'm very impressed with the speed and accuracy of the response.

"Sheeloo" wrote:

This is probably because Excel is opening all workbooks in separate
instances...

Try
Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

1) StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK.
2) StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.

See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe (most likely C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office12)

In that case StartRun "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office12\excel.exe" /regserver(quotes
required)OK


"glastron99" wrote:

Windows Vista Bus / Excel 2007:
How do I show just the filename on my Excel taskbar tabs?

My taskbar shows [Excel Icon] "Microsoft Excel - Filename1", with multiple
tabs on my taskbar I typically can't see which "Filename" is which because
there is not enough space. eg. "Microsoft Excel - Fil"
MS Word Tabs on the taskbar only show [Word Icon] filename.
The Word and Excel Icons are enough to know what app the tab is, I don't
need to see the words "Microsoft Excel"

Excel 2007 Taskbar Tab shows Icon + "Microsoft Excel - filenam
 

You are welcome... Happy that it worked for you.

Yes, I also noticed that...

Did you also notice that all tabs for Word documents have ' - Microsoft
Word' at the end of the document name?

I will try to find whether we can change this behaviour...

Maybe someone else will know the answer and share with us.
"glastron99" wrote:

Thx Sheeloo.
The full path worked, mostly. If I open 1 excel workbook it still shows
"Microsoft Excel". Once I open a second workbook the "MS Excel" disappears,
even if I close the 2nd workbook the "MS Excel" doesn't re-appear.
When I open a word doc "MS Word" flashes in the Taskbar Tab for a
microsecond, then just shows the Icon and filename.

Thx again, I'm very impressed with the speed and accuracy of the response.

"Sheeloo" wrote:

This is probably because Excel is opening all workbooks in separate
instances...

Try
Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

1) StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK.
2) StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.

See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe (most likely C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office12)

In that case StartRun "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office12\excel.exe" /regserver(quotes
required)OK


"glastron99" wrote:

Windows Vista Bus / Excel 2007:
How do I show just the filename on my Excel taskbar tabs?

My taskbar shows [Excel Icon] "Microsoft Excel - Filename1", with multiple
tabs on my taskbar I typically can't see which "Filename" is which because
there is not enough space. eg. "Microsoft Excel - Fil"
MS Word Tabs on the taskbar only show [Word Icon] filename.
The Word and Excel Icons are enough to know what app the tab is, I don't
need to see the words "Microsoft Excel"

Excel 2007 Taskbar Tab shows Icon + "Microsoft Excel - filenam
 

The following solution didn't work for me. I'm using office 2003, not sure if
that makes a difference. Basically Windows wouldn't let me run excel with any
command-line switches like /unregserver.

Apparently this titling of taskbar icons changed between Office 2000 &
Office 2003. My office just upgraded to Office 2003, though I still have
Office 2000 on the computer (don't ask me why). It's really apparent - if I
open up two files names "Spreadsheet A.xls" and "Spreadsheet B.xls" in Excel
2000, the taskbar icons show just those filenames - perfect! In Excel 2003,
if I open both spreadsheets, the taskbar icons both just say "Microsoft
Excel". I have numerous spreadsheets up during the day and it's frustrating
not to be able to see at a glance which is which.

Any help greatly appreciated!!

"Sheeloo" wrote:

This is probably because Excel is opening all workbooks in separate
instances...

Try
Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

1) StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK.
2) StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.

See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe (most likely C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office12)

In that case StartRun "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office12\excel.exe" /regserver(quotes
required)OK


"glastron99" wrote:

Windows Vista Bus / Excel 2007:
How do I show just the filename on my Excel taskbar tabs?

My taskbar shows [Excel Icon] "Microsoft Excel - Filename1", with multiple
tabs on my taskbar I typically can't see which "Filename" is which because
there is not enough space. eg. "Microsoft Excel - Fil"
MS Word Tabs on the taskbar only show [Word Icon] filename.
The Word and Excel Icons are enough to know what app the tab is, I don't
need to see the words "Microsoft Excel"

Excel 2007 Taskbar Tab shows Icon + "Microsoft Excel - filenam
 

My suggestion should work of 2003 too...

Since it is your office computer you may not have the rights to execute the
commands. Ask your help-desk to do it for you.

Which version is the default version? 2000 or 2003?

"hamdinger" wrote:

The following solution didn't work for me. I'm using office 2003, not sure if
that makes a difference. Basically Windows wouldn't let me run excel with any
command-line switches like /unregserver.

Apparently this titling of taskbar icons changed between Office 2000 &
Office 2003. My office just upgraded to Office 2003, though I still have
Office 2000 on the computer (don't ask me why). It's really apparent - if I
open up two files names "Spreadsheet A.xls" and "Spreadsheet B.xls" in Excel
2000, the taskbar icons show just those filenames - perfect! In Excel 2003,
if I open both spreadsheets, the taskbar icons both just say "Microsoft
Excel". I have numerous spreadsheets up during the day and it's frustrating
not to be able to see at a glance which is which.

Any help greatly appreciated!!

Excel 2007 Taskbar Tab shows Icon + "Microsoft Excel - filename"
 

On Friday, February 27, 2009 at 8:30:01 PM UTC-6, Sheeloo wrote:
This is probably because Excel is opening all workbooks in separate
instances...

Try
Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

1) StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK.
2) StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.

See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe (most likely C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office12)

In that case StartRun "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office12\excel.exe" /regserver(quotes
required)OK


"glastron99" wrote:

Windows Vista Bus / Excel 2007:
How do I show just the filename on my Excel taskbar tabs?

My taskbar shows [Excel Icon] "Microsoft Excel - Filename1", with multiple
tabs on my taskbar I typically can't see which "Filename" is which because
there is not enough space. eg. "Microsoft Excel - Fil"
MS Word Tabs on the taskbar only show [Word Icon] filename.
The Word and Excel Icons are enough to know what app the tab is, I don't
need to see the words "Microsoft Excel"

OMG Thank You!