Is there a way to group icons on taskbar?

[tvdang7]

MY taskbar is starting to get cluttered with development software and different games. Is there some third party taskbar or way to make a folder like on a smartphone to group things? This would be great.

 

[Ketchup]

This one has a LOT of options. Most I never even used. Might want to give it a shot:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37638434&postcount=4

Then there is always the grouping Windows does by default (which I hate personally, but everyone has their own taste).

 

[Mushkins]

Why not just use the built-in windows functionality?

Create folders full of shortcuts somewhere and then pin each folder to the start menu? Then you just hit the windows key and click the folder you want, and open the app you want.

It's probably the closest you're going to get, I've never seen any windows UI modification that allowed specific folders to be pinned to the task bar separate from Windows Explorer. Why not just pin all the apps individually to the task bar and put them in the order you want?

 

[JackMDS]

http://www.freelaunchbar.com

Works well with XP/Vista/Win 7/8.1/Win10

One icon on the task bar that by clicking open the small Windows as appears above. The Window can include Apps Icons, Folders Icons etc.

The beauty of the FreeLaunchBar r that it does not change anything in the OS. evrey thing else keeps working as thought the Launcher is Not there.

In this example the Icon (with the Tools) sits always on the Taskbar, clicking on it opens the Menu above it.