Lock Taskbar icons again as in Win 7 and 10

[paindudester]

Win 7 and 10 had the option to "lock taskbar" so that the icons for shortcuts on the left of the taskbar stayed in position when you clicked on them, and a tab on the taskbar would open to the right for the active app. The icons would maintain their position and order. This was lost in Windows 11. Any ideas how to get it back?

[m417z]

Perhaps you're looking for Disable grouping on the taskbar, it can be configures such that pinned items remain in place.

[paindudester]

Grouping disabled means that if I open multiple instances of chrome, I have multiple open app tabs in the taskbar. Grouping enable means there would be only one app tab that when clicked would show the multiple instances. Locking the taskbar means the shortcut icons to the far left of the taskbar remain in place and are unmoved upon clicking them, opening the app tab to the right of the shortcut section of the taskbare without rearranging the taskbar shortcut icons.

[m417z]

If you want grouping enabled, you can try the "Pinned items remain in place, group running instances" mode in the mod settings.

[paindudester]

Per windows forums, "Key Changes in Windows 11
The lock taskbar feature, which was available in previous versions, is no longer present. Users can no longer lock the position of pinned apps directly through a context menu option. This change means that while you can control whether the taskbar is hidden, you cannot lock the arrangement of pinned icons as you could in earlier versions of Windows."

[paindudester]

But I don't want grouping enabled ....

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[m417z]

Then you can try "Pinned items remain in place"

[paindudester]

It worked!! Thank you!!! Do you think mentioning 'and taskbar lock like windows 10' would be good in the description? This is really a key feature that got dropped in Win 11. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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[m417z]

I'm glad that it worked for you.

I don't think "taskbar lock" is a term that most people will understand. When I read it, I think about something that prevents items from being reordered.

[paindudester]

You're probably right. I'm not as well versed in matters of windows formatting as you (or a lot of people!) Thank you!!!! Jeff <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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