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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.
Windows versions I have skipped because they had bad UI design choices:
Windows ME
Windows Vista
Windows 8
Windows 11 (for now!)
As a decision maker for my own engineering org, I can tell you that you won't get ~50 users of Windows 11 until you sort it out and I'll be actively campaigning our global techops division to do the same.
If you are reading down this far, try to help out by liking other posts in this thread, maybe we can elevate this into back into MS's view!
- Your last point is extremely important. We need more "likes" in this thread. We need to get this elevated.
NickP2020 I personally liked at least one aspect of Windows Vista - namely, the Sidebar. An always discreet desktop area with nice gadgets. Along with all the other QoL features like "never combine", this needs to make a comeback as well. Widescreen is the norm now, and how many of us are really using all the horizontal space unless we've documents side-by-side? Microsoft seems obsessed with copying the worst aspects of their competitors: Google's poor UI design and disregard for user privacy, Apple's lack of customization and straightforward file management, and so on.
Please readd the "Never combine" option, having to make 2 clicks every time , plus having to search the right window is very unproductive. With the "never combine" you could mentally remember the position of the window you want to use and click directly on it. The current way in Windows 11 is less productive.
Hi ,NickP2020
"If you are reading down this far, try to help out by liking other posts in this thread, maybe we can elevate this into back into MS's view! "
Of course, this thread is a top spot – it's visible, but currently Insider versions don't have this feature – so Microsoft isn't working to improve it!
Windows10 - will be supported until October 2025 -.>new computers have only Windows11 - I think Windows12 can fix it, I hope so!
