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Ability to group similar taskbar buttons.

This setting allows grouping of similar windows buttons on Taskbar.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Description:

Usually, the facility to group similar windows buttons on Taskbar is enabled. But, if this facility is disabled you can enable it with this setting. This setting allows you to specify if similar windows should be displayed in one single button or in individual buttons on the taskbar.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a DWORD value “TaskbarGlomming” in HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry paths, if this value does not exist.

Now, right-click and modify the value to “1” which can group similar buttons. However, if you want to remove groupings, change the value to “0”.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

TaskbarGlomming

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Modified

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

TaskbarGlomming

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Grouping of similiar windows in taskbar is enabled.

Grouping of similiar windows in taskbar is disabled.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\], right-click on "TaskbarGlomming" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value User "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

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