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How to stop programs from stacking all opened files under their icons on the Taskbar of Windows?
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2023 2:19 pm
by Thy Grand Voidinesss
What system adjustment will stop a program from stacking under its icon on the
Taskbar all files which are opened in it? For example I am unable to quickly close
CorelDRAW 2020 and
Internet Explorer with just a single Middle Mouse Button click
On my Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 x64 I have already tried adding to its
Registry this
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Corel\CorelDRAW\22.0\Draw]
"TaskbarNoThumbnail"=dword:00000001
and this
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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"TaskbarThumbnailsEnabled"=dword:00000000
when
Corel was closed - and then resetting the system - but the behavior of
Taskbar in regards to it has not changed
This has been my long time annoying issue, dating back at least to Windows 7, affecting only a handful of programs; and I have already asked about this on the forum of CorelDRAW [
https://community.coreldraw.com/talk/co ... of-windows] but got no answer there
Re: How to stop programs from stacking all opened files under their icons on the Taskbar of Windows?
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:37 pm
by horst.epp
I guess you are talking about taskbar grouping.
For Windows 11 there comes the option to disable this.
From the web:
Windows 11 is bringing back ungrouped taskbar items, if you’d prefer that option over the default view. It’s officially called “never combined mode”, and it will show taskbar elements individually with their own labels, pre-Windows 7-style. Taskbar ungrouping was an option right up until Windows 10, but as part of the update to Windows 11 and its many redesigns, the taskbar lost a lot of functionality, including this feature. Microsoft has been working on listening to user feedback and bringing back some of these older features, and taskbar ungrouping is the latest to land.
Re: How to stop programs from stacking all opened files under their icons on the Taskbar of Windows?
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2023 10:32 am
by Thy Grand Voidinesss
So I guess I will just wait this out and have it resolve itself with my next PC upgrade- instead of trying to continue to find some REG hack for this, which already cost me time
Re: How to stop programs from stacking all opened files under their icons on the Taskbar of Windows?
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2023 10:50 am
by meteorquake
There are two elements.
There's taskbar grouping which can be turned off in Win10 (I have it off) - right-click the task bar - Taskbar Settings - Combine Taskbar buttons - When taskbar is full
I have my taskbar double height to allow more buttons before it gets full.
There's also the option to turn off recent files showing there too -
Desktop (rightclick) - Personalise - Start - Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on start or the taskbar... - OFF
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Re: How to stop programs from stacking all opened files under their icons on the Taskbar of Windows?
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2023 10:58 am
by Thy Grand Voidinesss
Yes, I can change
Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Combine Taskbar buttons > Always, hide labels
to
Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Combine Taskbar buttons > Never
but then icons of pinned programs that I have replaced with my own are reverted to default ones whenever they are running - thus creating visual chaos; which is more counter productive for me
And that other one
Settings > Personalization > Start > Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start or the taskbar and in and in File Explorer Quick Access > Off
I already had selected
So I guess I will stick to current behavior of my Taskbar
Re: How to stop programs from stacking all opened files under their icons on the Taskbar of Windows?
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:20 am
by meteorquake
I'm wondering what you meant by "icons of pinned programs that I have replaced with my own are reverted to default ones whenever they are running"
Do you mean you changed the icons or the programs?
If the program is changed it would need repinning, in my experience of having done that once.
If the icon, I suppose it depends how you changed the icon. Perhaps you could use a resource editor to physically change the icon in the programs concerned?
If I understand you right
David
Re: How to stop programs from stacking all opened files under their icons on the Taskbar of Windows?
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2023 3:05 pm
by therube
(I've not read through this thread, nor do I know that status of
7+ Taskbar Tweaker & Win11.)
Re: How to stop programs from stacking all opened files under their icons on the Taskbar of Windows?
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2023 1:21 pm
by Thy Grand Voidinesss
meteorquake wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:20 am
I'm wondering what you meant by "icons of pinned programs that I have replaced with my own are reverted to default ones whenever they are running"
The
Properties > Shortcut > Change Icon
option
meteorquake wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:20 am
[...]
it depends how you changed the icon. Perhaps you could use a resource editor to physically change the icon in the programs concerned?
[...]
I do use
Resource Hacker for changing icon of e.g. multiple copies of the same version of a portable
Notepad3 - but trying to change a file like
C:\Windows\System32\Magnify.exe
does not work in the same way
I have once again tested out various setups in it and none of the options seems to get rid of such sub-menu with opened files
which files I have to close via
Taskbar one-by-one instead of executing just one closure of the entire program [through
Taskbar and not the
X
mini system icon available in the top right corner of the program's window]
Re: How to stop programs from stacking all opened files under their icons on the Taskbar of Windows?
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:17 am
by Thy Grand Voidinesss
So does anyone have any other ideas for stopping those few programs like CorelDRAW or Internet Explorer from stacking items under their icons on Taskbar?
Re: How to stop programs from stacking all opened files under their icons on the Taskbar of Windows?
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 1:44 pm
by Thy Grand Voidinesss
I guess not