Windows 11 22H2 has been one of the major updates to Windows in the last couple of months.
Lets take a quick look at taskbar overflow in Windows 11.
What is Taskbar Overflow in Windows 11?
This made it impossible to access currently open apps hidden behind the currently open app icon beside the separator.
Microsoft has now replaced this separator with an overflow menu that can be accessed using an arrow.
Use the steps below to help you get taskbar Overflow on older versions of Windows 11.
1.Use thislinkto visit the GitHub page for ViveTool on your PC.
You will be taken to the releases page.
The latest release will be shown at the top.
smack the .zip file under the same to download the latest release to your PC.
2.Once downloaded, extract the .zip archive on your PC.
it’s possible for you to use your preferred unarchiver or right-nudge the archive and select Extract all.
3.Now click Extract to extract ViveTool in the same location.
Click Browse and choose a different location if you prefer.
5.Now launch Run on your PC.
6.We will now launch CMD as an administrator.
7.punch in cd followed by the path we copied to your clipboard earlier.
8.Now use the command vivetool /enable /id:35620393 to enable taskbar overflow on your PC.
Once restarted, try opening multiple apps, and the taskbar overflow menu should be available to you.
So to test it out, simply open multiple apps on your PC.
The taskbar overflow menu should show up signified by a More options icon.
hit the icon to view additional apps open on your PC.
FAQs
Can I suspend the taskbar overflow menu?
Replace enable with disable in the last command to disable taskbar overflow on your Windows 11 PC.
start your PC, and taskbar overflow menu should be disabled on your PC.
Can you rearrange the order of apps in the taskbar overflow?
Unfortunately, you cant rearrange the order of apps in the taskbar overflow menu.
This feature might be introduced in the future, but there has been no official word on the same.
I hope the post above helped you easily enable and use taskbar overflow on your PC.
