Windows 10: Is there a way to keep certain apps from combining windows on the Task bar but allowing...

The latest windows version has basically taken away the option to not combine icons on the task bar. I prefer to see every single window that I have open on the task bar so I can easily click just 1 click between the different windows that I'm working on. Even if they are just a sliver, I can usually tell what window I'm looking for by the color and 1-2 letters of the file name. Now, if I have it set up to never combine, it will create a three dot overflow that I have to click on and then hover over program icons to see the windows open in that app and then hover over each window to see t

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In windows 11 task Bar was icons combined how to make never combine any files in one icon in task bar

In windows 11 task Bar was icons combined how to make never combine any files in one icon in task bar

 

How Not To Combine Task Bar Button For Win11

Hi. Words, excel in multiple sheets will be combined into single button in task bar Win11. How can I expand / not to combine the buttons in the task bar? I cannot find any function " Never combine task bar button" in Win11.

 

Task bar does not respond when multiple windows are displayed as combined

Whenever I have just a single instance of a program displaying in my task bar I experience no problems when I click it: it minimizes, it maximizes, it works as expect.

Whenever I have multiple instances of the same program running (for instance, two seperate Edge windows open at once) and they are displayed as combined, when I click the task bar the preview for each will pop up and then immediately minimize. When I hover
over the task bar the previews will display, but as soon as I click one they disappear and nothing happens. Essentially, whenever I have programs stacked/combined in the task bar, I cannot select any open windows. I Can only switch between them by using alt-tab.

In in all other ways the task bar performs normally; all buttons respond so long as there is just a single instance displayed in the task bar and they are not combined.

This is is a brand new computer, so this wasn't a Windows upgrade. I've downloaded all systems updates from Microsoft and the computer manufacturer. I have also tried restoring my system several times and nothing works: each time I open multiple windows
of the same program the task bar becomes useless to switch between them.

Any suggestions or insights are greatly appreciated.