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Taskbar grouping behaviour How to change

It is possible to customise your Taskbar Properties in order that you have the buttons displayed to your preference.

By default, the items are group in the order they were opened ( The one opened first is first in the group, etc.).

Here's how:- First implement my tip on the Register

Go to :- Start > Run In the box type without the quotes “ Regedit “ Enter

Scroll to :-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Create by right clicking, or open the DWORD entry called TaskbarGroupSize.

In the Value Data field, enter one of the following values, depending on how you want items to be grouped:- 0 = group by age (this is the default) 1 = group by size, largest first 2 = group any group of two or more; 3 = group any group of 3 or more.

Close the registry editor.

Note :- You have to log off and log back on before the change takes effect.

Also note it only applies to the user account logged on when the change is made So you will not be in trouble with others who prefer a different layout  