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Windows 11 taskbar labels
It looks like the perfect way - but it doesn't work here. I set the value to 2 and after restart and then checking it was set to 2 - but still no labels. Do you have any ideas? aBuntobox
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.
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.
This omission and the very aggressive pushing of Edge will keep me on Windows 10 for now and drive me to Linux when Windows 10 is no longer supported. If Microsoft removes features that we still use for no good reason and insists we use its own browser rather than our preferred one, then it simply isn't listening to its customers. Even on Windows 10, setting the default to a browser other than Edge has no effect on many search Windows - Edge still uses resources and pops up for those results instead of the user-selected default.
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