Taskbar Shuffle

Taskbar Shuffle is a program with a pretty self-explanatory name - it allows you to customize the default Windows options found in the taskbar. It can be seamlessly installed and configured, even by first-time users.

Once initialized, the tool can be activated or deactivated from the system tray area. From the 'Settings' screen you can make the app automatically run at system startup and hide its icon in the system tray area.

You can ungroup similar taskbar buttons, or group them in the started order, with a user-defined number of windows, or by never collapsing them into one button. You can disallow the middle-click from closing the task button or group. Plus, you can select a preset from a drop-down list for enabling the tray icon.

The straightforward software solution does not put a strain on the computer's resources, as it runs on a very low amount of CPU and system memory. It has a good response time and worked smoothly during our tests, without freezing, crashing or displaying error dialogs.

On the downside, the program has not been updated for a long time. Other than that, Taskbar Shuffle provides a simple solution for customizing the taskbar items.