Pinned icons disappear once I open them.

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  1. Posts : 7
    Windows 10
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    Pinned icons disappear once I open them.


    Hi

    I'm new to Win10 from win7. Sometimes I want to open more than one instance of something. E.g. a web browser, or wndows explorer. But when I open either of these from pinned shortcuts on the taskbar the icon disappears! This is not only annoying but completely pointless. Seriously, I didn't PIN it there because I wanted it to DISAPPEAR. I've notice that I can right click on the program on the taskbar to open another instance, but I don't want to. I just want my icons where I well put them. Can this be fixed?




    thanks in advance.
    Last edited by Brink; 06 Sep 2016 at 08:55. Reason: removed unneeded language
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  2. Posts : 42,737
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #2

    That's not how Win 10 behaves. I'm saying no more given the language used. Sorry.
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  3. Posts : 7
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #3

    dalchina said:
    That's not how Win 10 behaves....
    In the first shot nothing is open. There is a firefox shortcut (supposedly) pinned to the taskbar.
    In the secnd shot I have Firefox open. There is now no shortcut pinned to the taskbar.
    Windows 10 does this for any shortcut that I "pin" to the taskbar.

    Pinned icons disappear once I open them.-2016_09_06_09_48_531.png
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Pinned icons disappear once I open them.-2016_09_06_09_50_163.png  
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  4. Posts : 68,672
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       #4

    Hello peanutaxis, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

    Your second screenshot shows a button for Firefox instead of an icon. The button shows when you have "Combine taskbar buttons" set to "Never" instead of "Always, hide labels".

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

    Is the Firefox still pinned to the taskbar as an icon when you close Firefox?
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  5. Posts : 7
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Brink said:
    Hello peanutaxis, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

    Your second screenshot shows a button for Firefox instead of an icon. The button shows when you have "Combine taskbar buttons" set to "Never" instead of "Always, hide labels".

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

    Is the Firefox still pinned to the taskbar as an icon when you close Firefox?
    Thanks for the reply. Can I never combine taskbar buttons but keep the pinned icon there even when the program is open?


    thanks
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  6. Posts : 68,672
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #6

    That setting is for either showing buttons or icons of opened windows on the taskbar. For what I think you're wanting, you would want to set it to "Always, hide labels".
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  7. Posts : 7
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    Thread Starter
       #7

    Brink said:
    That setting is for either showing buttons or icons of opened windows on the taskbar. For what I think you're wanting, you would want to set it to "Always, hide labels".
    ..........................................how do I do that?
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  8. Posts : 15,027
    Windows 10 IoT
       #8

    Right click on the taskbar and select Settings. Then look down at the bottom of the Window that opens, look for "Combine taskbar buttons", set it to Always, hide labels.
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  9. Posts : 68,672
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #9

    In addition to the above: :)

    Select Always, hide labels in step 2 of OPTION ONE below.

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html
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  10. Posts : 7
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    Thread Starter
       #10

    alphanumeric said:
    Right click on the taskbar and select Settings. Then look down at the bottom of the Window that opens, look for "Combine taskbar buttons", set it to Always, hide labels.
    Brink said:
    In addition to the above: :)



    Select Always, hide labels in step 2 of OPTION ONE below.

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html
    I don't want to combine taskbar buttons.

    I want to be able to open more than one instance of a program from my pinned shortcut - that's what 'pinned' means - without having to click multiple times with multiple buttons on an existing taskbar button just to get a new instance. And I don't want to combine taskbar buttons, because that's a pain in the ass for the same reason - you have to click multiple times to get the wondow I want.

    This is ridiculous.
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