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How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
- The November 2023 update added “never combined” mode on the taskbar for Windows 11. To find this feature, go to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviors. Set Combine taskbar buttons and hide labels to Never. It also added a separate setting for turning this feature on for other taskbars when you use multiple monitors.
When developing Windows 11, Microsoft rewrote the taskbar on modern XAML code and is now classed as part of the UWP. The downside to modernizing the taskbar is that it was built from the ground up and only the absolutely critical parts were included with the initial release of Windows 11. This was a controversial decision but a necessary one for modernizing the operating system in the long-haul.
Microsoft appears to have worked on implementing "Drag 'n' Drop" to the new taskbar, and the feature was available as part of the legacy taskbar and for example, allowed people to drag a file from File Explorer to an image editor like GIMP. This is expected to return with the release of Windows 11 (version 22H2 (or as I like to say Windows 11 Update 1.))
As for features like separate taskbar buttons and changing the location of the taskbar, Microsoft reportedly see legacy features, like those, as unimportant, and whilst not ruled out for future releases, they won't be prioritised/worked on in any meaningful way for the foreseeable future.
The best alternative is Start11 from Stardock but it is a paid for app and the more advanced functions like those you speak of were only just in a beta stage the last time I checked so currently your best bet is to stick with the default experience as whilst not perfect it is mostly stable compared with a third-party beta release, and having trialled their aforementioned product in the recent past, I must say their stable releases do feature bugs and other limiting issues. However, never say never to a first or third-party solution!
I hope this clears things up for you! All the best.
- On whose behalf are you saying this? If any of
"As for features like separate taskbar buttons and changing the location of the taskbar, Microsoft reportedly see legacy features, like those, as unimportant, and whilst not ruled out for future releases, they won't be prioritised/worked on in any meaningful way for the foreseeable future."
is true, then one should really not waste time on Win11.- If I recall correctly, Microsoft officials confirmed it via Feedback Hub, and it has been reported on by known technology news outlets regarding the "Drag 'n' Drop" being brought back in Windows 11 Update 1 (22H2). It is unfortunate for those who like these features (aside from "Drag 'n' Drop", neither get used by me) and change is scary but necessary. Sometimes you sadly lose out. That's life really. I hope this clarification helps the picture.
MindOfBrianna03 "If I recall correctly, Microsoft officials confirmed it via Feedback Hub, and it has been reported on by known technology news outlets regarding the "Drag 'n' Drop" being brought back in Windows 11 Update 1 (22H2). It is unfortunate for those who like these features (aside from "Drag 'n' Drop", neither get used by me) and change is scary but necessary. Sometimes you sadly lose out. That's life really. I hope this clarification helps the picture."
As you are not an official Microsoft representative, I very much hope you are wrong. Your "clarification" if true, shows that Microsoft cares nothing about the end user. You are the first person that has posted here that they prefer having everything grouped over having it separate. There is absolutely no reason why Microsoft shouldn't give people the choice (and I honestly think unseparated should be the default because I believe that is what the majority of people prefer.)
- I would say, the best alternative is to stick to a previous windows until windows 11 can be taken as an upgrade. Right now I regret buying a new computer, is nice and fast but I can tell I was more productive with windows 7. Sure, I was in need for an update, but windows 10 would have been a better choice.
My built in windows licence is not valid for windows 10, Ive already tryed
