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Stormforce

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I don't like hidden icons so I always drag them to the task bar.This action is no longer available in 22598.200
The apps that are hidden can only be "exited" but not moved
Is this a bug or is there something wrong with my setup
 

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    Windows 11 25309
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    PC/Desktop
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    Home built
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    Ryzen 7 5800X
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    Asus ROG Strix B450-F
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    16 Gb
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    MSI GTX 3060
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    onboard
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    1 x 27" Philips & 2 x 24" LG
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    1920 x 1080
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    Standard boxed fan
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    Logitech MX Vertical
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    Win Defender
If you're talking about the System Tray, yes, they removed the ability to rearrange them a few versions ago (for Beta and Dev). Without the ability to rearrange it stops the ability to drag/drop them to the 'hide' menu. You can however turn each icon on/off (moves it into the 'hide' menu)...

Right-click the Taskbar next to the System Tray section and click "Taskbar settings", from there, click "Other system tray icons" and you can turn them on/off from here. The ones that are turned off will appear under the "Arrow" icon unless you turn that off as well, in which they will be hidden completely.
 

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    Windows 11 Pro β
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    Laptop
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    HP Pavilion Laptop 15-eg0070wm
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    Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7
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    32 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM
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    Intel® Iris® Xᵉ Graphics
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    1920x1080
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    2TB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
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    macOS Ventura
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    Apple iMac 27" 5K (2017)
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    3.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
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    40 GB 2400 MHz DDR4
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    Radeon Pro 570 4 GB
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    27" 5K, 34" UW
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    Mon 1: 5120 × 2880 Mon 2: 2560 x 1080
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    32GB NVME, 1TB SSD
Archgos,
not exactly what I was trying to achieve. Switching off/on with the system tray icons just gives a further level of hiding. It still dose not give me the option of drag and drop into the task bar
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 25309
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Ryzen 7 5800X
    Motherboard
    Asus ROG Strix B450-F
    Memory
    16 Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 3060
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 x 27" Philips & 2 x 24" LG
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    970 EVO 250 Gb NVMe
    950 EVO 250 M.2
    4 TB internal
    4 Tb internal
    2 TB external
    2 TB External
    500Mb External
    PSU
    Corsair RM750W
    Case
    Modified Corsair
    Cooling
    Standard boxed fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Vertical
    Internet Speed
    390 Gb
    Browser
    Firefox, Brave
    Antivirus
    Win Defender
It still does not give me the option of drag and drop into the task bar
Drag and drop to the Taskbar is a function that was in W10, but did not carry over into the completely redesigned W11 Taskbar. It had many purposes, but the one use for it that I miss was the ability to select one or more files in Explorer, then drag them over the icon of a running app on the taskbar. The app's window would then open, allowing you to drop the files into the window to open them.

That one particular drag and drop functionality (but none of the others) has now been restored in the latest Insider builds. It should make its way into the next release of W11, 22H2 expected around October/November this year. If you need it now, then there is a fix available on GitHub that adds it to the current release.

 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD
    Internet Speed
    50 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge, Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Lattitude E4310
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround. Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package. Also running Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
StartAllBack fixes that, and everything else too!

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My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS ROG Strix
  • Operating System
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS VivoBook

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