Control your Windows Media Player while in other programs by adding it to your Windows taskbar. To do this, follow the steps below.

  • Right-click a blank portion of the Windows toolbar.
  • Select Toolbars and choose Windows Media Player.

Now any time the Windows Media Player is open and minimized, you have a small player on the Windows toolbar.

This option is only available up through Windows Vista and does not work on newer versions of Windows.

  • See our Media Player and taskbar definition for further information and related links on this term.