Jul 02 2021 11:42 PM
How to let windows 11 "never combine taskbar buttons"?
Nov 02 2022 08:51 PM
I created a profile just for the sake of adding my complaint to this thread. It angers me every day now that I can't see which window I want to open. It is so slow. PLEASE give me back the uncollapsed icons with the title next to it on the taskbar. I'm seriously considering switching to Mac due to this one thing. Do Mac computers have this option? @huali1405
Nov 03 2022 02:24 AM - edited Nov 03 2022 02:25 AM
The easiest switch to make is to a clean install of Windows10. There are no extra benefits I can see to working with Windows11 and they persist with this one major drawback. It’s a hassle to get your content, preferences and settings back to the way they were but once it’s done the ease-of-use and the efficiency of switching between applications and between instances of the same app makes the effort so worthwhile.
I’ll come back to 11 in 2025 to see if they’ve added proper functionality by then.
Nov 03 2022 05:29 AM - edited Nov 03 2022 05:30 AM
My productivity took a big dive when I installed Windows 11 on my new computer. I have to use more clicks to do the same things and it is almost impossible to work with the new small and grouped taskbar in Windows 11. So frustrating!!!
Setting the "Combine when taskbar is full" it the first thing I would change when starting to work on a new computer or installing Windows.
Now I'm going to have to install Windows 10 instead on my new computer and wait for "Combine when taskbar is full" feature and the possibility to resize the taskbar's width to be implemended in Windows 11.
It's so unproductive and a waste of space this new Windows 11 taskbar!
Nov 04 2022 11:38 AM
Please bring back Never Combine apps!!!
It is so inefficient and wasteful to click something just to see a list of what you're looking for and then have to click a second time when you could just have everything visually displayed (not combined) and click once on exactly what you're looking for!!!!!!!
Nov 05 2022 03:10 AM
The problem is that this workaround will be restored to its sh*tty original Windows 11 state after every OS upgrade.
It's better than nothing, but it's crazy that MS doesn't do nothing about it...
Nov 07 2022 06:51 AM
Nov 07 2022 07:13 AM
Nov 08 2022 11:32 PM
I'm checking in here every couple months to see if there is news about this - has anyone heard anything from Microsoft? or are we just a niche of sentimental anachronists?
Nov 08 2022 11:41 PM
Nov 08 2022 11:43 PM
Nov 11 2022 10:03 AM
I agree with everyone here! Windows 11 is terrible. If I wanted an Apple or Mac, I would get one. Why would Microsoft copy this feature? This makes multitasking impossible if you are a power user and have many windows and programs open to work, I should not need to take extra steps to figure out which icon and go through a list of titles to figure out what window I was on. Get rid of this new feature or provide the option to not combine. My productivity has gone down drastically since I have to spend time figuring out what I was looking for or trying to do in the first place.
Nov 11 2022 12:15 PM
Nov 14 2022 03:50 PM - edited Nov 14 2022 03:51 PM
I bought a new laptop and because the lack of this option I tried to install Win10 but I had to come back to Win11 because I had missing drivers. Now I have to work on this crazy unproductive OS. Please bring back the option to Never combine, it's really really important. I see that the drag and drop was solved in the last update, one more step and we'll be all happy. You can do it Microsoft!
Nov 17 2022 07:53 AM
Wow, I just upgraded to Win11 after waiting this long for MS to sort out issues only to find very fundamental task bar functionality is missing. Can't ungroup? Seriously? I have a 32" primary monitor and now have at least 18" of blank taskbar sitting idle - what a waste! I can have a fair number of spreadsheets and browser windows open and relied heavily on having each show up on the taskbar for fast switching. Not any more... But I do get unused taskbar space... Don't even get me started on my customized group of icons I created a view for on the Win10 taskbar which I use regularly - also gone with no way to restore. Obviously complaining here doesn't do any good but had to anyway.
Nov 17 2022 09:17 PM
Nov 18 2022 02:16 AM
Nov 18 2022 05:49 AM
Microsoft are AT LAST working on bringing back the never combine option:
Unfortunately it also says there will still be no titles or labels, just a bunch of the same icons, so we'll still need to hover over each one to see what it is. That's a huge middle finger up to all of us who are asking for functionality back - a kind of 'following the letter of the law but not the spirit'. Ah well.... I'll wait until it's live then come find the feedback thread asking for labels and we can all give feedback for another 500 days until they fix that, as well
Nov 20 2022 05:30 AM
Nov 20 2022 01:37 PM
@huali1405 BRING IT BACK!!!!!! I refuse to purchase a new laptop until this crucial functionality is reinstated!
Nov 20 2022 05:37 PM