Windows 10: Is this possible without 3rd party apps? Taskbar folder of shortcuts that expands with...

Is this possible without apps? Taskbar folder of shortcuts that expands with icons. Similar to Windows Toolbars. But instead of the double lines separator and having to click the little >> to expand a list of tiny icons. I want a single Icon with no arrows, on the Taskbar with the regular launch icons.


The best example is from Mac OS. It's exactly what I want to do on Windows 10. They call their Taskbar the "dock". And they have a feature called "Stacks". And when you add a Stack to your Dock, it is much like the function of Windows Toolbar that has been around since at least Windows XP. And sadly hasn't really changed visually since then.

Before I go looking for a 3rd party app to mimic Mac OS Stacks on the Dock. I was wondering if Windows 10 has finally added such a handy feature which has been on the Mac since 2007 with Leopard.

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Changing Taskbar: Shortcuts that don't expand?

7+ Taskbar Tweaker does the job if you want to run a 3rd party utility. (will run portable)

 

Win10 Taskbar Expanding Icon Folder

Hey all - curious if anyone knows of a program that would allow you to create an expandable folder/list from an icon pinned to the taskbar that you could drop program shortcuts to.

similar in functionality to mobile OS folders, hopefully with left-click functions.

 

Finally possible to put Metro apps in a folder?

You could use step 4 in Option 1 to add a new folder in the All Apps list, then add shortcuts into the new folder.

Add or Remove Items for All Apps in Start menu in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Customization Tutorials

Here's a list of command to create shortcuts of the default modern apps to help out.

App Commands List for Windows 10 - Windows 10 Apps Features Tutorials