Windows 10: Taskbar grouping option broken?

I am still setting up my new W-11 laptop. I searched the configuration GUI for "combine" and found: "Customize how to group similar windows"It takes me to taskbar options but I don't see any way to "Group similar windows = NEVER" - like I have in W10?Having all my windows stack into one little icon is ridiculously annoying to work like that!This must get fixed soon. The whole reason why I am not using Ubuntu or Mac is because I like my familiar GUI which I grew up with Since Windows 95.

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regarding windows 10 home group options

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community. Let me assist you.

These may be the below possible reasons of you facing the issue. Please go through the points.

• If a Home group already exists on your network, you'll be asked to join it instead of creating a new one.
• If your PC belongs to a domain, you can join a home group but you can't create one. You can get to libraries and devices on other home group PCs, but you can't share your own libraries and devices with the home group.

If both the above scenarios doesn’t imply, then I would suggest you try the below steps.

Steps:

• 
  Switch to an Administrator user account, in case you are not using one.
  
• 
  Run a Home group Troubleshooter to fix the issue.
  

Refer the below steps to run a Home group Troubleshooter.

• 
  Press Windows + X keys on the keyboard and select
  Control Panel
  
• 
  Type Troubleshooting in the search bar on the
  Control Panel.
  
• 
  Click on View all on the left navigation pane. Click on
  Home group.
  
• 
  Click on Advanced on the Home group troubleshooter dialog box and click on
  Run as administrator (Enter the credentials if required).
  
• 
  Click on Next and follow onscreen instruction complete the
  Home group troubleshooter
  

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

how to effectively hide or disable the taskbar?

Hi,



Did you try the “Auto-hide the taskbar” option from Taskbar properties?



If you have not tried it, I would suggest you to follow these steps and auto-hide the taskbar:

• Right click on Taskbar.
• Click on Properties
• Check the box Auto-hide the taskbar.
• Click on OK.

Hope this information helps.

 

Moving the taskbar

Hi Kim,

You can customize your taskbar to pin your favorite apps to it, move it to where you want to display on your screen, and specify how taskbar buttons group together when you have more than one window open. To address your question, we suggest
that you follow these steps on how to move your taskbar to a different location on the screen:

• Open Settings and choose Personalization.
• Select Taskbar.
• Under Taskbar location on the screen, click the drop-down menu and select
  Bottom.

Keep us posted if you need additional help.