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Ungroup items on the Taskbar in Windows 11
I need help on how to ungroup items on the Taskbar in Windows 11
- I am working with two 42" 4K displays and most of the time I have at least 3-4 VS Code instances opened. I really see no reasons why Microsoft is forcing me to use 3rd party desktop hacks in order to be able keep on working the way I am used to. Combined taskbar items is very annoying as it does not allow me to click directly on the instance I want to work with, especially when considering the fact that I have 2 x 3840 pixels of total width available.
For the life of me I cannot fathom what the 'clever' people at MS were thinking... They are probably trying to see how many people they can get peeved off at them. Wow, just wow... Now just hoping they will be putting the ungroup functionality back.. Strongly thinking of making the jump to Linux... or back to windows 10... until they (holding my breath) fix their mess...
NetboxGlobal The forced grouping of taskbar items is infuriating. I get it that some people--maybe a lot of people like their icons grouped. However, I am not one of them and this is a feature which I would downgrade back to Windows 10 in order to get back.
- I guess windows devs are working with linux
- What a way to force your users to change OS after decades of core functionality. What a joke.
- https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases/tag/22000.708.46.4_c1f9f49
That's what you are looking forCengo190 Thanks for the tip. To anyone thinking of trying this out though, do beware that messing with a core part of Windows is not without risk! It's a risk I personally don't want to take.
Cengo190 Doesn't work for ARM CPU's (although I already have it implemented on my AMD CPU devices, and donated to the project).
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How am I now expected to move files between two Windows Explorer windows?
If I have two explorer windows open in full screen, I used to be able to select some files and drag them to the taskbar and then select another Explorer whindw where I can drop these files. Same for drag&drop info between applications, i.e. two open Word windows.
In Win11, when I have a selection of data and drag it to the combined application button on the task bar, I cannot select the other open application window.
Yes, I can exit the applications from full screen mode, but that is not what I want. - Microsoft needs to bring back this feature - it's not possible to drag items / files into grouped icons or grouped browser windows - if items are ungrouped, it's easier to drag & drop files on them - this grouped feature is most useless since it's inception right from Windows 7
- Almost a year later and this simple thing has still not been fixed. This is wasting productivity every day for thousands of users 👍
- The development process of other software companies:
- Add features
- Add improvements
- Maintain consistency
The development process of Microsoft:
- Remove features
- Change the way features work and obfuscate them more over time
- Consistency, what's that?
- Change the structure and location of settings and improve hiding them better
