Always Combine Icons via Registry


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    Win7 (WMC), Win8 (laptop), Win7 (PC)
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    Always Combine Icons via Registry


    I'm using a brand new installation of Win7 (in a commercial environment) and for some reason the icons in the taskbar dont combine if I have more than one instance of any application open.

    I've found the 'TASKBAR BUTTONS' option under 'TASKBAR APPEARANCE' in PROPERTIES to change this, but it appears to be unavailable.

    So two questions:

    1) Can anyone suggest why this option may be greyed out for me?

    2) Does anyone know where in the registry I can turn on the 'Always Combine' option.

    TIA.
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       #2

    Some programs are not compliant with this feature. What apps are not working as expected? Does it work properly for Windows Explorer?
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  3. Posts : 25
    Win7 (WMC), Win8 (laptop), Win7 (PC)
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       #3

    No apps are combining by the looks of it. I've only installed it today, but so far I've not seen anything combine, including:

    IE
    Google Chrome
    Notepad
    Explorer
    Office Outlook 2007
    Office Word 2007
    Calculator

    Very strange, I thought it might be a group policy. But this being Win7, and us not ever having used it before...
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    1) Can anyone suggest why this option may be greyed out for me?

    My apologies for not actually comprehending your lucid post.

    I woke up too late ;-) Now the baby is getting up. ZigZag will be by shortly, I am sure.

    brb
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    100thIdiot said:
    I'm using a brand new installation of Win7 (in a commercial environment) and for some reason the icons in the taskbar dont combine if I have more than one instance of any application open.

    I've found the 'TASKBAR BUTTONS' option under 'TASKBAR APPEARANCE' in PROPERTIES to change this, but it appears to be unavailable.

    So two questions:

    1) Can anyone suggest why this option may be greyed out for me?

    2) Does anyone know where in the registry I can turn on the 'Always Combine' option.

    TIA.
    OI

    Hi

    Can we gete some info from you while some of us investigate "always combine". We could use the version of win 7 you have (ie 7600) and if its 32bitor 64?

    tia

    Ken
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  6. Posts : 25
    Win7 (WMC), Win8 (laptop), Win7 (PC)
    Thread Starter
       #6

    I'm using build Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1 build 7600) according to DXDIAG.

    HTH
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    windows 7
       #7

    Always Combine Icons via Registry


    Does anyone have an answer to this problem?
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