I love the fact that I can re-order applications on the taskbar in Windows 7, but there is one strange bit of design that limits its usefulness for me quite severely: one cannot re-order multiple instances of one application. With Windows XP, I used a free utility called TBarSort that allowed me to drag and drop taskbar items into any order in a separate window, then apply the change to re-order them. That application does not work with Windows 7 and, while Windows 7 allows rudimentary re-ordering of applications, and I even find the move-as-a-group somewhat useful, it does not allow re-ordering within the application group. This is critical for me because I often have RDP connections to many computers open concurrently as I run updates or software installations, rebooting each computer remotely as one update is complete and reconnecting to do the next update/installation. About the only way to keep track of which computer is which is to arrange them alphabetically; however, as I remotely reboot various ones at various times and reconnect, they get out of order--with no way to get them back in order other than to close all 20 connections and reconnect in order.

Unfortunately Windows 7 is not smart enough for that. The reason is that applications today use mutidocument interfaces so its not needed. Windows MVP, paid Remote Assistance is available for XP, Vista and Windows 7. My page on Video Card Problems is now my most popular landing page. See my gaming site for game reviews etc. Developer | Windows IT | Chess | Economics | Hardcore Games | Vegan Advocate | PC Reviews

I find it very interesting that although Windows 7 is not smart enough to do this, I used the free third-party application, tbarsort.exe, to sort multiple instances of the RDP client under Windows XP Pro. I would challenge the assumption that it is not needed, because I need it. It would be more accurate to say that the OS developers at Microsoft did not anticipate the need for it.

Hi, If you have any suggestion of taskbar, you can go to https://connect.microsoft.com/ and submit your advice there. Thank you for your understanding. Regards, Leo Huang Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.