If that is what you want to do, then wheb you are running a program, just minimize it by clicking the
"-" at the top right corner. That program will be minimized at the task bar. You then open up another program, then minimized it the same way, and so on. If you want to go back to a previous program, click at its icon at the task bar, and it will be 'restored'. Multitasking this way, you can change between programs to exchange information. I often write reports using MS Word, and often have to go into the internet to search for information and then paste these information unto the document I am working on. Working this way, I do not have to close and reopen programs. However, putting programs on the taskbar this way is for one session only. If this is not what you want, please post back, telling what you want to do (the objective). I would suspect that you want a 'quick launch bar' which you did not choose as a choice from my previous post, so that you can launch a program without bringing up the start menu ?