Windows 10: Win 10 Taskbar one icon for each instance of app. Prefer a single icon

On Win 10 Taskbar, each time I have an application open multiple times for instance file explorer, there is a new icon on the taskbar for each instance that clutters up the taskbar. I'd prefer a single icon with the number of instances in parentheses to show how many instances.


Also when I have several instances, I'd like to click the single icon to close ALL instances. Is this possible. Thanks Ben

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Customizing a program's taskbar icon (for all instances)

- just tried that with Waterfox (FF derivative); customised the icon, pinned it to the taskbar, launched several instances of Waterfox. Icon remained, jump lists ok.. nothing unusual.

(But I am using 1709..)

 

System Icons on taskbar

Hi,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Communities.

Are you referring to the clock system icon on the taskbar?

If so, I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below:

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  Click on the search bar on the taskbar.
  
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  Type system icons.
  
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  Under Turn System Icons ON or OFF, turn On the Clock and check with the issue.
  

Hope it helps.

 

Missing Taskbar Icons


I'm having the same problem with 'Metro' icons. They don't show in the taskbar and they don't show within other apps. Shortcuts just show the generic page icon. The only place app icons show is in the start menu and those are really tiles.

Here's an example of what I'm dealing with:




I have tried scf (sfc?) scan and dsim, no luck. Have also tried everything mentioned in this thread. Nothing.

One suggestion that offered some promise was to look at the icon files to see if they look alright but didn't suggest anything beyond that. I browsed to C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_17.6310.42251.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\images and found some icon files that seemed ok but then a bunch that appeared blank:




Any thoughts?