Windows 10: Combine Taskbar items enabled; how do I control sorting of window names

In Settings -> Home -> Taskbar, I enabled the "Combine taskbar items" checkbox. Does not matter if I use "When no room" or "Always", the list of windows in the combined icon is random. I open windows in a particular order so they are easy to find, for example, I open 18 PuTTY windows, first 5 are storage machines, the other 13 are database machines. Each time I open the combined icon button, the order changes. I would like it to be sorted by when window was opened (behavior in Windows 7 and earlier), or at a minimum, alphabetical, so I can easily find the machine name I am looking for instead of reading each one every time.

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Problem with a combine taskbar icons.

Hello,

In Windows 10, you can personalize the settings of your taskbar. If there are multiple applications opened, same applications will be combined under one taskbar button. If you want to change this setting, we suggest that you follow the steps listed below:

• Press the Start button.
• Click on the Settings app.
• Select Personalization.
• At the left side of your window, click on Taskbar.
• Under Combine taskbar buttons, choose Never.

Kindly update us with the results and if you have further queries, feel free to post back.

 

Problem with a combine taskbar icons.

Thanks for answering.

What you suggested is not the problem I asked for a solution.

For more understandable I've attached a figures below.

I'd like to have it in the right figure(showing the window of program not just a title)

Im sorry for my bad English, thanks in advance

 

Enable Recent Items Jump Lists in Start but not on the taskbar?


Alright, so in Windows 10 there is the option in Settings under Personalization > Start called "Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start or the taskbar". Enabling this turns on Recent Items on programs in the Start menu and on the right-click menu on programs on the task bar. I like having Jump Lists enabled on my Start menu, but I hate having them on the taskbar! When I right-click a program like Chrome or Premiere on the taskbar the Recents list is huge! It towers almost to the top of my 1080p screen and I hate it because I never click any of them!

So I was wondering if there is a registry/group policy edit anywhere that enables Recent Jump Lists on Start but not on the taskbar? I think it's stupid these options aren't separate in the first place!