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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.
The main objective is to teach people what windows is not just use the same old features again and again.
Kindly understand that you should learn the new features and the old ones together as an option basis.
I hope you understand.
Do not worry it will surely come out soon.
Please be patient.
Deleted"The main objective is to teach people what windows is not just use the same old features again and again."
What are you on about? Imagine if fridge manufacturers decided they wanted to teach people what a fridge is, and instead of cooling, it would keep food really warm: "it's the new way fellas! what, you want the old features?"
Joking aside, if an "old" feature works and people find it useful, why mess around with it? This kinda looks like car manufacturers making **bleep** up that people dont need in order to try to push them into buying a new car.
I just received an update and am now running Windows 11 Home Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2115). Under Personalization/Taskbar, Taskbar behaviors now looks like this:
I changed the relevant settings from "Never" to "When taskbar is full". However, I still have combined taskbar buttons. I have not tried another restart yet, but just changing the settings has done nothing. It's hard to imagine how anyone ever thought removing this functionality was a good idea.
This is explained in the release notes:
[NEW] As a reminder, while the settings for never combined mode for the taskbarare showing up under Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviors in this build, they currently do not enable the experience. This will be fixed in a future Beta Channel flight soon.
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2023/07/26/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-22621-2115-and-22631-2115/
Deleted You're kidding, right?
"to teach people what windows is"? This approach is completely wrong.. I hope this is not Microsoft's opinion.
igmar75 Hi,
This wasn't a response from a Microsoft employee - this user is advertising an app - which I certainly don't recommend, so I had to add it for clarification.
Deleted NO!! The main objective of Windows SHOULD BE to provide an operating system that supports PRODUCTIVITY!! Not someone sitting in Silicon Valley trying to tell people how they "should" work! I think those of us who spend 50+ hours a week actually working with our PC's have a pretty good idea of what we need. The reason most of us are using Windows vs Mac is because of MS's historical efforts to maximize productivity, which seems to have taken a sad turn into mimicking Apple a higher priority than producing a product long time supporters can use.
