Windows 10: What happened to the individual tiles in the task bar? How can I get them back?

What happened to the little tiles that appear in my task bar for Windows 11? A new tile would appear in my task bar for each file that I had opened. Example. if I had four MSWord files open, I would see four tiles in my task bar one for each Word file that was opened. Likewise in Excel, Adobe Reader, etc. It made it very easy to pick which file I need open at any given time.How do I set up my task bar for this? Please Microsoft, let's not change things that actually work well! Right clicking on the task bar does not bring up the properties. how can I bring up the properties?

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Cannot modify Task Bar settings

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will be happy to assist you.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if the issue persists.

• Right click on the Task Bar.
• Uncheck the option " Lock the Taskbar."

Hope this helps.

 

How to group tiles

I can move items from the Start list to produce tiles and I can enter names in the name bars but I am finding it impossible to group tiles. One of the tutorials seems to suggest that all you need to do is move one tile on top of another to group them, but all that happens for me is that I end up with one tile chasing a second tile around the screen! So, what exactly am I doing wrong?

 

lost task bar, tiles and favorites

My pc updated last week with a new version of windows 10, I think. It erased all my tiles and task bar saves as well as my favorites on the side of pages (my frequent sites). None of the remaining tiles work, such as email. I hit it and nothing happens.
What is going on and how do I fix this?