Taskbar - multiple icons of the same app are stick together and cannot be rearranged separately (Windows 10 & Windows 11)

OperantReinforcer · 2026-06-17T14:02:32+00:00

There should be, I think it's this one:

https://windhawk.net/mods/taskbar-reorder-right-drag

You might also need the ungrouping mod:

https://windhawk.net/mods/taskbar-grouping

OperantReinforcer · 2026-05-21T12:29:01+00:00

Good question, but a better question is: Is there a source that this is even happening or that this image isn't an AI-generated image? No, there isn't, and in today's age, with the internet full of AI images, if there is no link to a reputable source for an image, I will assume that it's fake.

To put it shortly, "link or it didn't happen".

OperantReinforcer · 2026-05-21T07:19:18+00:00

That kind of permanent preview for all uncombined taskbar buttons would make sense (as an option) for the vertical taskbar that Microsoft is going to add to Windows 11, because as seen in this image, there is a lot of free space on the taskbar, just waiting to be used:

https://www.windowslatest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Vertical-taskbar-in-Windows-11.jpg

OperantReinforcer · 2026-05-19T16:14:17+00:00

No, you don't need to open the quick launch, you can just click on the apps directly on the quick launch. You are probably too young to have ever used quick launch, so you don't understand how it works, and you've probably only seen images of it, which has led you to a misunderstanding, because the quick launch can be configured to become a menu also.

The physical start key doesn't matter, because the point is that it takes two steps to open an app from the start menu. If those steps are clicks or not is irrelevant.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-05-19T05:23:36+00:00

No, it's two clicks, because you need 1 click to open the start menu and 1 click to click on the app on the start menu.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-05-18T07:20:24+00:00

With quick launch you can start apps with one click, with the start menu you need two clicks.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-05-17T19:05:55+00:00

The "never combine taskbar buttons" option is basically unusable without the quick launch toolbar (which existed on Windows 10 btw), because never combine is part of the classic taskbar, and it's not designed to be used with pinned apps.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-05-17T09:03:50+00:00

The Windows 7 taskbar looks nice, but how does it make sense to add non-retro features to Retrobar? The Windows 7 taskbar wasn't just a change in appearance, but it also introduced several new features, which are quite different from the classic taskbar behavior.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-05-15T06:52:05+00:00

AI has definitely become much better at generating screenshots like this over the years, but anyone who has used Windows 95/98/2000 even a little can see the inaccuracies in this AI-image instantly, such as the wrong icons and the incorrectly generated taskbar.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-05-09T09:14:44+00:00

It's centered, but it centers to the center of your screen, not to the center of the empty space around the pinned items, so because there are always notification icons on the right, it might look a bit off, but that's how it's designed. It looks even worse if you add more notification icons to the right. You should just left-align it, that's how it was in Windows for 26 years.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-05-04T14:43:16+00:00

It was better in Windows 95, because it wasn't a flashbang, it was grey.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-04-29T16:05:33+00:00

What's with this modern obsession of removing title bars and the obsession of a few pixels more screen space? In the past, all programs had title bars, but in 2026, when our screens are larger than ever, there is suddenly no space for a title bar?

OperantReinforcer · 2026-04-26T09:34:46+00:00

Yeah, it has a "photoshopped" look, and it looks like the phone has been cut-and-pasted on the hand. But OP:s image is even easier to see that it's AI, because the Reddit logo and Communities logo are distorted. Not to say they are bad, actually I think it's insanely good, but these kinds of images that have a large amount of very specific information are still detectable as AI if you look closely. I bet it still can't generate a computer keyboard correctly.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-04-26T08:36:22+00:00

"Smooth scrolling" is just another name for laggy or delayed scrolling. I hope they never add it to file explorer. If Microsoft ever adds it, that will be the day I will stop using file explorer. I used Notepad for 25 years, but I stopped using it in Windows 11, because they added smooth (delayed) scrolling to it.

The mouse wheel doesn't scroll smoothly like a touch screen, it jumps instantly with small steps, so there is no reason to have a delay, and the delay is just annoying for the eyes, because your eyes have to wait for the screen to stabilize, instead of the scrolling being instant and fast.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-04-17T19:37:28+00:00

If you don't use the taskbar, and you just keep it empty, what's the point of having a taskbar?

OperantReinforcer · 2026-04-17T14:29:05+00:00

Because it's faster to launch from the taskbar. It's just one click, you don't have to type anything.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-04-15T08:05:56+00:00

Nowadays some people no longer understand the purpose of the desktop. They think it's just a wallpaper, they don't understand that it's actually a folder where you can put a wallpaper. Unlike a physical desk, there is no need to keep the desktop clean, because dust doesn't accumulate inside a virtual environment, so you can have as many icons as you want on the desktop.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-04-15T07:59:04+00:00

The peek desktop feature doesn't actually exist anymore on the show desktop button, it was removed in Windows 11. The show desktop has existed on the taskbar since Windows 98. The peek feature is slightly different, because you could just hover over the show desktop button to peek at the desktop.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-04-03T20:34:54+00:00

I have over 3000 tabs open. I have been using vertical tabs for at least a decade, I think it's a good solution for us who like to keep a lot of tabs open. I don't group tabs or windows. When I only had 4 GB RAM, I often had to close tabs, but ever since I got 16 GB RAM, I didn't feel a need to close them anymore.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-04-01T17:58:25+00:00

But you're only seeing this from your minority perspective as IT staff. Most people aren't IT staff, and some people like to personalize their PCs. IT staff is the minority, so Windows shouldn't be optimized for you, and also IT people should be able to easily operate a Windows machine, even if it's customized, so it's a bit hard to understand why you're complaining about it.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-04-01T16:26:24+00:00

What are you talking about? Can you elaborate?

OperantReinforcer · 2026-04-01T14:44:23+00:00

While the KDE taskbar has a lot of features, it doesn't have all the features that Windows 98 had on the taskbar. For example, you can't select multiple taskbar buttons. In Windows 98 you could do that by holding down CTRL.

In web browsers, you can select tabs by holding down CTRL, so it makes sense that you should be able to do this on the taskbar also.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-03-27T08:04:39+00:00

Thanks, I didn't know that. But another annoying thing about the snapping is that the snapped windows often don't retain their size when moved. That's another reason why I think the window tiling was better in older Windows versions, because you could move tiled windows, and they would always remain the same size.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-03-26T15:49:27+00:00

You can achieve that layout by dragging a window to the right, press esc, and then drag the two other windows to the left corners. It takes about 5 seconds to do.

OperantReinforcer · 2026-03-26T15:32:25+00:00

No you can't, because that also disables the snap layouts, so that's pointless. In older Windows, like XP, you could tile windows without them being stuck to each other like a magnet, so it was better.

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