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I have both Edge and Chrome pinned to my taskbar in Windows 11.

When I open Chrome, it opens a nice new window to the side in the taskbar:

CHROME.webp


However, when I open Edge, it does this:

edge.webp


The icon disappears since it turns into and Edge window.

Is there a way to get Microsoft Edge to mimic Google Chrome and just open a new window on the right hand side every time I click it (leaving the Edge icon to the side)? Obviously in previous version of Windows, Quick Launch would resolve this but Microsoft removed Quick Launch for Windows 11..
 
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fmv2611 said:
I have both Edge and Chrome pinned to my taskbar in Windows 11.

When I open Chrome, it opens a nice new window to the side in the taskbar:

View attachment 126191

However, when I open Edge, it does this:

View attachment 126192

The icon disappears since it turns into and Edge window.

Is there a way to get Microsoft Edge to mimic Google Chrome and just open a new window on the right hand side every time I click it (leaving the Edge icon to the side)? Obviously in previous version of Windows, Quick Launch would resolve this but Microsoft removed Quick Launch for Windows 11..
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what is this set to on your pc?
Settings > Personalization > Taskbar
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fmv2611 said:
I have both Edge and Chrome pinned to my taskbar in Windows 11.

When I open Chrome, it opens a nice new window to the side in the taskbar:

View attachment 126191

However, when I open Edge, it does this:

View attachment 126192

The icon disappears since it turns into and Edge window.

Is there a way to get Microsoft Edge to mimic Google Chrome and just open a new window on the right hand side every time I click it (leaving the Edge icon to the side)? Obviously in previous version of Windows, Quick Launch would resolve this but Microsoft removed Quick Launch for Windows 11..
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Weird, for me, only Firefox Portable opens on the side but the full version opens in the icon itself.

I just opened Chrome and Edge side by side and this is how they look:

2025-02-23_031610.webp
 

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pretty sure its tied to the profile being different than the one pinned to the taskbar. after looking at OPs pic again, it says -Profile 1, which is not the Default profile
 

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It is set to "Combine when taskbar is full"

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dacrone said:
pretty sure its tied to the profile being different than the one pinned to the taskbar. after looking at OPs pic again, it says -Profile 1, which is not the Default profile
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"Microsoft Edge is managed by your organization". Chrome is not. Could this have something to do with it?​

 

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could. have you made any reg mods or gpo edits to edge? is this a personal or work pc?
 

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dacrone said:
could. have you made any reg mods or gpo edits to edge? is this a personal or work pc?
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I have not made any edits. This is a work laptop.
 

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its probably a GPO enforced by your company. i never recommend attempting to change anything on company PCs as you'll wind up violating some terms of use in some fashion...
 

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dacrone said:
its probably a GPO enforced by your company. i never recommend attempting to change anything on company PCs as you'll wind up violating some terms of use in some fashion...
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So for others (such as yourself) does it open a new window to the right or does it open inside itself like it does for me? I am unclear if my computer is the issue or if this is "by design" for Windows 11.
 

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if its the same profile that is pinned to the taskbar, it opens on top of the pinned icon, like your chrome.
if your workplace has a specified profile being force pushed to use by default that could be what it is
 

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If anyone is curious, I figured out a way to fix this:

Right click on desktop and click new shortcut
Type C:\Windows\explorer.exe "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" (ENTIRE THING INCLUDING QUOTATION MARKS)
Right click the new icon on the Desktop and pin it to the taskbar

You can then change the icon to "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe"

After you do this, Edge will open a separate window in the taskbar, rather than opening inside of the icon you clicked on. Same can be done with Chrome.
 

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