Windows 11 Taskbar Never Combine

mrk · 2 Oct 2023 at 23:31

I don't think it says much, most of the steam survey hardware bulk is at the very low end of the gaming spectrum anyway so that explains why many have gone back to Windows 10, because they don't have HW suitable for Windows 11.

Meanwhile in the AAA world, Windows 11 is necessary for making use of all the new features coming out to gaming, and there is no performance loss for gaming in older titles going with 11 vs 10.

NeoVo · 2 Oct 2023 at 23:51

I've made do without this basic feature at work on Windows 11, but its the reason I've stayed on 10 at home.
At least are phasing this back in..

mrk · 2 Oct 2023 at 23:58

You could have always put it back in by using StartAllBack from like day 1. And the you'd also have a superior start menu and various other Explorer features back too as opposed to the garbage Windows 11 default ones.

NeoVo · 3 Oct 2023 at 00:03

mrk said:
You could have always put it back in by using StartAllBack from like day 1. And the you'd also have a superior start menu and various other Explorer features back too as opposed to the garbage Windows 11 default ones.

It's not always feasible to use third party utilities in enterprise environments unfortunately.

mrk · 3 Oct 2023 at 00:05

I know for work environments, but you said you stayed on Win10 at home for the reason the feature was not available, that's what I was referring to

NeoVo · 3 Oct 2023 at 00:08

I see, I really have no reason to make the switch at home; maybe I'm just lazy!

Phil2008 · 7 Dec 2023 at 15:55

We still have no "Never Combine" option, are we still going to get it?

Raiden85 · 7 Dec 2023 at 18:38

Phil2008 said:
We still have no "Never Combine" option, are we still going to get it?

It's been available for a while, I'm using 23H2 build 22631.2715

Armageus · 7 Dec 2023 at 19:15

Raiden85 said:
It's been available for a while, I'm using 23H2 build 22631.2715

Still **** though

Shadz · 7 Dec 2023 at 22:32

Armageus said:
Still **** though

Never a truer word spoken mate :cry:

Deleted member 77746 · 7 Dec 2023 at 22:38

Why would you all want single windows? Going to get messy if you got 50 windows open. You will never be able to find anything. Jees what’s wrong with you all.

Rroff · 7 Dec 2023 at 22:49

Personally have everything nicely combined, but for some people it might be the most efficient way to use the OS for their usage... this is where for me Microsoft are royally screwing up, even if arguably there is nothing compelling them to develop Windows in any specific way, but at the end of the day the core purpose of an OS is to enable the end user and everything else is secondary to that, so long standing options like this should be supported, as an option as is reasonable.

Phil2008 · 7 Dec 2023 at 23:30

It still doesn't "never combine and hide labels" :mad:

wiiija · 8 Dec 2023 at 00:22

GaryTheSnail said:
Why would you all want single windows? Going to get messy if you got 50 windows open. You will never be able to find anything. Jees what’s wrong with you all.

Prime example of people not liking change imo, I see no advantage in using never combine, its a mess.

Raiden85 · 8 Dec 2023 at 01:11

Because I don't want to hover over the explorer icon just to see what’s open when I could just glance at the taskbar and instantly see what it is and just click on it.

I don’t mind change but the new way is just way less efficient. I don’t open 10+ windows at a time so I’m ok with the old way.

Murphy · 8 Dec 2023 at 06:18

Opening 50 windows. :cry:

Deleted member 77746 · 8 Dec 2023 at 07:23

Murphy said:
Opening 50 windows.

Some still do it. It’s mad. They don’t learn how to close stuff they not using.

throwaway4372 · 8 Dec 2023 at 07:52

wiiija said:
Prime example of people not liking change imo, I see no advantage in using never combine, its a mess.

Imagine if I removed a wheel from your car and accused you of not liking change.

KompuKare · 8 Dec 2023 at 07:53

GaryTheSnail said:
Some still do it. It’s mad. They don’t learn how to close stuff they not using.

But the ones posting here and elsewhere not happy that Microsoft have once again decided to take features away without thinking, are not the ones who would leave 50 windows open!

And while Windows Explorer is the most obvious example, having the tile visible on the taskbar is very handy for other programs too. Working with two Word or Excel documents and also looking things up in a browser? So you already have your hand AFK and on the mouse, and clicking on the correct window with title for the document you are working with was a very common thing until Windows 11.

EDIT: phone auto-correct mistakes

Murphy · 8 Dec 2023 at 08:49

GaryTheSnail said:
Some still do it. It’s mad. They don’t learn how to close stuff they not using.

So everyone who's been using Windows since the stone age has to learn the new way of doing it and add extra steps to their workflow simply because some people can't learn how to close a program.