How do I Ungroup Task Bar Buttons in Windows 11

Anonymous
2022-08-26T12:28:10+00:00

Hi,

This is driving me mad. Windows 11 Groups Taskbar items and it is killing me, rather than being able to click on the, e.g. browser tab that I want, I now have to hover over Edge and scan all open browsers - it wastes soooo much time.

How can I ungroup Icons like I did with "Never Combine" in Windows 10.

Also - how do I complain officially to Microsoft about this.

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SD - IA 179.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2022-08-26T13:05:17+00:00

Hi,

I am Sumit here to assist you with this question.

They are tracking Feedback on this, but no updates yet. It is also not clear if this feature would come.

List of Changed or removed features/functionalities in Windows 11 - Microsoft Community

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

A 3rd party alternative called ExplorerPatcher may help you in the meantime.

Improve Windows 11 Taskbar functionality using these tools - Your Windows Guide

https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2021/09/restor...

ExplorerPatcher, a 3rd party tool that aims to bring the older Windows 10 styled functionality in the Windows 11 Taskbar by just adding DLL files in 3 specific directories of WIndows. Because the older code is still present in Windows 11, by putting the DLL file, the Windows 10 styled taskbar is enabled. Some of the functionalities the developer claims the is restored:

Restores Windows 10 styled taskbar menu.

Restore Windows+X context menu.

Show app list by default in Start menu.

Ability for start menu and search to align left and many more

How to use ExplorerPatcher

Download the Software from this GitHub Repository:

Releases · valinet/ExplorerPatcher (github.com)

https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/rele...

Hope that helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-18T19:28:38+00:00

    Were you able to fix your issue? I'm still crashed. Summit must be some kind of hacker, has not responded to any of the reports of that patch not working and causing non-functional PC's and this is almost a year after Summit posted this. I think it's post should be reported since it is causing damage and no one reported it helping them.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-18T19:23:33+00:00

    I have the same problem now. Were you able to fix it? This also made me wonder if this Summit guy is a hacker and should be reported to the forum and his post taken down because several people's reported same problem.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-18T19:14:21+00:00

    How did you fix that?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-18T19:10:29+00:00

    Were you able to remove the Explorer patch exe file to get Explorer to function again? My PC now is non-functional.

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