Enable or Disable Grouping of Taskbar Buttons in Windows  

DamianF said:

You can enable moving buttons/apps within groups by using the latest version of 7+ Taskbar Tweaker . Once you've enabled it you need to use the right mouse button to drag them, not the left. Just tried it and it works fine on windows 10 (version 1809).

If anyone knows which registry setting or file this changes it would be great to know.

Hello Damian, and welcome to Ten Forums.

If it's using the same settings as Windows 10, then the .reg values will most likely be the same as in options 3 and/or 4 below.

Always, Sometimes, or Never Combine Taskbar Buttons in Windows 10

Hello @JIGSAW,

I understand what you are wanting, but I have never seen them be able to move independently except for when they were opened with separate applications or processes.

Brink,

I thought you'd like to know that the Option 2 method can also be used in Windows 11
My Taskbar setup [post #6] - ElevenForum

All the best,
Denis

Try3 said:

Brink,

I thought you'd like to know that the Option 2 method can also be used in Windows 11
My Taskbar setup [post #6] - ElevenForum

All the best,
Denis

Thank you Denis. I'll do some playing with it.

I know the registry options below do not work in Windows 11.

Always, Sometimes, or Never Combine Taskbar Buttons in Windows 10

Denis @Try3,

I just tested on a W11 VM, and it didn't make any difference for me.

Brink said:

I just tested on a W11 VM, and it didn't make any difference for me.

Perhaps it only worked on mine because of the UndockingDisabled method I had used beforehand to make Taskbar toolbars work?

I saw another suggestion but did not need to try it.
Inhibit Taskbar button merging - TenForums
This was, I now see, just a discussion.

Denis

Try3 said:

Perhaps it only worked on mine because of the UndockingDisabled method I had used beforehand to make Taskbar toolbars work?

I saw another suggestion but did not need to try it.
Inhibit Taskbar button merging - TenForums
This was, I now see, just a discussion.

Denis

Could be from a combination of something.

I tested UndockingDisabled, but it just caused Windows 11 to roll back to the previous version when I restarted to apply. Odd.

Enable or disable grouping of taskbar buttons in Windows 11. Will anyone examine this, please. Thank you

Windows 11 has killed an important multitasking feature. You can no longer disable grouping and view multiple windows from the same app in the Taskbar.

With every new iteration of Windows made available to users, there are tons of changes. If you remember upgrading from Windows 8 to Windows 10, the first couple of hours might have been spent just exploring the additions and identifying the features that were modified or were removed altogether. One of the changes that we identified in Windows 11 is the absence of the option to disable combining/grouping of Taskbar app icons.

Windows 11 Doesn’t Show All Open Windows of an App in Taskbar
If you have made the jump to Windows 11, you would have noticed that the various windows of an app are clubbed together. For those who preferred grouping the windows, it wouldn’t seem much of a trouble. But many preferred having all the windows displayed in a separate tile in the Taskbar for easy access.

With the setting to ungroup the app windows missing, you would have to hover the cursor over the main tile and then select the required window. With all the app windows clubbed together, it would be both confusing and time-consuming for a few.

All Known Methods to Disable Grouping Don’t Work in Windows 11
We tried the previously known methods (for Windows 10) to disable the grouping of app windows to verify their functionality in Windows 11. None of them worked.

Earlier, we could modify this setting through the ‘Taskbar Settings’, ‘Registry’, and the ‘Local Group Policy Editor’. We have demonstrated each in the following sections........................

Here they then showed all the options but none working on Windows 11
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Explorer Patcher pro Windows 11?