Windows – Hotkey to switch between windows in taskbar order in Windows 7

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Is there a hotkey to cycle through open windows in the order that they appear on the taskbar. This should switch windows without additional keypresses.

I know of win+T. This shortcut puts focus on the first taskbar icon and allows you to select and display a window with up/down/enter. I would ideally like something like Ctrl+Win+Down to immediately switch to the next window.

If not, then is there any way to enable this behaviour on a completely locked down PC where I cannot install software, run executables or edit the registry?

Best Answer

For Win7, the tool 7+ Taskbar Tweaker can now do this. See the help file under section Advanced>Keyboard Shortcuts. It lets you assign any keyboard shortcut keys to actions 101 and 102:

101 - Switch to the window which is located on the left to the active window on the taskbar. 
102 - Switch to the window which is located on the right to the active window on the taskbar.
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