Gave up and uninstalled the program

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I ran into so many issues trying to add to and save groups, I decided I was spending far more time than I should be on the program when I have far more important things to do, so I've uninstalled it. Groupy is a great idea but it doesn't seem to work for me.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Having looked at your other thread, I think the problem is you are confusing tabs in a browser with tabs in groupy.

This is why none of the groupy options appeared as you were not actually using Groupy.

The easiest way would be to drag a window (not a tab from a browser) over another window and pause half a second and it should indicate you can group them.  This would then have a series of square edged tabs above the titlebar of the windows and the menu for Groupy is then accessible from the three dots on that bar.  Not the browser tabs bar.

Grouping two explorer windows or notepad windows would have shown the difference.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I resolved that problem but was beset by others. For example, I would add other windows (confirmed by the little message that appeared), click Save to the group, and then after I closed and reopened the group, find only the original pages were there. Also, I couldn't add PDFs to the group. It just didn't seem to recognise I was adding a window, yet it was fine with a Word or Excel document.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting perry4, reply 2

I resolved that problem but was beset by others. For example, I would add other windows (confirmed by the little message that appeared), click Save to the group, and then after I closed and reopened the group, find only the original pages were there. Also, I couldn't add PDFs to the group. It just didn't seem to recognise I was adding a window, yet it was fine with a Word or Excel document.
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Groupy does not reopen existing webpages, only applications.

It will however reopen office documents as it has a way to query what file is, so can link file->window which isn't the case with web browsers.

For PDF files, the PDF app may have been sandboxed and thus preventing it from being able to be joined to a group.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I didn't close any of the web pages, so I expected them to still be open when I restarted the group. Seems it doesn't do that.

The PDF issue is the big one for me, as grouping selected PDFs with certain applications is what I was hoping to do.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Groupy is grouping applications' windows,not for documents or webpages per se;what you need is Fences. Read carefully before install any software.:rolleyes:  

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

I must have been misled by the Word and Excel examples in the promotional video.

I have Fences but discontinued using it in favour of Tiles.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting perry4, reply 6

I must have been misled by the Word and Excel examples in the promotional video.

I have Fences but discontinued using it in favour of Tiles.
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Word and Excel both support telling Groupy what file is open.  Web browsers alas do not have this documented functionality thus no link->window on screen can be determined.