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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.
Looks like something is finally moving, I got this back from Microsoft Q&A:
From; Wesley Li-MSFT
Hello Thank you for posting in our Q&A forum. Microsoft is working on bringing back the ability to ungroup taskbar icons/items or buttons. With this feature, you can restore the classic Windows 10 behavior where the same app is not grouped under one icon. This feature is coming in the fall. https://www.windowslatest.com/2023/03/16/windows-11s-never-combine-taskbar-icons-feature-is-coming-in-the-fall/#:~:text=The%20feature%20is%20called%20the,be%20grouped%20under%20one%20icon.
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From; Wesley Li-MSFT
Hello Thank you for posting in our Q&A forum. Microsoft is working on bringing back the ability to ungroup taskbar icons/items or buttons. With this feature, you can restore the classic Windows 10 behavior where the same app is not grouped under one icon. This feature is coming in the fall. https://www.windowslatest.com/2023/03/16/windows-11s-never-combine-taskbar-icons-feature-is-coming-in-the-fall/#:~:text=The%20feature%20is%20called%20the,be%20grouped%20under%20one%20icon.
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The article you have posted a link to has no official status in fact if you look at the bottom of the page it clearly says "© 2023 Windows Latest | Not associated with Microsoft" so what we have is someone saying they have been told by someone they say is in Microsoft. There is no name or posting of the actual reply.
I hope it is correct, but come Autumn I wouldn't start holding my breath.
This also brings us back to the question, why will Microsoft directly engage with it's customers in regards to functionality of Windows. Tis would be a chance for them to actually find out what we want the taskbar to do. -- I would like the taskbar icons to not only be ungrouped but also able to be moved anywhere on the taskbar independently and allow the order to be changed on the taskbar, like you can with browser tabs. I was able to do this with "Taskbar Tweaker" but that app is not being updated for Win 11 due to the Taskbar changes.
The odd thing is that if you use tabs in File Explorer you can drag the tabs to change the order. The same as you can in Notepad and in WPS office for Word, Excel and PDF docs.
Currently, although I amusing Start 11 to uncombine Taskbar Icons I have only one of each Icon open on the Taskbar, but have a number of Tabs open in different Apps.
I hope it is correct, but come Autumn I wouldn't start holding my breath.
This also brings us back to the question, why will Microsoft directly engage with it's customers in regards to functionality of Windows. Tis would be a chance for them to actually find out what we want the taskbar to do. -- I would like the taskbar icons to not only be ungrouped but also able to be moved anywhere on the taskbar independently and allow the order to be changed on the taskbar, like you can with browser tabs. I was able to do this with "Taskbar Tweaker" but that app is not being updated for Win 11 due to the Taskbar changes.
The odd thing is that if you use tabs in File Explorer you can drag the tabs to change the order. The same as you can in Notepad and in WPS office for Word, Excel and PDF docs.
Currently, although I amusing Start 11 to uncombine Taskbar Icons I have only one of each Icon open on the Taskbar, but have a number of Tabs open in different Apps.