With the Groupy 2.30 beta release today, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.
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Please include the following for anything found:
Exact Windows version \ build (winver.exe)
Detailed steps to recreate the issue seen
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If there are specific apps that the app does not work (well) with, please note what apps and their exact versions. If any app is not common, a link to a trial version would be appreciated.
Thank you for your interest and for any time you put into making Groupy 2 a better product.
09/08/2025
UI: 2.3.0.0File Version: 2.3.0.0
This has tweaks to handle saved groups with apps like Discord which change their path every single update
Also resolves an issue with pinning groups to the taskbar and start menu and taskbar will now show a prompt to ask (new strings in en.lng)
Resolves issue with undoing a globally saved colour for an app (depending on how colours are saved you may need to once apply blank colour to revert to app default and then again to reset that)
Resolves issue with tab colours not always being applied to existing tabs when opening from a saved group
Resolves issue with explorer tabs in auto group mode sometimes opening up invisible depending on focus and timing especially on Windows 10
Newly saved groups will now remember which tab had focus at save time and attempt to restore this.
Tweak to grouping to make automatic window grouping not make it look like a group moves temporarily when grouping.
Added prompt when excluding an app to exclude all with the filename or just that file.
Tweaked custom grouping rules to ignore blank rules which users sometimes accidentally create when playing with the UI.
Known issues
While we appreciate all feedback, please remember that we offer no official support for beta \ preview \ developer channel versions of Windows. If you report issues while in any of those early release channels, you should not expect them to be addressed unless it still exists in a retail version of Windows.
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So far so good! The colors seem to be working properly now. I have a tab group with 5 Brave browser profiles. In version 2.2 it would not display the tab colors correctly, but now it does.To test this quickly, I set all of the colors for my tabs then saved a new group. Then I cut the "SavedColour=" line from each entry group in the .groupy file of the new profile into the .groupy file of my original one.For those of you wondering, I did this because I have a LOT of tabs open in each of my Brave profiles and I did not want to have to manually go in and deleted them all from the .groupy file. When you save a new group, Groupy 2 automatically saves every website in the .groupy file and reopens it, so if Brave is already saving open tabs, this causes Groupy to open the same url twice.
TLDR; Colors seem to be fixed!
Send my thanks to the devs for getting this figured out!
When I add Notepad as a tab, then click on it, it goes full screen and I can't get down in size with the other programs without shutting down Notepad. Bottom screenshot is how Groupy looks without Notepad added as a tab. Top screenshot is how Groupy looks as soon as I add it as a tab to my Main Group. My main group doesn't show, only Notepad.
Hello,Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need to know :
Need to know any other details so I can try to reproduce your issue.
Thank you,Basj,Stardock Community Assistant.
Quick version number. I have "Place tabs above". My other tabs do not behave like this. This is my only use combining Groupy and Notepad.
Hello,I have forwarded your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience. Thank you.
Basj,Stardock Community Assistant
Hi masterblaster73,
Thanks for posting. We have the notepad issue logged for review. I've updated to include your report here.
Internal Ref: ODNT-11296
Best regards,
Adam McGuinnessStardock Support Specialist
Thank you. I have come to love Groupy. It resolves an issue I have had since I started using Windows. That is keeping open windows organized while opening and closing them. I am kinda OCD and like everything organized. Groupy solved that 100%. Groupy allows you to use your commonly used programs like they are all 1 program. It's amazing.
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