Grouping Similar Taskbar Items
I think this is one
of the best new features of XP. In the past, if you opened three or
four Word documents simultaneously each one had a separate button on
the taskbar. It didn’t take many open documents to fill the taskbar
and shrink the buttons so they were unreadable. No more.
By default, Windows
XP groups similar items on one button. For example, if you have
three Word documents open, you'll see an Explorer item with the
number 3 on it. Click it to see a pop-up list of those windows, then
select the one you want.
Even better than the
grouping, right click on the button and you can close the entire
grouping with one click. No more closing individual windows or
involving the shift key before closing the most recently opened
document.
If you prefer,
Windows XP will display all open windows separately on the Taskbar.
Right click a blank area of the Taskbar and select Properties. Under
Taskbar Properties, deselect Group Similar Taskbar Buttons, then
click OK.
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