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Re: Windows 11 taskbar labels
tstein86 Well I found that it worked for me, so I passed it on in the hope it would help others. If all you can do is shout in all caps that it didn't work for you as if you consider I'm in some way responsible for that failure, then I wish I hadn't bothered. I won't in future. It's just not worth the hassle.33KViews0likes2CommentsRe: Windows 11 taskbar labels
Brakedirt Well, unless you're able to create your own OS in order to have it just the way you like it, you're going have to accept what you get. I've told you that you can have a fair degree of control over how Windows 11 looks. If you're not willing to do the configuration work required to make that happen then you really have no legitimate grounds for complaint.252KViews0likes3CommentsRe: Windows 11 taskbar labels
Brakedirt That's not my experience. I have it behaving the way I want it to and looking like Windows 2000 which I regard as the best Windows from an aesthetic point of view; also because it's the OS I got my MCSE in about twenty years ago so I'm nostalgic about it. I have the original start menu, a quick launch menu, a normal height taskbar with button labels, folder thumbnails and the start button on the left, where it should be. I also have none of those God awful touchscreen tiles anywhere on my system. I then imaged my customised and completed system so I had to do all the configuration work just once. It took a fair bit of research to find the various tweaks and hacks necessary to accomplish what I couldn't do myself but I can assure you, they're out there. You just have to look. If you think Windows 11 is a jail then it's only because you haven't found the cell door key yet.252KViews1like11CommentsRe: Windows 11 taskbar labels
It's easily restored: Go to Start Menu, click Run, then type regedit and hit enter. The required key is located in: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced Locate the key TaskbarGlomLevel and change its value to 0, 1 or 2 depending on what you need it to do. To always combine, hide labels (default): TaskbarGlomLevel = 0 Combine when taskbar is full/Show labels: TaskbarGlomLevel = 1 Never combine/Show labels: TaskbarGlomLevel = 2 I have my Windows 11 system set to 2 and the taskbar shows labels on open apps and files as it always did on Windows 10 and before.274KViews12likes18Comments
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