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How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
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.
This will be of limited help, but if you are using multiple screens, you can *sort of* achieve this by having windows only appear on the taskbar on the display where they are open.
Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviours > When using multiple displays, show my taskbar apps on...
Select "Taskbar where window is open" (or, to some extent, "Main taskbar and taskbar where window is open").
*If* you're happy working across different screens, and if you have no more than one window per screen, you'll have clawed back some semblance of sanity.
Just another baffling step by Microsoft. Why keep taking away what are very obviously desired features? We hate your "improvements" enough as it is.
Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviours > When using multiple displays, show my taskbar apps on...
Select "Taskbar where window is open" (or, to some extent, "Main taskbar and taskbar where window is open").
*If* you're happy working across different screens, and if you have no more than one window per screen, you'll have clawed back some semblance of sanity.
Just another baffling step by Microsoft. Why keep taking away what are very obviously desired features? We hate your "improvements" enough as it is.
- I've had things set up that way since I did my initial configuration after my downgrade to Win11 (I had to for specific cloud compatibility). I have multiple instances of multiple things open all the time and I bounce all over, so it feels kind of cruel to have to go and search around for what I'm looking for. What's most important are the LABELS identifying what each window is.
I think it would be awesome if they brought this back but also added a separate scaler just for the taskbar. They broke the ability to change the size, as well.
