{"id":957,"date":"2009-11-07T14:46:32","date_gmt":"2009-11-07T09:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=957"},"modified":"2021-05-31T00:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T18:49:25","slug":"restore-all-windows-taskbar-group-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/restore-all-windows-taskbar-group-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Restore all Windows in a Grouped Taskbar Button"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t gone through the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/master-list-keyboard-shortcuts-windows-10\/\">Windows Keyboard Shortcuts<\/a> list, you may be wondering if it&#8217;s possible to open all the windows which are grouped under a single icon in the Taskbar.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, there is a keyboard shortcut available for this so that you don&#8217;t have to open each window in the group one at a time.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Restore all windows in a group<\/h3>\n<p>To restore all windows in a group, press the <b>SHIFT<\/b> key down, right-click on the group icon in the Taskbar. You&#8217;ll see a menu with the following options.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cascade<\/li>\n<li>Show windows stacked<\/li>\n<li>Show windows side by side<\/li>\n<li>Restore all windows<\/li>\n<li>Minimize all windows<\/li>\n<li>Close all windows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/w7-group-restore.png\" width=\"413\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <b>Restore all windows.<\/b><\/p>\n<h3>Open windows one at a time<\/h3>\n<p>To open each window at a time, hold the Ctrl key and click on the group icon. This cycles through the windows in that group.<\/p>\n<p>Also, you&#8217;d like to read about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/hidden-right-click-context-menu-options-windows-7\/\">Hidden context menu items in Windows<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t gone through the official Windows Keyboard Shortcuts list, you may be wondering if it&#8217;s possible to open all the windows which are grouped under a single icon in the Taskbar. Luckily, there is a keyboard shortcut available for this so that you don&#8217;t have to open each window in the group one &#8230; <a title=\"Restore all Windows in a Grouped Taskbar Button\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/restore-all-windows-taskbar-group-windows-7\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Restore all Windows in a Grouped Taskbar Button\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":841,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/show-the-window-menu-restore-minimize-close-taskbar-icons-windows-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":957,"position":0},"title":"Show the Window Menu (Restore, Minimize, Close) for Taskbar Icons in Windows 7","author":"Ramesh","date":"January 19, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"When you right-click on an icon in the Windows 7 Taskbar, the Jump List pops up which shows a list of common tasks for the corresponding application. 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