New behavior of Chrome icon

Admiral Awesome

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As of a few days, there is a distinct and confusing change in the way Chrome runs or, rather, the way it is presented in the taskbar. I have made a few illustrations that hopefully explain what my issue is:

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is this clear as mud? I keep forgetting that Chrome is already running, look in the left-most corner where I'm used to the icon being - it doesn't seem to be running - and start a new instance where lots of tabs are suddenly 'missing', then I remember.
Why this 'new-and-improved' behavior?
Thank you.
 

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Not got a copy of Win7 to check options but I would firstly check in the taskbar option that the Always Combine, Hide labels or similar option is set for icons
 

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Naw, that's not it. It's set to Never combine as it has been for years. But thanks.
 

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Windows 7 Pro 64-bitAMD Athlon 64X2 Dual Core 5000+ @ 2611 Mhz4 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 373 MHzNVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
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PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell OptiPlex 3040
OS
Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
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AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual Core 5000+ @ 2611 Mhz
Motherboard
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Memory
4 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 373 MHz
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NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Sound Card
Proprietary, I suppose
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19" LG Flatron L1910B
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Hard Drives
Some 2,5 TB divided among one internal SATA, partitioned into C: and D:, and two USB 2.0-connected external drives, the latter for independent backups
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Super Flower 500W
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Sure
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Yes
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A year old Dell. The best so far, excluding the original IBM
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Logitech
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Wireless modem 2 MB/s and down; typically 0.5 to 1.3 MB/s
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AVG free
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Chrome
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