Rearrange taskbar buttons and/or rearrange order of notification area icons. Windows 8.1

Anonymous
2015-02-05T14:24:17+00:00

I found the following for Windows 8.1,

order of app buttons on the taskbar:

All open files from the same app are always grouped together, even if you didn’t open them one after the other. This is so you can see all of the previews for that app at the same time.

How do I make the last or the latest icon to always open on the right hand side. And that the first app or icon is on the left hand side. Second app or its icon always opens or goes on the right hand side (now second left). And the third app or its icon always opens or goes to the right hand side (now third left). etc.

How do I make any and all apps or their icons to always been displayed in chronological order? First on the left hand side of the notification area and last on the right hand side of the notification area, no matter they are all icons of the same apps or all different ones.

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Accessibility

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-06-17T09:30:46+00:00

    Well, MSFT was a leader 25 yrs ago or so. When it stopped, google has appeared. And made a better mouse trap. MSFT lost many billions.

    MSFT is doing it again with windows. Sometimes eliminating very popular apps, progs, options and features available before.

    To me, some MSFT actions or improvements look like introducing viruses of some sort. Purposely making it harder and less convenient for users.

    Certainly, I do not know the programming, MSFT tactics and challenges behind this but I know MSFT's strategy is wrong.

    The moment google makes its PC OS and fixes irrational, illogical, unnecessary or artificial (in my view) faults of Windows OS, I will quit using MSFT products altogether. 

    I hope one day google will take over the taskbar, make it part of Chrome so that it behaves similarly to how Chrome's top tab bar is working now.

    I wish MSFT ppl were reading https://www.google.ca/search?q=How+do+I+ungroup+taskbar+icons+in+Windows+8  and similar. It's the best possible feedback clearly telling MSFT what the problems are and what improvements are needed.

    Shawn, thank you very much

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-09-30T11:50:22+00:00

    You'd have to kill someone to get that. Probably some idiot in Microsoft.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-09-30T11:55:26+00:00

    Yes it is possible. It is the first choice you have. You have to program additional code to make OS behave like this. The point is to locate the code and disable it from gluing icons together.

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