Change the Taskbar Group Size in Windows

October 27, 2008 – 6:51 am

Taskbar looks a bit crowded and confusing if you are working on multiple programs at the same time, for this reason, Windows XP has a function to group tabs. If you are working or opened three and more windows of same programs, it will group all the windows under one tab. However, if you want Windows to wait more till you open more windows, before grouping windows, you have to do a simple registry tweak.

1.    Open Notepad and paste the following code there
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] “TaskbarGroupSize”=dword:00000003
2.    Change “dword” value to whatever you want Windows to wait before grouping, for i.e. if you want Windows to groups on 5 then changes “dword:00000005”
3.    Now save that file as a .reg extension on your Desktop.
4.    After saving, go to Desktop and open newly created .reg file.
5.    It will confirm you to add the entry into registry, Choose Yes. That’s it!

You can also download sample registry file here.