Windows 11 Issues

[PikeNote]

With the new release of Windows 11, new features needs to be tested and some functionalities. This will be low priority until everything else is sorted out and working.

Current possible issues

• Can't pin to taskbar (here)

[JohnLGalt]

I'm using using Alpha 2.0.0 on Windows 11 (an upgrade of Windows 10 on my desktop, from Insiders Dev channel, current version is 22000.100) and except for the one issue I posted with the use of special characters in paths, I've not had any issues.

I can test specific things if you need me to, and am more than willing to help.

[JohnLGalt]

OK, I've done some further testing with 14 different groups.

Some apps work perfectly fine and some don't. In addition to the special characters bug in https://github.com/PikeNote/taskbar-groups-pike-beta/issues/11 I've found the following things.

• Some items refuse to work with the shortcut made for the item, but using TBG to link directly to the executable and create its own shortcut works perfectly fine. The list below is only partial.

1. Portable Rufus
2. Sabrent Rocket Control Center
3. WD (formerly SanDisk) Dashboard (for SSDs)

• Unable to remove an icon once selected.
• If no icon is selected and the TBG build makes the collage with mini-icons, it cannot be changed once made, except to add a manual single icon in its place.
• Mini-icon collage is randomly generated, would be nice if I could select which items I want included.

I'm going to try something weird, and see if I can get some tool bars nested, but I am not positive it will work. If I can get it working I'll report back.

Also, We got a new Windows 11 build, 22000.120, so I'll be rebuilding all of groups manually and seeing what happens.

[JohnLGalt]

I was able to successfully set up a nested set. This is great news.

It's not perfect, but works pretty well.

I create a Browsers group like I would to pin to the taskbar. I then created a second group named Test and used the shortcut created from the Browsers group in %appdata%\Jack Schierbeck\taskbar-groups\Shortcuts as the shortcut for the Test group.

I then pinned the Test group shortcut at %appdata%\Jack Schierbeck\taskbar-groups\Shortcuts to the taskbar.

When you click on it, it shows the enclosed shortcut for the Browsers group, and hovering over the group shows the group name.

Clicking on the group opens the new group (but makes the original disappear).

And clicking on the shortcuts works perfectly fine in opening a browser.

I did find another bug. If I try to use the applications directly instead of shortcuts, in some cases the icons get messed up for the application, and the min-icon collage that gets automatically built. With only shortcuts, it works fine.

As for picking which icons you want included in the mini-collage, I have a simple work-around - pick the 4 apps you want showing and add only those, and save the shortcut, then you can continue to add more items and the first 4 you added will continue to show. That's how I got the icons for Fx Nightly, Brave Nightly, Chrome stable and Edge stable to show as my chosen 4 icons.

[JohnLGalt]

Found a way to include Windows Store apps.

1. Open the Run dialog and enter shell:Appsfolder to open a folder that Windows Explorer will call Applications. You should see icons of the vast majority of your installed apps here, both executable files installed from setup programs and apps installed from the Windows Store.

2. Right click on one Windows Store app, and select Create Shortcut.

3. You should get a popup similar to as follows. Select Yes to create Shortcut on the Desktop.

4. (Optional) Move the newly create shortcut to a folder of your choice.

5. Create a new group / Edit an existing group and add the shortcut you just created to the group. Test to make sure it is working.

6. Profit!

I'm assuming this method will work in Windows 8 and 10, as well. Since I'm only testing on Windows 11, I posted it here. I still have to click on the created group, which then pens the groups location folder, and then right-click on the newly created / edited group in order to be able to pin to the taskbar in Windows 11.

[PikeNote]

@JohnLGalt If you still have any Windows 11 issues, can you split that off into its own separate issue? Just helps to make it easier to track because I am unsure what is still not working atm.

[JohnLGalt]

TBH, with the latest build you posted in #19 I've had no issues with Windows 11 at all.

But yeah, anything new that crops up I'll start a new issue with.