Still trying to come to grips with the mess of interface changes that happened from Windows 10 to 11...
First, if I install a new program that adds a desktop shortcut, it always puts the new icon in the upper left corner of the primary screen - even if there already is one there - and then moves all the icons under it down one position. This is completely nuts. All previous versions of Windows put the new icon in the next available space after all the existing desktop icons. Any fix for this?
Separation of separate files/running program instances as separate tabs in the taskbar - I read that this is no longer a setting available in the normal Windows interface - is there a registry hack or a third-party add on somewhere to do this? It's really stupid, I have 2 27" 4K screens, and Windows 11 is acting like I'm working on a smartphone in that respect. I generally have a half dozen programs and several files open spread across both monitors, and now I have to go hover over the taskbar, wait for the preview and pick out the one I want. I am currently using Start11 to bring back a Windows 8.1/10 like start screen with tiles (works great!), but it can't enforce separate tabs on the taskbar. StartAllBack appears to be able to do that from what I've seen, but you can't do tiles with it...
First, if I install a new program that adds a desktop shortcut, it always puts the new icon in the upper left corner of the primary screen - even if there already is one there - and then moves all the icons under it down one position. This is completely nuts. All previous versions of Windows put the new icon in the next available space after all the existing desktop icons. Any fix for this?
Separation of separate files/running program instances as separate tabs in the taskbar - I read that this is no longer a setting available in the normal Windows interface - is there a registry hack or a third-party add on somewhere to do this? It's really stupid, I have 2 27" 4K screens, and Windows 11 is acting like I'm working on a smartphone in that respect. I generally have a half dozen programs and several files open spread across both monitors, and now I have to go hover over the taskbar, wait for the preview and pick out the one I want. I am currently using Start11 to bring back a Windows 8.1/10 like start screen with tiles (works great!), but it can't enforce separate tabs on the taskbar. StartAllBack appears to be able to do that from what I've seen, but you can't do tiles with it...
- Windows Build/Version
- 11-21H2 22000.376
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom built
- CPU
- i7 12700KF
- Motherboard
- Asus Prime Z690-P
- Memory
- 32 Gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- Asus Geforce RTX 3060 12Gb
- Sound Card
- -
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2x 4K monitors
- Screen Resolution
- 3840 x 2160 (x2)
- Hard Drives
- 1 Tb WD NVMe primary (Windows)
2 Tb Crucial SSD secondary (data)
- PSU
- 750W Enermac Marblebron
- Case
- Coolermaster MB600L
- Cooling
- be quiet! Dark Rock 4
- Keyboard
- Logitech
- Mouse
- Logitech
- Internet Speed
- Fast
- Browser
- Various