Hi,

I have taskbar grouping of similar programs switced on, so that if I have a
lot of windows open they get grouped together.

However, is there a way to force group buttons together? So even if I only
have 3 windows open, and 2 of them are messenger buttons, can I group the
messenger buttons together manually?

Thanks!

taskbar shuffle has an option to change the number of taskbar buttons to
start grouping along with many other nice stuff
[url]http://www.snapfiles.com/get/TaskbarShuffle.html[/url]

free of course



"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B2C88E00-3C7B-47EE-A90E-753F2D363954@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I have taskbar grouping of similar programs switced on, so that if I have
> a
> lot of windows open they get grouped together.
>
> However, is there a way to force group buttons together? So even if I only
> have 3 windows open, and 2 of them are messenger buttons, can I group the
> messenger buttons together manually?
>
> Thanks![/color]

John brought next idea :[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I have taskbar grouping of similar programs switced on, so that if I have a
> lot of windows open they get grouped together.
>
> However, is there a way to force group buttons together? So even if I only
> have 3 windows open, and 2 of them are messenger buttons, can I group the
> messenger buttons together manually?[/color]

[url]http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/features/article_1369372.php/Grouping_taskbar_buttons_in_Vista[/url]

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Kind regards,
Mark Veldhuis.

In the registry, under:

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

create an new REG_DWORD value named:

TaskbarGroupSize

and give it a value of 2.

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B2C88E00-3C7B-47EE-A90E-753F2D363954@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I have taskbar grouping of similar programs switced on, so that if I have
> a
> lot of windows open they get grouped together.
>
> However, is there a way to force group buttons together? So even if I only
> have 3 windows open, and 2 of them are messenger buttons, can I group the
> messenger buttons together manually?
>
> Thanks![/color]

None of those suggestions have solved it I'm afriad. Actually, I'm not sure
you can do what I'm trying to do, which is to manually group according to
user preference (rather than to universally say always group by 2/3/etc.)

oh well.

"Keith Miller (MVP)" wrote:
[color=blue]
> In the registry, under:
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
>
> create an new REG_DWORD value named:
>
> TaskbarGroupSize
>
> and give it a value of 2.
>
> --
> Good Luck,
>
> Keith
> Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>
>
>
> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B2C88E00-3C7B-47EE-A90E-753F2D363954@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have taskbar grouping of similar programs switced on, so that if I have
> > a
> > lot of windows open they get grouped together.
> >
> > However, is there a way to force group buttons together? So even if I only
> > have 3 windows open, and 2 of them are messenger buttons, can I group the
> > messenger buttons together manually?
> >
> > Thanks![/color]
>
>[/color]

What I said works!

taskbar shuffle has an option to change the number of taskbar buttons to
start grouping along with many other nice stuff
[url]http://www.snapfiles.com/get/TaskbarShuffle.html[/url]

free of course

after you install and run it, right click on its icon in the TRAY and set
the options~!

"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CEA415FC-35EC-473F-900F-13D84AF9F9A9@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> None of those suggestions have solved it I'm afriad. Actually, I'm not
> sure
> you can do what I'm trying to do, which is to manually group according to
> user preference (rather than to universally say always group by 2/3/etc.)
>
> oh well.
>
> "Keith Miller (MVP)" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> In the registry, under:
>>
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
>>
>> create an new REG_DWORD value named:
>>
>> TaskbarGroupSize
>>
>> and give it a value of 2.
>>
>> --
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Keith
>> Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>>
>>
>>
>> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B2C88E00-3C7B-47EE-A90E-753F2D363954@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have taskbar grouping of similar programs switced on, so that if I
>> > have
>> > a
>> > lot of windows open they get grouped together.
>> >
>> > However, is there a way to force group buttons together? So even if I
>> > only
>> > have 3 windows open, and 2 of them are messenger buttons, can I group
>> > the
>> > messenger buttons together manually?
>> >
>> > Thanks![/color]
>>
>>[/color][/color]

Mis-read your question I guess. I know of no way to leave all items
separate & then manually group.

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CEA415FC-35EC-473F-900F-13D84AF9F9A9@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> None of those suggestions have solved it I'm afriad. Actually, I'm not
> sure
> you can do what I'm trying to do, which is to manually group according to
> user preference (rather than to universally say always group by 2/3/etc.)
>
> oh well.
>
> "Keith Miller (MVP)" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> In the registry, under:
>>
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
>>
>> create an new REG_DWORD value named:
>>
>> TaskbarGroupSize
>>
>> and give it a value of 2.
>>
>> --
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Keith
>> Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>>
>>
>>
>> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B2C88E00-3C7B-47EE-A90E-753F2D363954@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have taskbar grouping of similar programs switced on, so that if I
>> > have
>> > a
>> > lot of windows open they get grouped together.
>> >
>> > However, is there a way to force group buttons together? So even if I
>> > only
>> > have 3 windows open, and 2 of them are messenger buttons, can I group
>> > the
>> > messenger buttons together manually?
>> >
>> > Thanks![/color]
>>
>>[/color][/color]

i read your post wrong also..

I have never seen a program that allows what you want.. and I have seen
millions of programs



"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CEA415FC-35EC-473F-900F-13D84AF9F9A9@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> None of those suggestions have solved it I'm afriad. Actually, I'm not
> sure
> you can do what I'm trying to do, which is to manually group according to
> user preference (rather than to universally say always group by 2/3/etc.)
>
> oh well.
>
> "Keith Miller (MVP)" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> In the registry, under:
>>
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
>>
>> create an new REG_DWORD value named:
>>
>> TaskbarGroupSize
>>
>> and give it a value of 2.
>>
>> --
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Keith
>> Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>>
>>
>>
>> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B2C88E00-3C7B-47EE-A90E-753F2D363954@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have taskbar grouping of similar programs switced on, so that if I
>> > have
>> > a
>> > lot of windows open they get grouped together.
>> >
>> > However, is there a way to force group buttons together? So even if I
>> > only
>> > have 3 windows open, and 2 of them are messenger buttons, can I group
>> > the
>> > messenger buttons together manually?
>> >
>> > Thanks![/color]
>>
>>[/color][/color]