Oct 07 2021 01:31 PM - edited Oct 07 2021 01:34 PM
Hi @all
I did not find this function 'Never Combine taskbar buttons'. How can this function be found and enabled in windows 11?
I can't work with multi-tab on windows 11.
Thank you!
Nov 18 2021 08:49 AM
Nov 22 2021 10:52 AM
Nov 22 2021 11:03 AM
Nov 23 2021 10:58 AM - edited Nov 23 2021 11:03 AM
This is from above:
Nov 18 2021 03:40 AM - edited Nov 18 2021 03:42 AM
Install EP_SETUP.EXE and run it, restart your PC and off you go.
Has anyone tried this? Is there a discussion or forum of people that had problems with this?
I hope this above solution is a safe solution. Not sure why has Microsoft made life so miserable for me to do my work. I need to roll back to Win 10 to do my work.
Nov 23 2021 05:40 PM - edited Nov 23 2021 06:27 PM
I just tried it on a test VM of Windows 11 and it did absolutely nothing.
The "Never Combine" setting is the very first thing I change on a new install of Windows right before turning off the hiding of known file extensions, so Windows 11 didn't even get past the 1 minute test for me. This omission is even worse than the ridiculous decision to remove the "Up One Folder" button in Windows 8. Won't be installing 11 as my driver until a safe and reliable solution is available. Frankly, I may not even bother at all now.
EDIT: Actually it did work, have to right click the taskbar and select "Properties" and it's in there.
Nov 23 2021 10:51 PM
@hoanglongson I am happy to the point that I introduced Windows 11 in a VM prior to updating some other PC. This is a setting that mood killer on each PC or server I use as I find having the taskbar consolidated and the marks eliminated baffling and unintuitive to utilize. I will not be redesigning anything until this oversight is settled.
Nov 27 2021 12:09 PM
Nov 27 2021 03:24 PM
Nov 27 2021 03:38 PM
@Elboylerthere is a mention that the install is not safe for the comuper on your website https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases/tag/22000.348.39.1_493cf27
Nov 27 2021 07:05 PM
Nov 28 2021 04:41 AM
@hoanglongson It would be nice to see MS put the option back in, but based on past precedent it's unlikely. Maybe in Windows 12 they'll put it back.
Nov 29 2021 09:56 AM
One Windows 10 feature you might miss is the ability to maintain separate taskbar icons for each of your windows. By default Windows 10 and 11 both combine all your windows from a particular program -- for example, your web browser -- into a single icon, which you must hover over to see the window titles. However, in Windows 10 and -- if you use one of the hacks below -- you can change this behavior.
The best way to ungroup taskbar icons is to install StartAllBack and select "Never" from the Combine Taskbar buttons menu on the Taskbar tab.
Nov 29 2021 07:11 PM - edited Nov 29 2021 07:17 PM
I have TWENTY TWO windows open right now - 7 folders, 4 Outlook windows, 1 Chrome window, my phone window, 4 Excel windows, 2 Acrobat windows, 1 Irfanview window, 1 Adobe Photoshop window, and settings. This is pretty normal for me - a variety of things I'm working on at various times throughout the day or week - some are tied together, some are just random things I'm not done with - but getting to the window I need (or even knowing what windows are still open) now takes a lot more effort! In the attached screen shot, LOOK AT ALL THE EMPTY TASKBAR SPACE I CANNOT USE DUE TO THIS SILLY CHANGE! How hard can it be to NOT change this - it seems like it's more programming work to make tasks combine than to make tasks NOT combine!
This absolutely is a productivity problem for working folk, but it's also wasteful of time for us retired folk that work on various projects as our mood and time permit! I do a lot of photography work and cataloging of photos - requiring Irfanview, Photoshop, and multiple folders to be in use at the same time - but now I have to spend time hunting for the right folder that is already open, but not visible without more clicks and mouse movement. I also do a lot of spreadsheet work that goes back and forth between spreadsheets and webpages where I am tracking information - now I have to spend a lot of time hunting for Excel windows that used to be available to me without hunting.
Seriously - this is a change that should never have happened, and I have to wonder if developers are too arrogant to appreciate that other people work differently than they do, or if management is too arrogant to listen to input or consider the value of diversity of working styles. "Clean" looks are really not important to me - I'll take functionality and customization over "clean" any day. I have a tower computer and a laptop - most of my work is on the tower - where I have a 35" monitor - and the task bar is about 80% empty because all the tasks are bundled into 20% of available taskbar space...
Nov 30 2021 06:40 AM
Nov 30 2021 06:07 PM
This problem has been reported to the Microsoft feedback hub - please upvote it here:
Dec 01 2021 12:51 AM - edited Dec 01 2021 12:52 AM
Thanks @Mad_Cat for the information about the Feedback hub!
I clicked on the link you provided, but it said I couldn't give feedback. I then clicked on "login", logged in, and then searched for "Ungroup Taskbar". I selected the topic "Update the Windows 11 taskbar to support never combining app icons and showing labels" and clicked on "upvote" as you have suggested.
Thanks again and hopefully this isn't the only feedback that Microsoft listens to.
Dec 04 2021 04:28 PM
@hoanglongsonsame issue
Dec 06 2021 01:01 PM
ALMOST works, I just have no access to my start menu now.
I am shocked that no one on the design team realized that never combining taskbar buttons was much more productive.
Dec 07 2021 12:33 PM
Dec 07 2021 04:29 PM