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How to group pinned software icons in the Windows 10 taskbar using native settings or FLOSS?

I'm looking for a way to organize the pinned icons in my Windows 10 taskbar into groups or folders. I prefer a solution using one of the following methods: Windows 10 native settings or ...
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How to change theme/background settings in Windows 10 automatically or with one click?

Question background: I set my background to slideshow that changes every 10 minutes. It also choose the accent color automatically from my background and show the accent color on start, taskbar, and ...
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How can I remove a taskbar icon but keep it running?

I want to remove the taskbar icon not just hide it in the overflow but keep it running in the background. The app doesn't have an option to hide its taskbar icon.
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Any way to change icons of Chrome shortcuts pinned to taskbar? (Windows 10)

I have a bunch of websites "saved as shortcuts" from Chrome, and pinned to taskbar. But I would like to customize the taskbar icons, e.g., to distinguish Outlook Mail from Calendar: How do ...
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How do I show labels on all (even pinned) items in the taskbar?

I have set "Combine Taskbar Buttons" to "Never", but as you can see only the currently opened applications have a label next to them. How can I add labels to pinned items as well? See image:
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How to make the taskbar floating and compact (move the taskbar to a corner to save space and make transparent)?

I never have many windows (since they are spread out between multiple desktop) and I never click the taskbar icons (<Win> + <Number> is more convenient for me), so I'd like to hide taskbar....
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2 votes
4 answers
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How to show taskbar without showing start menu?

In case where you are fullscreen, doing some work and suddenly have to jump to the taskbar to switch to another program or to use a utility which resides in system tray menu. Pressing Start or Ctrl+...
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Relocate Action Center in Windows 10

I use Windows 10 Pro 1709 64-bit with a vertical Taskbar on the left (I need as much vertical space as possible on a laptop's widescreen due to my workflow). Calling the Action Center with a button ...
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Where could I find the dll/exe/process that handles the Bluetooth tray icon?

Where could I find the exe/process/dll that handles this colored tray icon of Bluetooth tray icon. I am very customized person, so I want to customize it, break it open and replace those resources ...
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Make Windows 10 Taskbar like Windows 7

Is there any software or steps to make Windows 10 taskbar to look like Windows 7? It's much clearer if window is open in Windows 7. I don't like absence of non-bottom borders in Windows 10 Taskbar ...
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Windows 10 taskbar width is very wide when positioned on the sides [duplicate]

Are there ways to reduce the Windows 10 taskbar width when it's positioned on the sides ? It can be resized but the minimum width is very wide. It seems to have a minimum width to fit the date.
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Windows 10: Change taskbar icon of an UWP app

Is there any way of changing the icon of a pinned to taskbar UWP application in Windows 10? Like Skype Preview or Groove? I didn't find any way to do it, and the searches in Google always point to ...
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How do I change the color of the taskbar in Windows 10?

In earlier builds of Windows 10, this was possible from the Personalization -> Color and Appearance menu. However, "Color and Appearance" seems to have been removed from the final build. Is it still ...
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