Taskbar: How to prevent individual icons from being joined together?

OldGrantonian · Aug 20, 2023

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With Win 10, I used Taskbar Tweaker (TT) to prevent identical icons (for example, Firefox) from being joined together like a train:
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With Win 11, TT no longer works.

Does anyone know how to stop identical icons from joining up. I want to be able to arrange icons from left to right in a sequence that matches my workflow.

Thanks
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Ghot · Aug 20, 2023

OldGrantonian said:
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With Win 10, I used Taskbar Tweaker (TT) to prevent identical icons (for example, Firefox) from being joined together like a train:
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With Win 11, TT no longer works.

Does anyone know how to stop identical icons from joining up. I want to be able to arrange icons from left to right in a sequence that matches my workflow.

Thanks
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This may help... I'm guessing Option #2 is what you want. I don't think the never combine is still available in Settings.

Always or Never Combine Taskbar buttons and Hide Labels in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to always, when the taskbar is full, or never combine taskbar buttons and hide labels for your account, specific users, or all users in Windows 11. The taskbar in Windows 11 shows the Start menu, Search, Task View, Widgets, Chat, File Explorer, Microsoft Edge...

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This is a thing I've never concerned myself with, so MS may have broken ALL these options, and I wouldn't know about it.

OldGrantonian · Aug 20, 2023

Ghot said:
This may help... I'm guessing Option #2 is what you want.

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The last two lines in your screenshot might show the options that I need. But these lines don't appear in my dialog.

The last entry that I see in my list is "Show seconds in system tray clock".

I seem to recall that a Dev version of Win 11 allows users to do what I need.

Thanks

Ghot · Aug 20, 2023

OldGrantonian said:
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The last two lines in your screenshot might show the options that I need. But these lines don't appear in my dialog.

The last entry that I see in my list is "Show seconds in system tray clock".

I seem to recall that a Dev version of Win 11 allows users to do what I need.

Thanks

Yeah, I don't have that option in my Settings either.
I think it used to be there, but MS decided I didn't need that setting.

johnlgalt · Aug 20, 2023

With Fx, do you have the setting "Show tab previews in taskbar" enabled? I think if you enable that it will only show 1 icon in the taskbar and the preview of the current tab you're actually focusing in Firefox.

At least, that is how Firefox on my machine does.

rick99 · Aug 21, 2023

This option will be available I believe with the Fall 23 feature update.

KennySkate · Aug 21, 2023

Hi @OldGrantonian
Perhaps the following post is interesting for you.
I tried it and it appears the feature will be available in the next update. version build 23481.
see also: Always or Never Combine Taskbar buttons and Hide Labels in Windows 11 Tutorial

LesFerch · Aug 21, 2023

OldGrantonian said:
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The last two lines in your screenshot might show the options that I need. But these lines don't appear in my dialog.

I seem to recall that a Dev version of Win 11 allows users to do what I need.

As stated in the tutorial: "Starting with Windows 11 build 23466 (Dev) and build 25915 (Canary)"

I'm sure the tutorial will be updated once that feature reaches the production builds.

Dru2 · Aug 21, 2023

Ghot said:
This may help... I'm guessing Option #2 is what you want. I don't think the never combine is still available in Settings.

Always or Never Combine Taskbar buttons and Hide Labels in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to always, when the taskbar is full, or never combine taskbar buttons and hide labels for your account, specific users, or all users in Windows 11. The taskbar in Windows 11 shows the Start menu, Search, Task View, Widgets, Chat, File Explorer, Microsoft Edge...

www.elevenforum.com