How To Change Windows 7 Taskbar Button Width Size!

One of the few design that I don't favour in Windows 7 is the taskbar icon grouping as it needs too much precision and accuracy to click on the correct button, especially in a rush. Of course, I can always change it to never combine to have XP style back. But on the other hand the buttons default width size is a little large for me which easily occupy the whole taskbar when only a few applications are running.

For long I wished there will be a built-in customization to change the width size. Until that happens, only a registry tweak can do it.

1. Run RegEdit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics 
3. Create a new string value, name it as MinWidth
4. Double-click and insert your desired value (width)
5. Logout and login again

To me, I prefer the value to be around 120, where the size will be 3/4 of the original.

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