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Windows 11 - Shift+Left Click to open a new instance of app
Demotis, the issue is not in lack of support of this feature - it is still there. What is not the same as it used to be in Windows 10 is a simulation of middle-button mouse clicks by using the combination of LeftShiftKey + LeftMouseButton. If you were using a regular mouse, then the middle-button click on the program's icon on the taskbar would open a new instance/window for you as usual.
It is not very difficult to fix this missing part...
Create a text file with an extension .ahk with the following content:
<+LButton::MButton
Download and install https://www.autohotkey.com/, and use its utility Convert .ahk to .exe to create a very small ~1.16 MB .exe program (for those who don't want to make this on their own, I am attaching both .ahk and .exe files). Then move this program or a shortcut to this program to your Startup folder (to open that folder press Win+R and enter shell:Common Startup).
If you don't want to restart your Windows yet, execute this program manually for immediate use.
Good luck!
That works, but your'e not able to mark files (from / to) in explorer with shift-LClick anymore. It also has a lot of other side-effects in other programs.
Yes, John_BloggsMyUsernam2345, you are correct. My solution is not perfect. It replaces the simultaneous use of the left shift key and left mouse button click with a simulation of the middle mouse button click. Since many other applications use shift+click combination for other uses, my solution disallow such functionality. After publishing my original solution here, I experienced similar issues with one graphic program, where shift+click is used for multi-select. Since I needed that functionality, I decided to change my AutoHotKey script to use right-shift instead.
>+LButton::MButtonIf this alternative solution works for you, feel free to use the attached files.