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human
I finally went absolute minimal. No icons pinned to taskbar at all. WinKey to search and launch programs, WinKey+E for explorer, and WinKey+X for system utilities. 

I will say, though, I despise Windows 11 for not allowing me to "always show all task tray icons." I also hate that it prefers internet search results over local results half the time and Microsoft keeps changing the regkey that disables the internet search function.
gpt
Use ExplorerPatcher. You can customize a lot and show all task tray icons