WinNumTip shows the Win+number (0..9) shortcut
for each app pinned to the taskbar. While you hold the Win key, a small numbered
strip appears over the taskbar buttons; release the key and it disappears.
Hold Win and press a number to launch (or switch to) the app in that taskbar
position - WinNumTip just reminds you which number is which.
Important
WinNumTip installs a global keyboard hook
so it can detect when the Win key is held. This is a normal Windows mechanism,
but because keyboard hooks are also used by keyloggers, some antivirus tools may flag the app.
WinNumTip reads only the Win key state
to toggle the overlay and does not record or transmit any keystrokes.
- Numbered badges over taskbar buttons while the
Winkey is held. - Works with the taskbar docked on any edge (bottom, top, left, right).
- Adjustable badge size via the tray icon's Preferences dialog - from the default slim strip up to the full taskbar-button size (label height for a horizontal taskbar, label width for a vertical one); the numbers scale to match.
- Invert colors option (same dialog) that swaps the strip and number colors for a highlighted look.
- Preferences are saved next to the app in
WinNumTip.ini.
- Windows 10/11
Sometimes numbered strip does not arrear, to fix that Alt+Tab couple of times.
Open WinNumTip.slnx in Visual Studio and build, or from a developer prompt for x64 build:
msbuild WinNumTip.slnx /t:Build /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64Artifacts can be found in build\<Platform>\Release dir.
x64Win32ARM64