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The new taskbar UX is a huge downgrade compared to my "always ungrouped" taskbar in Windows 10, hope the add it back before I'm forced to upgrade.

>>Guilla+(OP)
StartIsBack gives you back the left-side placement, drag&drop and grouping.

>>soco+V1
You can do the left-side placement with just Windows 11. There's a "taskbar alignment" setting that can be "left" or "center".

>>tyingq+tv
It's not "a setting" but an obscure registry entry. And have you actually tried it? I did and it's a joke - you get the taskbar there but no icons on it lol. And how about drag and drop? Or grouping?

>>soco+JY
For me, it's a setting, and yes, I tried it and it works: https://imgur.com/a/QSxE92W

I didn't mention the other two things because they aren't available settings. I mentioned the one that is, because I thought it might be helpful.

Aside: Why do people jump to snark so fast?

>>tyingq+P81
I can't comment about other people but to me the reply felt like denying my personal experience of those three frustrations (because yes I am frustrated with W11) of which two seemed ignored and one presented with a solution which I already tried to no avail. If you had acknowledged the other two in the initial answer (like in a "at least for position..."), I'm very sure I wouldn't have reacted. Small things can make or break...

Now the aside being put aside, I have no idea why you have a setting and I don't, as I'm on the latest updates. Could be that Microsoft is doing some A/B testing? And is the left positioned taskbar working fine for you? I still won't switch until at least drag&drop comes back but it would be a glimmer of hope.

>>soco+JY
it's just a setting for me, all of 3 clicks

>>tyingq+P81
Theres left alignment and then theres left position (left side of display rather simply left aligned but still on the bottom). On my Win 11 machine you can only position the bar on the bottom, and no setting is offered to change it other than icon alignment.

>>afarvi+DD2
Ah, yes. If you want it running vertically on the left or right, or horizontally across the top, there is no setting for that. There are some registry settings documented by third parties, but I haven't tried them.