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Comment by munk-a | Hacker News Reader

Windows 11 broke basic task bar customization - how do you so completely ignore your users?

Pinning my taskbar to the side of my monitor is the hill I'll die on.

They have been putting features back into it each update though. We finally have the ability to ungroup open task bar entries again/etc.

I got a new work laptop just before xmas, and since I'll mostly be using it to RDP to my workstation I figured it was time to give Windows 11 a whirl. I'd been holding off primarily due to the taskbar stuff, and was pleasantly surprised that the grouping options were back, and there was an option to move the start button to the left.

A couple of minutes of customizations and it now feels quite familiar. Only thing that slightly annoys me is the icon-only elements in the Windows Explorer context menu for copy/paste.

Back in the days the saying was to never install Windows until the second service pack was released. I guess the same still applies, just without the service pack name.

I've been on a Mac since 2007, with my Dock on the side of my screen since the second I got my first iMac. If they ever prevented me from putting my Dock on the side, I would stop buying their products.

I feel your pain.

It's not 100% reliable but there is a nice script called buttery taskbar. Check it out, it makes taskbar situation manageable. You just need to restart it sometimes.

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