How to configure the 'Never' 'Combine taskbar buttons' setting in Windows 11?

Tony

Oct 22

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The 'Never' 'Combine taskbar buttons' setting disappeared in #Windows11

The taskbar icons are grouped. I find it very annoying and unproductive when have many maximized windows! The Never Combine taskbar buttons setting disappeared in Windows 11.
Also, before Windows 11, when I dragged an icon from Explorer and hold a few seconds over a taskbar icon, the app was restored, brought to focus so I can drop the file on the app area. On Windows 11 this is not happening.

I tried to change the Registry Setting:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"TaskbarGlomLevel"=dword:00000002

But it is not working.

I also tried this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell\Update\Packages]
"UndockingDisabled"=dword:00000001

This makes the Task Bar work as expected, but the Start Menu does not open.

How to change this?

See:
Windows Feedback Hub
Tech Community

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Tony

May 24

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Finally, at Build 2023 this was announced.

On Windows 11 Settings:
    Personalization > Taskbar
        Combine Taskbar buttons and hide labels
            Always
            When Taskbar is full
            Never <-

Source: New developer experiences in Windows https://build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions/5017d756-1ed1-468c-bd43-1ac98079f71e

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idmadjPermalink

Mar 30

I highly encourage anyone who misses the "Never combine" option to vote on the issue in the Feedback Hub: aka.ms/AAd2l82 The Windows team is constantly implementing changes based on user feedback, so that's the best way to have this fixed.