I have wished for a long time for a way to move my Windows taskbar buttons around. Since I usually have quite a lot of open applications, it would be convenient to have the most used ones in the same place most of the time, so I don't have to look for them every time I need them. It would also be nice to order buttons by subject, or importance during a task.
I did try searching for software doing that. What I had in mind was some kind of taskbar alternative. I tried ObjectDock, RocketDock and such, but they didn't do anything like what I wanted. So I eventually gave up.
Then I stumbled upon a solution by sheer luck. When I saw the name "Taskbar Shuffle" in some random freeware web site, I knew I had found it.
It was even better than I had expected. I didn't really want a taskbar alternative. I just thought I needed one if I wanted different functionality. Turns out Taskbar Shuffle doesn't take anything out. Everything looks and works exactly the same, but you can now drag taskbar buttons. And it allows you to do the same with the system tray icons, although I never actually use that.
It seems to have other options, such as tweaking the button grouping behavior. Since I don't use that anyway, I never checked. What I really wanted was this one thing, moving the buttons, and I got it without losing anything else. Just perfect.
I did try searching for software doing that. What I had in mind was some kind of taskbar alternative. I tried ObjectDock, RocketDock and such, but they didn't do anything like what I wanted. So I eventually gave up.
Then I stumbled upon a solution by sheer luck. When I saw the name "Taskbar Shuffle" in some random freeware web site, I knew I had found it.
It was even better than I had expected. I didn't really want a taskbar alternative. I just thought I needed one if I wanted different functionality. Turns out Taskbar Shuffle doesn't take anything out. Everything looks and works exactly the same, but you can now drag taskbar buttons. And it allows you to do the same with the system tray icons, although I never actually use that.
It seems to have other options, such as tweaking the button grouping behavior. Since I don't use that anyway, I never checked. What I really wanted was this one thing, moving the buttons, and I got it without losing anything else. Just perfect.
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