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Can Windows 7 place a task bar on each monitor, which only shows applications running on that screen?

Can Windows 7 place a task bar on each monitor, which only shows applications running on that screen?

I would like to have a task bar on each of my monitors, but I only want applications that are currently on that monitor to be displayed on its taskbar.

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Guest [Entry]

Nope. Not the native toolbar at least. Sorry mate, you are out of luck here. There's MonMan for Windows XP - send an email to the dev to see if you can encourage him to make it 7 compatible.
Guest [Entry]

"Multiple screens isn't supported by the taskbar's API (as far as I know), but there's an alternative to UltraMon: MultiMonitor Taskbar

Note that it's freeware, though the Pro version actually has some cool features. It supports Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and 7.

Before:

After:

Features:

It adds second taskbar to the extended desktop on Monitor 2
It can add third taskbar to the second Extended monitor if you have 3 monitors setup.
It shows only applications from that Monitor
It hides the applications on Monitor 2 and 3 from normal Windows Taskbar
Adds a Move to Monitor button to windows applications (XP).
Add Text Clipboard Extender
Buttons to roll-right the taskbar (good for full screen Remote Desktop)
Very carefully written, I don't want to crash my own desktop!"