Has anyone ever found a fix for this annoying taskbar tab issue?


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BSmith81

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Still looking for a solution for that annoying issue of the tabs being grouped together and can't be separated / rearranged. I had ExplorerPatcher which worked great, until a major Windows update last year killed the compatibility and you can no longer use the Windows 10 taskbar. Plus, EP hasn't been updated in 7 months
 
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BSmith81 said:
............tabs being grouped together and can't be separated / rearranged.
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The Taskbar buttons can be ungrouped. Head over to Windows Settings -> Personalisation -> Taskbar -> Combine taskbar buttons then adjust the settings to your liking.

Irrespective of the above settings, the Taskbar buttons can be rearranged by dragging and dropping them.
 

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I don't even have that option, only the never combine option which will merge all files onto one tab, which I don't like.

This is all I have in the behavior section

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BSmith81 said:
...............the never combine option which will merge all files onto one tab.................
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The "Never" option is supposed to do the opposite - namely separate the program buttons and display their name labels.

Please provide a screenshot of what's bugging you because I'm not completely understanding you - especially when you talk about "tabs" and "files".
 

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My taskbar never does that, but I don't see anything wrong with your settings.
 

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Odd, my problem is say I have firefox open and I have 4 tabs open, on the windows taskbar it seperates every tab out even though I have the checkbox checked to combine them. So how do I fix that?
 

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imanlien2020 said:
Odd, my problem is say I have firefox open and I have 4 tabs open, on the windows taskbar it seperates every tab out even though I have the checkbox checked to combine them. So how do I fix that?
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I don't think Windows controls that, I have six tabs open and there's only one instance of FF on the taskbar. Are you sure you're not opening new pages in Windows?
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Basically like this. I can't move any of the 3 file explorer tabs individually.... the whole group moves. And if i open a new file, the new tab will open up next to the last file explorer tab. And You see the 2 Firefox tabs move as one. I want to be able to move each tab individually, like if I wanted to move just the RealPlayer tab to the other side of Spotify, not the entire group

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Don't know about the Windows Explorer tabs as the tabbed feature that I saw previously in mine disappeared in 24H2, and I can't see how to enable it. However, my Firefox never puts more than one entry on the taskbar.
 

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imanlien2020 said:
Odd, my problem is say I have firefox open and I have 4 tabs open, on the windows taskbar it seperates every tab out even though I have the checkbox checked to combine them. So how do I fix that?
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I had this same thing. You go to your Firefox settings > General > Tabs > Uncheck "Show tab previews in the Windows taskbar"
 

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See my post in this thread. Hope thats what you looking for. You can move them around individually as well.

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