Windows 10: Taskbar settings - how to emulate Win7 and keep all app shortcut icons to the left of all...

Hi all-


Just migrated from Win7 to Win10. I've added my frequently-used apps (shortcuts?) to the left side of the taskbar.


In Win7, clicking the app icon opened a new window and created a wider "open app placeholder" (I don't know the technical term) on the taskbar to show that the program was opened. The benefit is that all my original icon apps stayed to the left side, so if I needed to open a program, my taskbar shortcuts were always in the same place.


Now, clicking an app icon expands that actual icon, replacing it with the program "placeholder". Any app icon shortcuts that are to the right of that app, now get shifted to the right. The actual location varies based on what else is open, so I am constantly searching amongst my open app windows to find my shortcut(s) to other apps.


Is there a setting that will emulate the Win7 approach, and keep all my apps icons on the far left, and create seperate "placeholders" for the open programs in the remaining blank space of the taskbar to the right of *all* of those app shortcuts?


Thank you!

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