Taskbar buttons for windows that are of the same executable are "stuck" together. How to unstick?

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Hi, I'm loving Start11. I always keep my taskbar buttons "ungrouped". However when ungrouped, taskbar buttons representing different windows of the same application executable still "stick together" in a group. You can move this conglomeration of buttons as a group in relation to buttons for other processes., but the individual buttons in the group cannot be separated, nor can they be rearranged within the group. As I recall this is default behavior since Win7 or Win10, but I've been able to achieve this separation with other products in the past (notably 7+ Taskbar Tweaker, and more recently WindHawk, though its implementation is very finicky).

Is this type of separation possible with Start11? Not being able to separate and reorder taskbar buttons as I please is a big pet peeve of mine.

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Thanks and regards.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. From what I know, there is no such option in current Start11 v2.6.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks, that's unfortunate. However for future readers, I was able to achieve this by disabling Start11's "enhanced taskbar mode", and using WindHawk's "Disable grouping on the task bar" mod. This is of course a tradeoff, since I can no longer use any of Start11's enhanced taskbar customizations, but I hadn't actually needed them for my purposes.

I would be nice in the future if the functionality of this WindHawk mod could be implemented directly into Start11.

Regards.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
I have forwarded your request to the Stardock Support Team for their review and recommendations. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We really do appreciate your feedback, Thanks

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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