Multiple instances in task bar

[Don Culp]

When some programs have multiple windows open, each window instance is shown
in the task bar and also when doing Alt+Tab. For example, this occurs for
Excel 2003 and Acrobat Reader 8. Is there any way to prevent this so that
only a single instance is shown for each program, regardless of how many
windows it has open?

Thanks,
Don Culp

 

[Rey Santos]

Right click on the star button > Properties > On the Taskbar tab put a check
mark on "Group similar taskbar buttons

 

[Don Culp]

Rey --

This is already checked.

Right click on the star button > Properties > On the Taskbar tab put a
check
mark on "Group similar taskbar buttons

 

[Jason]

This won't fix alt-tab.

Right click on the star button > Properties > On the Taskbar tab put a check
mark on "Group similar taskbar buttons

 

[Rey Santos]

If you’re an advanced user and know your way around the Windows Registry you
can create the necessary value yourself. You’ll need to navigate to this
location:

HKEY_CURRRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Explorer \ Advanced

On the Edit menu > New > DWORD Value > Name it TaskbarGroupSize. Edit menu >
Modify > On the Data Value type 2 or higher. Grouping will initiate the when
that number of similar windows is open. Avalue of 0 will disable grouping.

 

[Don Culp]

Rey --

Thanks. This worked (except for Alt+Tab). Will this also work under XP x64?