Launching items from the Windows Jump List

You can use the Windows Jump List to quickly open recently-used Desktops, Dashboards, and Dynamic Reports. You can also pin these items to the Jump List for future access.

Jump Lists are available in Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista. They are not available in Windows XP.

 

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Open an item directly from the Windows taskbar

  1. Use one of these methods to put the necessary GainSeeker module – either GainSeeker Charts (for dashboards and desktops) or Dynamic Reports (for dynamic reports) – on the taskbar:

  2. On the taskbar, right-click the GainSeeker module to display a list of recently-used and pinned items.

Windows 10 taskbar

  1. Open the desired item:

  2. If prompted, enter your GainSeeker login password:

Open an item directly from the Windows Start menu

  1. Use one of these methods to find the necessary GainSeeker module – either GainSeeker Charts (for dashboards and desktops) or Dynamic Reports (for dynamic reports) – on the Windows Start menu:

Start menu, All Apps, GainSeeker folder
in Windows 10

Frequently-used programs in Windows 10

Pinning to Start menu in Windows 10

  1. Use any of these methods to display a list of recently-used and pinned items:

Jump list on the Windows 10 Start menu

  1. Open the desired item:

  2. If prompted, enter your GainSeeker login password. This may happen if you are not currently logged in to the GainSeeker module.

Pinned and Frequent Items

Frequent Items

The Frequent Items list will automatically display the last several dashboards and desktops – or dynamic reports – you have opened. This means that items you have just opened may replace items you have not opened recently.

To remove an item from this list, right-click the item and choose Remove from this list.

Pinned

You can pin an item so that it displayed permanently on the jump list: either hover over the item and then click the Pin to this list icon , or right-click the item and then choose Pin to this list.

To remove an item from the Pinned list, you can either hover over the item and then click the Unpin from this list icon or right-click the item and then choose Unpin from this list.