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Richard Moody
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After updating to the latest release, I can no longer right click on the DF taskbar icon for the many programs and get the same or very simlar menu options that I do when performing the same action on the Windows Taskbar on my primary monitor. This worked on the varsion 11 and older releases, but stopped with version 12 of DF. I've also noticed this problem with other programs like Adobe Reader, Greenshot, Thunderbird, all Libre Office applications, etc. I've only found a couple that I use regularly that work very close to the same as the Windows taskbar. Those are Chrome and Firfox.

Any ideas on what could have changed that would have brkoen this functionality?
Dec 22, 2025  • #1
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
On the DisplayFusion Settings > Taskbar tab, do you have "Use Jump Lists" enabled?
Dec 22, 2025  • #2
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Richard Moody
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Yes, but when I disable it they are still different. Here is what I see when disabled on the DF taskbar and what I see on the Windows Taskbar. As you can see I don't get any options for private tab, open previously closed, etc.
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Dec 22, 2025 (modified Dec 22, 2025)  • #3
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
You'll definitely want it enabled, sorry, I should have been more clear on that. When it's enabled, you still see that regular context menu without the jump lists?
Dec 23, 2025  • #4
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Richard Moody
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With it enabled this is what I see. As you can see I am missing options for new windows. Unfortunately I don't have a screenshot of what it looked like in the pre 12.x release.
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Dec 24, 2025 (modified Dec 27, 2025)  • #5
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
I've tested Brave here, and when I have it on the Windows taskbar, it doesn't have anything in the jump list menu, no options to open a new window. If they're not there, DisplayFusion can't read them either. Do you have anything in that menu when Brave is on the Windows taskbar?
Dec 29, 2025  • #6
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Richard Moody
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Yes, that is the second screenshot from post 3 that I included. That is the right click menu for brave on the Windows Taskbar. In DF versions before version 12 it worked.
Jan 1, 2026  • #7
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
I've installed Brave on 3 different machines, and none of them have those jump list items for Brave on the Windows taskbar. Is there a setting or a trick to getting them to show up?
Jan 7, 2026  • #8
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Richard Moody
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Evidently what you are seeing is a problem sometimes with new installs and requires following disabling and enabling the jump list setting in Windows. I found an article that talks about doing this: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-disable-taskbar-jump-list-in-windows-7. They also mention unpinning and pinning Brave back to the taskbar between disabling and enabling this setting. Despite the URL saying windows 7, the link provides infor for Windows 10 and 11.

I also noticed with other app icons on the DF taskbar that have available 'Tasks' work as expected. Applications that this still works with on my computer are Firefox, Chrome, and Thunderbird. All 3 of them show a tasks section on the right-click menu on the DF taskbar. It is only Brave that does not.

Something else I found mentioned how you install or if you have uninstalled and reinstalled Brave. This one I am not certain if it matters, but you can download a standalone installer for Brave from their Github page. I only saw one mention of this fixing someone having the issue you are seeing. With regards to the uninstall and reinstall, they say to make sure not to delete browser history. Also not sure what the benefit of doing this provides, just that it was mentioned in the forums.
Jan 7, 2026 (modified Jan 7, 2026)  • #9
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
Ok, thanks! We'll take another look at this next week and see what we can find out.
Jan 9, 2026  • #10
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
The settings listed in that article don't exist any more in Windows 11 25H2. I'm pretty stumped here, but without having jump list items on the Brave icon on the Windows taskbar, there's not much we can do regarding the DisplayFusion taskbar either.
24 days ago (modified 24 days ago)  • #11
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Richard Moody
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Are you able to try it with a version of DF prior to 12.x? As I mentioned, it worked before I upgraded to the latest release. It is also possible that 25H2 changed something in how this works as well.

I also just realized I am on an older version of Windows 11 even though my Windows Update says I am current...lol. Thank you MS.
23 days ago  • #12
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Richard Moody
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Are you able to try it with a version of DF prior to 12.x? As I mentioned, it worked before I upgraded to the latest release. It is also possible that 25H2 changed something in how this works as well.

I also just realized I am on an older version of Windows 11 even though my Windows Update says I am current...lol. Thank you MS.


I just forced an update and it took me to 24H2. Still need to get to 25H2. However, I still have the same options on the Windows taskbar that I did before that you seem to not be able to see.

I did notice that after the update there were quite a few visual changes, which makes me think that when I get up to 25H2 that those options may change.
22 days ago  • #13
Keith Lammers (BFS)'s profile on WallpaperFusion.com
I've tested with 11.1.1 and get the same result, no jump list items for new or new private window. If you roll back to 11.1.1, does it work correctly?
https://www.binaryfortress.com/Data/Download/?DownloadID=0194b3f6-3ce1-76c8-a1e2-01a8931823b7&Log=0
19 days ago  • #14
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