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Disable taskbar buttons grouping #7

Closed ErickWei closed 3 years ago

ErickWei commented 3 years ago

Can we disable grouping function on taskbar?

Gaurav-Original-ClassicShellTester commented 3 years ago

Yes. To disable grouping, merge this into the Registry after enabling Classic Taskbar:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoTaskGrouping"=dword:00000001

This returns text labels as well as restores "Never combine" behavior. Will need to log out or refresh Group Policy and restart Explorer of course.

ErickWei commented 3 years ago

Yes. To disable grouping, merge this into the Registry after enabling Classic Taskbar:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoTaskGrouping"=dword:00000001

This returns text labels as well as restores "Never combine" behavior. Will need to log out or refresh Group Policy and restart Explorer of course.

Thanks Bro,It's work

valinet commented 3 years ago

Besides closing this issue, I will pin it to the top, as I believe it is a "good first issue" for new users.

Just for the sake of completeness, here is the setting in HKCU that achieves what the policy above does (which is similar and works fine, no issue with it):

0 = Always combine, 1 = Combine when taskbar is full, 2 = Never combine

Maybe I can also write an issue where I mention common settings for the taskbar, or maybe a small GUI in the app where you can set these now that the settings app does not give you the option anymore...

(Just a small mention as well: if you are running 22000.1, you can set UndockingDisabled to 1 (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell\Update\Packages, DWORD), open Settings, then revert back to 0 but keep the Settings app open and go to "Taskbar settings" and all the old configuration options are there and you can edit whatever you want and will take effect immediately on the taskbar. You need 22000.1 because that has the old Settings app.)

Thanks for help @Gaurav-Original-ClassicShellTester.

Gaurav-Original-ClassicShellTester commented 3 years ago

Ah yes the non-policy settings are important if you don't wish to lock it down. As well as the multi-monitor setting.😊

Hunanbean-Collective commented 1 year ago

I was unable to find information on this. Can you Never Combine, but still do Not show labels?

cheeseandjamsandwich commented 1 month ago

How do we 'Never Group' with the 'new' "Windows 10 (ExplorerPatcher)" taskbar style?

This is a workflow killer for me. I really need my tasks ungrouped, uncombined.

pyrates999 commented 1 month ago

How do we 'Never Group' with the 'new' "Windows 10 (ExplorerPatcher)" taskbar style?

This is a workflow killer for me. I really need my tasks ungrouped, uncombined.

Please discuss here: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/issues/3769

cheeseandjamsandwich commented 3 weeks ago

How do we 'Never Group' with the 'new' "Windows 10 (ExplorerPatcher)" taskbar style? This is a workflow killer for me. I really need my tasks ungrouped, uncombined.

Please discuss here: #3769

I don't use Windhawk. And i also use EP's "Windows 10 (ExplorerPatcher)" taskbar.

Would it be possible to have a native option? Like EP does for Combining.