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Is that site the first sign of The Singularity[^]?
(the AI's are choosing how to handle their meat subjects)
Software Zen: delete this;
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Has anyone noticed that Win10 previously allowed the following behavior:
1) Display an app (bring it to forefront) via clicking the taskbar.
2) And then, if you clicked the icon on the taskbar again the app would hide (minimize).
But now, it seems that if you click the taskbar icon when the app is displayed then it no longer will minimize again.
Has anyone else noticed this?
I don't like it when basic features change but you have no idea which update did it.
EDIT
This is failing on my wife's computer (running 20H2) .
I've just tried it on my Win10 installation (running via VirtualBox) and it works perfectly fine on mine too.
Here are my details:
Edition Windows 10 Home
Version 21H1
Installed on 10/10/2020
OS build 19043.1237
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3530.0
modified 1-Dec-21 10:22am.
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Still does 1 and 2 on my system.
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Thanks for trying it out. My wife's Win10 does not do the 2nd one. 
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Still minimizes for me. I'm on 21H1, in case that makes any difference. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Thanks for trying that. And for mentioning the version. I will check that too.
My wife's system won't do step 2.
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Test this and she is on version 20H2 -- which sounds older than yours.
I noticed that there is a thing called a Windows Experience pack which might be something different.
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I'm pretty sure it depends on how many instances of the same app you have opened.
If I have single instance of Notepad running, clicking on its taskbar icon shows/hides it as you've described. If I launch a second copy, then that behavior stops, and only resumes once there's a single instance of it still left running.
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That is interesting about the 1 versus more-than-one instance behavior difference.
I will test that on the system also. 
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Tested this and she has only one Excel window and it doesn't work.
Tried it on her Zoom chat window (only one of those) and it doesn't work there either.
Discovered she is on 20H2 so maybe that is the difference?? 
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I'm on 21H1, but also have a laptop on 21H2. I get the same behavior in both instances.
I also tried with Excel (on 21H1, I don't have Excel on the 21H2 laptop). Same behavior as Notepad.
Kill/restart explorer, then retry?
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Yeah, I'm going to have here do a reboot & see if that helps.
It's a weird thing. She said it worked for her last week but not this week.
Thanks again for your help.
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FYI, Excel doesn't support multiple instances but does do MDI, so its behavior may be different.
Software Zen: delete this;
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if the application is in a "modal" loop it might not work as expected.
(same with Windows-M to hide everything)
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Works for me as well - 21H1 19043.1348
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I checked wife's version (where it previously worked) and it is 20H2 which sounds older than yours.
I did see a Windows Experience pack so maybe that version is different.
Thanks for trying it and reporting. Very helpful.
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Works for me. I think dandy72 is correct.
I use 7 Taskbar Tweaker to undo the icon grouping as I prefer separate icons for multiple copies of the same program.
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Thanks so much for taking your time and trying it.
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Yeah, I'll miss it, but I'm also not planning on upgrading soon. Hopefully there will be a fix or alternatives.
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Works for me on
- Windows 10 Pro, 21H1, Build 19043.1237
- Windows 10 Enterprise, 20H2, Build 19042.1348
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Lying fellows involve the Diocesan Administration Council with debts. (10)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Lying
fellows MEN
involve the Diocesan Administration Council DAC
with debts IOUS
MENDACIOUS
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Spot on! YAUT.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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