Much of the buzz about Windows 7 these days involves appraisal for the new Windows 7 Superbar by the Windows community. The Superbar is basically a new taskbar designed for Windows 7 with new features, much innovative than the taskbar we have previously experienced in older versions of Windows.

Apart from the amazing glass effects, transparency and application-specific background coloring, the Superbar also brings in new features such as 'Jump Lists' which pins all running instances of an application to its icon on the Superbar instead of opening them as separate tabs.

While Microsoft might have introduced this new feature for more eye-candy, I personally find this feature annoying and confusing. A user like me would just want to handle the tasks the old-school way, instead of clicking on more options.

So after a little peeking, I have finally discovered how to get the old-style taskbar in Windows 7. Follow the steps to get the same for yourself.

1. Right click on Superbar and select 'Properties'.
2. In the 'Taskbar' tab that opens in a popup, look for the label that says 'Taskbar buttons'. It should be set to 'Always Combine' by default.
3. Select 'Never Combine' from the drop down menu and click 'Apply'.

Thats it.

For more old-style look, you can select the option to 'Use small icons'.

Now you shall be able to manage tasks and windows the same way like you would in previous versions of Windows. No 'Jump Lists' means no more extra clicks and no more confusion.