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Windows 11 taskbar show all icons

Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 12,606 Reputation points MVP
2021-10-21T05:52:54.2+00:00

I don't find any option even manually, how to show all active icons on taskbar right side. Previuosly the menu was called "collapsing / not collapsing", now it is called Taskbar Corner Overflow, but I can only choose single icons there to show, not view all automatically. This is missing feature?

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  1. G Wild 26 Reputation points
    2022-07-07T22:38:56.157+00:00

    From an earlier or unrelated post ... lol. I hate Windows 11:

    posted by Rainer-7931

    on the command line, enter:
    explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
    then press enter, this will bring up the old settings page from windows 10 where you can enable "always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar"

    I found it DOES in fact work; but you need to open an elevated command prompt.

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  2. Rainer 16 Reputation points
    2022-01-06T09:37:47.82+00:00

    on the command line, enter:
    explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
    then press enter, this will bring up the old settings page from windows 10 where you can enable "always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar"

    2 people found this answer helpful.
  3. Kapil Arya 8,241 Reputation points MVP
    2021-10-22T05:54:08.407+00:00

    The taskbar icon management is changed with Windows 11. So the functionalities you've used with Windows 10 may not work. I hope it will get some improvements in future.

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  4. Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 12,606 Reputation points MVP
    2023-02-03T11:23:55.5466667+00:00

    I wonder any news around this? I tried few reg keys under user hive explained in articles below but they don't work:

    https://www.elevenforum.com/t/turn-on-or-off-hidden-icon-menu-on-taskbar-corner-in-windows-11.5132/

    https://thecategorizer.com/windows/hide-system-tray-icons-windows-11/

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  5. VK 1 Reputation point
    2022-02-25T10:26:14.633+00:00

    This does not work: the checkbox exists, but the icons are still hidden in my case.
    I am really surprised that such a simple function is gone now

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