Windows 7: Taskbar Button Grouping - Enable or Disable

Brink · 13 Nov 2008

How to Enable or Disable Windows 7 Taskbar Button Grouping

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Click here to read the entire tutorial

Last edited by Brink; 11 Nov 2012 at 03:38 PM..

copernicus · 09 Jul 2009

I'm not seeing what the tutorial is for, isn't this the default settings for the taskbar?

Orbital Shark · 09 Jul 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by copernicus

I'm not seeing what the tutorial is for, isn't this the default settings for the taskbar?

I may be wrong but i believe the 'Buttons' have text & the 'Icons' don't, making them more condensed.

copernicus · 09 Jul 2009

So it's for people using the "xp style" taskbar then.

Brink · 09 Jul 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by copernicus

I'm not seeing what the tutorial is for, isn't this the default settings for the taskbar?

Hello Copernicus,

The buttons is to have the old Vista style taskbar with the open window Title text, and the icons is for the new default Windows 7 style taskbar that onle have the icons. You can see the example screenshots at the top of the tutorial to help get a better idea if each though.

Hope this helps,
Shaw

nomadgamer13 · 21 Aug 2009

i cant see the pin to taskbar option when i right click the shortcut icon.... i cant move the shortcut icon to taskbar......the taskbar wont allow it.... i tried the download .zip file.... extracted it without error... still i cant find the pin to taskbar option.... theres no unblock in the properties/gen tab also.... so its already unblocked.... BTW.... i alread enabled the recent items on the start menu...

Brink · 21 Aug 2009

Hello Nomadgamer13,

What shortcut or tutorial is this for?

23 Oct 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by fquist

How do I keep Windows 7 from positioning all the Firefox buttons together? When I open a new Firefox window, I would like to button to appear at the right end of the taskbar. However, Windows 7 positions it with the other Firefox buttons and will not let me move an individual button; they all move as a group. Under Vista and XP I used a utility called Taskbar Shuffle that let me put each button where I wanted it. Windows 7 is almost there, but not quite. (Note: this doesn't just apply to Firefox, it will occur with all applications that allow multiple instances).

Google for "7 Taskbar Tweaker".

Ritzpkr · 01 Nov 2009

Hi,

I'm tired of looking for this answer everywhere (maybe i'm not looking well)... Is there any way to change the taskbar so it shows the number of windows opened of an application (when programs are grouped) like on Windows Vista and XP taskbar?

thanks

Brink · 01 Nov 2009

Hello Ritzpkr, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Sorry, but not that I'm aware of.

You will have a extra edge on the pinned icon for each opened window you have for it. Plus, you can hover the mouse of the icon to see a thumbnail preview of the opened windows. You can see in the example below with 3 opened tabs (windows) of IE8.

Hengehog · 12 Nov 2009

I was wondering if there was a way to group unopened applications on the task bar?
to turn this:

Into this:

Windows 7: Taskbar Button Grouping - Enable or Disable

Taskbar Button Grouping - Enable or Disable problems?