Windows 11 Tray Icon

[Jigachad]

On my taskbar in Windows 11 every time I open an app that is already on the taskbar, it shows a second icon. Is there a way to get it to look like Windows 10 where when you open an app on your taskbar it puts a little bar below it instead of displaying another icon?

[filpo]

2 minutes ago, Jigachad said:

On my taskbar in Windows 11 every time I open an app that is already on the taskbar, it shows a second icon. Is there a way to get it to look like Windows 10 where when you open an app on your taskbar it puts a little bar below it instead of displaying another icon?

it should do that by default (example below, before open and after open)

[filpo]

Just now, filpo said:

it should do that by default (example below, before open and after open)

 

2 minutes ago, Jigachad said:

On my taskbar in Windows 11 every time I open an app that is already on the taskbar, it shows a second icon. Is there a way to get it to look like Windows 10 where when you open an app on your taskbar it puts a little bar below it instead of displaying another icon?

if you don't like the look of it go back to win 10

[Doogos]

So are you basically saying that if you clicked a pinned taskbar icon a second icon for that same program appears rather than just using the original pinned icon?

 

I had a few programs do this on Windows 11 - most notably Steam

 

I was able to resolve this problem with a couple of apps by using using these instructions:

1. Open the pinned app

2. Right click and remove the pinned app from the taskbar (leave the program open)

3. Right click the opened app icon and choose to pin to taskbar

4. Close the program and relaunch to see if problem persists

[Jigachad]

36 minutes ago, Doogos said:

So are you basically saying that if you clicked a pinned taskbar icon a second icon for that same program appears rather than just using the original pinned icon?

 

I had a few programs do this on Windows 11 - most notably Steam

 

I was able to resolve this problem with a couple of apps by using using these instructions:

1. Open the pinned app

2. Right click and remove the pinned app from the taskbar (leave the program open)

3. Right click the opened app icon and choose to pin to taskbar

4. Close the program and relaunch to see if problem persists

Look at the image to see what I am referring to. I don't like it because it makes it look more cluttered than it needs to be.

[Jigachad]

1 hour ago, filpo said:

 

if you don't like the look of it go back to win 10

I'm not going to go switch back to windows 10 because this is a laptop and I'm not trying to reinstall windows just for this. It should be a simple setting to change, I shouldn't have to change the whole os.

[filpo]

13 minutes ago, Jigachad said:

I'm not going to go switch back to windows 10 because this is a laptop and I'm not trying to reinstall windows just for this. It should be a simple setting to change, I shouldn't have to change the whole os.

oh ok alr thought it was a desktop

[GoodBytes]

The issue exists since Windows 7 actually.

I am not sure what triggers it, but it seems to be an application side bug, as update in apps is what typically fixes it.

A quick workaround, is to open the application causing the problem, unpin the other icon, and pin the active application one.

 

[Doogos]

7 hours ago, Jigachad said:

Look at the image to see what I am referring to. I don't like it because it makes it look more cluttered than it needs to be.

I'll ask that you follow these steps:

1. Open the pinned app

2. Right click and remove the pinned app from the taskbar (leave the program open)

3. Right click the opened app icon and choose to pin to taskbar

4. Close the program and relaunch to see if problem persists

 

@GoodBytesalso mentioned doing this in the previous post on this thread. I have resolved the same issue on Windows 10 and Windows 11.