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How to enable 'Never Combine taskbar buttons'. Windows 11 ?
Hi @all I did not find this function 'Never Combine taskbar buttons'. How can this function be found and enabled in windows 11? I can't work with multi-tab on windows 11. Thank you!
Yesterday I moved two computers to Windows 11 and discovered this issue. Tonight I move them both back to Windows 10. I need direct task bar access to many folders/window instances as part of my workflow and I'm not comfortable with a third party solution. Trying to locate a particular browser window or folder in a dynamic pop-up menu is just incredibly inefficient.
While I'm on the subject I'd love to know how this design decision was made. Did Product Design never talk to customers or did they intentionally select customers who agreed with their stated intent? Did they decide it would be too hard to support their design change while still supporting the current method for those who need it? Was this a casualty of trying to develop a single interface that can work across all devices? I'm kidding of course - I don't ever expect to get the answers to these questions.
While I'm on the subject I'd love to know how this design decision was made. Did Product Design never talk to customers or did they intentionally select customers who agreed with their stated intent? Did they decide it would be too hard to support their design change while still supporting the current method for those who need it? Was this a casualty of trying to develop a single interface that can work across all devices? I'm kidding of course - I don't ever expect to get the answers to these questions.
I initially upgraded two systems to Windows 11. I noticed immediately that windows were combined on the taskbar and downgraded one one system to Windows 10 the next morning. I made the mistake of leaving the other system on Windows 11 for more than 10 days 'just to give it a fair shake'. Now I'm stuck with Windows 11 until I copy all my data to an external drive, perform a fresh reinstall of Windows 10, and then reinstall all my applications/licenses and put all my data back.
The inconvenience this is costing me will definitely 'leave a mark' and I won't move to Windows 11 again if I can help it. From what I can tell, that won't be a problem for a long time. Windows 11 is barely up to 20% of the Windows installed base. Windows 10 was hugely popular, with 90%+ Windows market share and is still available today for purchase on new systems. The new laptop I received at work last week has Windows 10 and our company has 140k+ employees so they aren't likely to move to Windows 11 any time soon. Long term I hope Microsoft will reconsider, especially if Windows 11 adoption stalls. This feature change is just the sort of thing that can bring corporate IT support teams a lot of complaints from employees who won't or can't change their process. If there is any hope that Microsoft will listen, it won't be due to anything they read here. Actions speak louder than words. It will happen in those calls where Microsoft tries to convince major corporations to make the move to Windows 10.
The inconvenience this is costing me will definitely 'leave a mark' and I won't move to Windows 11 again if I can help it. From what I can tell, that won't be a problem for a long time. Windows 11 is barely up to 20% of the Windows installed base. Windows 10 was hugely popular, with 90%+ Windows market share and is still available today for purchase on new systems. The new laptop I received at work last week has Windows 10 and our company has 140k+ employees so they aren't likely to move to Windows 11 any time soon. Long term I hope Microsoft will reconsider, especially if Windows 11 adoption stalls. This feature change is just the sort of thing that can bring corporate IT support teams a lot of complaints from employees who won't or can't change their process. If there is any hope that Microsoft will listen, it won't be due to anything they read here. Actions speak louder than words. It will happen in those calls where Microsoft tries to convince major corporations to make the move to Windows 10.