I want my taskbar to stay showing but doesn't

Anonymous
2025-02-04T18:35:09+00:00

I want my taskbar to stay showing, but it doesn't. If I go to Settings, Personalization, and Taskbar Behaviors, it is UNCHECKED for auto-hiding, but it does anyway. Solution?

Thank you.

Chris

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings

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Airbus A350 7,685 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2025-02-04T19:39:26+00:00

Hello,

Please go to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar and then scroll down to where you see "Taskbar behaviors", and then make sure the checkbox for "Optimize taskbar for touch interactions when this device is used as a tablet" is off.

Let me know how this goes.

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  1. Airbus A350 7,685 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-02-06T00:47:10+00:00

    No problem :)

    Glad to know you solved your problem.

    Have a nice day!

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-05T20:33:40+00:00

    This was simple and worked. Thank you!

    Chris

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  3. Estrella721 45,810 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-02-04T19:07:51+00:00

    Hello, I'm Estrella, an Independent Advisor, and I'm here to assist you. I understand that this situation has been challenging for you. I'll do my best to help.

    Solution 1: Restart explorer.exe

    On your keyboard, press Ctrl + Shift + Esc.

    Go to the Details tab.

    Scroll down and find explorer.exe.

    Right-click on it and select End task.

    In the menu bar, click File.

    Click Run new task.

    Type explorer.exe and press Enter.

    Solution 2: Re-register all Windows apps

    1. On your keyboard, press Ctrl + Shift + Esc
    2. Click on File and choose "Run new task"
    3. Type: powershell. Make sure to put a check on the "Create this task with administrative privileges" box
    4. Copy and paste the command below then press Enter.

    Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

    Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register "$($_.InstallLocation)\appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode}

    Note: Please ignore any red errors and tet the process complete and then restart your PC.

    Solution 3: Run SFC and DISM to fix corrupted system files.

    https://support.microsoft.com/windows/using-sys...

    Restart your computer.

    Solution 4: Create a local administrator account to see if this issue is due to a corrupted user account.

    https://support.microsoft.com/windows/manage-us...

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