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I recently installed Windows 7 onto my computer and am completely frustrated with the start menu/task bar.

My issue is that in Windows XP and Vista, I was able to click the icon on the task bar, and it would open up a window, and then I would be able to click that SAME icon, and it would open another window.

The problem with Windows 7 for me is, let's say I open Google Chrome, and I want to open a completely new instance, so naturally, I would click the icon, but to my disbelief, all it did was minimize and maximize the page.

I have done googled this, and found that Shift-clicking solves the issue, however, I want to achieve this with only clicking, no Shift clicking, no middle-mouse clicking, just left clicking.

Peter Mortensen
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Omar Qureshi
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The behavior that you want to change is a Windows Explorer-wide behavior, click on any other icon in the task bar and you'll see the same kind of maximize/minimize behavior. There may be a UI tweaking utility somewhere that will change the behavior on an application by application basis but I've never heard of such a thing. Shift clicking seems like your best bet.

Green
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Instead of pinning apps, you can activate the XP-style Quick Launch bar by right-clicking on the taskbar, choosing "Toolbars", and then "Quick Launch". If you then add a Chrome shortcut to the Quick Launch taskbar, it will behave the way you expect.

Aaron Miller
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