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Disable Windows 10 Taskbar Grouping and Small Icons about Registry?


Example how to disable the taskbar grouping on Windows 10 and change to small icons via reg-edit and the registry keys!



In Windows 11 is this not possible!

1.) ... Change over the registry entry with the help of Regedit!
2.) ... Change the registry entries via the command prompt!

 
Classic beginner Solution: ► Help my Windows 10 taskbar gets full quickly! 

1.) Change over the registry entry with the help of Regedit!

Open via Registry-Editor the Registry-Key: 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced 
 
TaskbarSmallIcons DWORD = 1
TaskbarGlomLevel    DWORD = 1

(Image-1) Taskbar Grouping and Small Icons about Registry!
Taskbar Grouping and Small Icons about Registry!

The auto hide and lock feature of the taskbar is still present, as in the older version of Windows. To customize the taskbar buttons, the default mode of the taskbar buttons is now always Grouped and Hiding Program Names / Captions, and you can still configure Grouping when the taskbar is full and displays program names or captions.

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2.) Change the registry entries via the command prompt!



0 Disable small icons
1 Enable small icons

Example 1: 

C:\Windows\System32>REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced " /v TaskbarSmallIcons /t REG_DWORD /d 1
The process was executed successfully. 


Disable the grouping of windows in the Windows 10 taskbar 
Always combine - standard
TaskbarGlomLevel = 0
Combine when the taskbar is full
TaskbarGlomLevel = 1
Never combine
TaskbarGlomLevel = 2

Example 2: 

C:\Windows\System32>REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced " /v TaskbarGlomLevel /t REG_DWORD /d 1
The process was executed successfully. 


Disable or enable animations in the Windows 10 taskbar ("0" / "1")


Turn off taskbar animation 
TaskbarAnimations = 0
Enable taskbar animation 
TaskbarAnimations =1 

Example 3: 

C:\Windows\System32>REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced " /v TaskbarAnimations /t REG_DWORD /d 0
The process was executed successfully. 



The method described here is definitely not the easiest way to change the setting for taskbar grouping and to switch to small icons, but here is the alternative to the standard procedure using the Windows 10 settings, which is also suitable as a solution / example for Web Server 2016 conceivable not easy but as an example Works well!



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  3. Looking for a Windows FAQ with instructions Disable grouping of the system tray icons in Windows 10?
  4. Deactivate taskbar grouping via GPO. Can you also deactivate the taskbar grouping via a group policy?
  5. Is it not possible to simply display the tasks of the same programs that have been started multiple times in a summarized manner in the Windows 10 taskbar, do I have the option of attaching more icons to the taskbar?
  6. I want to use the grouping of the Windows system tray icons in Windows 10 as a pleasant function?
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  8. Do you want to group the buttons on the taskbar with labels not only hide when the taskbar is full?
  9. Can I switch off a Windows 10 taskbar without grouped program icons by default, i.e. the grouped taskbar icons, where should I switch the taskbar with non-grouped icons?
  10. Never grouping taskbars via registry settings via the Windows registry?
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