Taskbar icon grouping WITHOUT glomming

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Hello, I am trying get my taskbar icons to group together without glomming.

On my previous PC's, when I selected "Group Similar Taskbar buttons" in the
taskbar properties window, they would group together without glomming into
one icon.

Example:
I open the following apps:
Outlook, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer

I will see 4 icons, in the order Outlook, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer.

Now if I open another Notepad, I want to see 5 icons, in the order Outlook,
Notepad, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer.

Currently if I select the grouping option, I will see only 4 icons, in the
order Outlook, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer, with the Notepad icon having a
dropdown arrow to select from the open instances of Notepad. I do not want
that.

Initially, when I was issued this laptop, the selection for grouping was
disabled in the taskbar properties.

What I have done so far:
In the registry, I found a REG_DWORD called NoTaskGrouping under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Policies/Explorer

This was set to '1', I reset to '0'.

This enabled the display and selection of the grouping option.

But it is glomming the icons, which I do NOT want.

I have played with various combnations of settings using
TaskbarGlomming and TaskbarGroupSize under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Advanced
, but they do not seem to affect whether glomming occurs except to turn it
off, which then disables any sort of grouping.

Anyone know how to enable grouping without glomming, as I have had on
previous PC's and laptops?
 
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\TaskbarGroupSize
[REG_DWORD] 2 will enable GroupSize automatically if you have two or more
similar window, 3 will enable when you have 3,etc.

Open regedt32.exe to current user, find the key, set the value to 1
 
Mark, Thanks for your response.

This does not work for what I am trying to do. This enables glomming, which
collects all the instances into one icon with a drop down selection.

I wish to group them together on the taskbar, but keep a separate icon for
each instance visible.



Mark L. Ferguson said:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\TaskbarGroupSize
[REG_DWORD] 2 will enable GroupSize automatically if you have two or more
similar window, 3 will enable when you have 3,etc.

Open regedt32.exe to current user, find the key, set the value to 1
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tom wright said:
Hello, I am trying get my taskbar icons to group together without glomming.

On my previous PC's, when I selected "Group Similar Taskbar buttons" in the
taskbar properties window, they would group together without glomming into
one icon.

Example:
I open the following apps:
Outlook, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer

I will see 4 icons, in the order Outlook, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer.

Now if I open another Notepad, I want to see 5 icons, in the order Outlook,
Notepad, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer.

Currently if I select the grouping option, I will see only 4 icons, in the
order Outlook, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer, with the Notepad icon having a
dropdown arrow to select from the open instances of Notepad. I do not want
that.

Initially, when I was issued this laptop, the selection for grouping was
disabled in the taskbar properties.

What I have done so far:
In the registry, I found a REG_DWORD called NoTaskGrouping under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Policies/Explorer

This was set to '1', I reset to '0'.

This enabled the display and selection of the grouping option.

But it is glomming the icons, which I do NOT want.

I have played with various combnations of settings using
TaskbarGlomming and TaskbarGroupSize under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Advanced
, but they do not seem to affect whether glomming occurs except to turn it
off, which then disables any sort of grouping.

Anyone know how to enable grouping without glomming, as I have had on
previous PC's and laptops?
Click to expand...
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tom wright said:
Hello, I am trying get my taskbar icons to group together without
glomming.
Click to expand...

Glomming is to catch or steal. So just what do you mean by the
taskbar buttons "stealing something"?
On my previous PC's, when I selected "Group Similar Taskbar buttons"
in the
taskbar properties window, they would group together without
glomming into
one icon.
Click to expand...

So how could they group without piling up under 1 taskbar button? The
Windows taskbar does not get taller as the buttons group together so
that all within a group are shown on the screen. You still had to
click on the grouped button to see what buttons got grouped there.
Example:
I open the following apps:
Outlook, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer

I will see 4 icons, in the order Outlook, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer.

Now if I open another Notepad, I want to see 5 icons, in the order
Outlook,
Notepad, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer.

Currently if I select the grouping option, I will see only 4 icons,
in the
order Outlook, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer, with the Notepad icon
having a
dropdown arrow to select from the open instances of Notepad. I do
not want
that.
Click to expand...

Oh, so what you really want is for taskbar buttons to NOT group
together (by the common application). Right-click on the taskbar,
Properties, deselect the option to group similar taskbar buttons. Now
they won't group together anymore.
Initially, when I was issued this laptop, the selection for grouping
was
disabled in the taskbar properties.
Click to expand...

And you are claiming that this option is no longer available in the
tasbar's properties or that it is disabled (grayed out)?
What I have done so far:
In the registry, I found a REG_DWORD called NoTaskGrouping under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Policies/Explorer

This was set to '1', I reset to '0'.

This enabled the display and selection of the grouping option.

But it is glomming the icons, which I do NOT want.

I have played with various combnations of settings using
TaskbarGlomming and TaskbarGroupSize under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Advanced
, but they do not seem to affect whether glomming occurs except to
turn it
off, which then disables any sort of grouping.
Click to expand...

Might be easier to use the TweakUI powertoy.
Anyone know how to enable grouping without glomming, as I have had
on
previous PC's and laptops?
Click to expand...

You'll need to explain how any container can group together multiple
items without "glomming" (which, in this case, is to hide whatever got
grouped together until you open the container - which is to click on
the grouped taskbar button).
 
in message
Mark, Thanks for your response.

This does not work for what I am trying to do. This enables
glomming, which
collects all the instances into one icon with a drop down selection.

I wish to group them together on the taskbar, but keep a separate
icon for
each instance visible.
Click to expand...


You want them grouped. You don't want them grouped. Make a choice.
You don't get both.

I can't see why you would want both a grouped button and individual
buttons for each item within under that grouped button. That's
redundant. If you had the individual button, why would you bother
with a grouped button if the individual button was already visible?
Why would you want an individual button wasting valuable real estate
in the taskbar if you chose to roll it into a grouped button? Sounds
like you like duplicity for the sake of duplicity without anything
regarding practicality.
 
Taskbar Button Grouping - How to Disable Taskbar Button Grouping ...:
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/ht/gptkbtip.htm
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tom wright said:
Mark, Thanks for your response.

This does not work for what I am trying to do. This enables glomming, which
collects all the instances into one icon with a drop down selection.

I wish to group them together on the taskbar, but keep a separate icon for
each instance visible.



Mark L. Ferguson said:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\TaskbarGroupSize
[REG_DWORD] 2 will enable GroupSize automatically if you have two or more
similar window, 3 will enable when you have 3,etc.

Open regedt32.exe to current user, find the key, set the value to 1
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tom wright said:
Hello, I am trying get my taskbar icons to group together without glomming.

On my previous PC's, when I selected "Group Similar Taskbar buttons" in the
taskbar properties window, they would group together without glomming into
one icon.

Example:
I open the following apps:
Outlook, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer

I will see 4 icons, in the order Outlook, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer.

Now if I open another Notepad, I want to see 5 icons, in the order Outlook,
Notepad, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer.

Currently if I select the grouping option, I will see only 4 icons, in the
order Outlook, Notepad, Excel, IExplorer, with the Notepad icon having a
dropdown arrow to select from the open instances of Notepad. I do not want
that.

Initially, when I was issued this laptop, the selection for grouping was
disabled in the taskbar properties.

What I have done so far:
In the registry, I found a REG_DWORD called NoTaskGrouping under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Policies/Explorer

This was set to '1', I reset to '0'.

This enabled the display and selection of the grouping option.

But it is glomming the icons, which I do NOT want.

I have played with various combnations of settings using
TaskbarGlomming and TaskbarGroupSize under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Advanced
, but they do not seem to affect whether glomming occurs except to turn it
off, which then disables any sort of grouping.

Anyone know how to enable grouping without glomming, as I have had on
previous PC's and laptops?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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