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Windows 11 task bar won't stay hidden

Anonymous
2023-04-15T17:15:56+00:00

The taskbar won't stay hidden. And yes I've checked the automatically hide the task bar setting. I've also triad a myriad of other "solutions and fixes", I've found on the web to no avail. This one issue, although it may seem innocuous, is the only reason I have not upgraded to Windows 11 on several of the machines I use, and will not as long as Windows 10 remains available until this issue is fixed. Please please take this seriously and provide a permanent solution, not one of these solutions typically found on blogs such as "reset Windows Explorer" from the task manager, Although this particular fix does work, it only works for a short time and then the problem returns. I'm sure there are many others that are very frustrated by this problem besides myself. The taskbar reappearing steals the bottom portion of any window that has been maximized, so if there's a button you need to get to you must do one of two things; reduce the size of the window in the app you're in so that the task bar isn't covering the button you need to get to, or do the one other temporary fix; click on the Windows keyboard key - twice - to make the task bar go away. Then if at any time your mouse pointer even just grazes the top of the task bar location at the bottom of the screen, it's back and stays unhidden. Any fix needs to be independent of any application running, it should be a native action that can't be overridden by other applications. I know that when there's a notification this brings up the taskbar, well okay, I'll acknowledge the notification to make the taskbar go away in this case, but this is NOT the issue either.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-03-07T03:52:27+00:00

    I am 100% with you on the annoyance factor with the taskbar overlaying various application windows. Insanity!

    Like you experienced, my task bar would not stay hidden. Through trial and error I figured out that the taskbar would hide if I unclicked the option "show flashing on taskbar apps" option in the settings (it is just one setting away from the non-functional "automatically hide taskbar option").

    I think that the folks that develop Windows need to stop thinking about adding crazy options in its settings and focus their attention on fixing the problems that prevent you from being able to do basic things like interact with applications.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-03-07T16:07:37+00:00

    Scott thank you for raising this issue which many other people are clearly suffering from.

    I have tried the fixes listed by various folk in this thread but am either finding that the suggested settings are already in place on my version of Win 11 , or that I don't have the options available in my version.

    Nevertheless, I did want to highlight the manual fix you shared in your post, as some readers may have missed it: you can hide the taskbar by double-clicking on the Windows key - and it will re-appear when you move your cursor right to the bottom of your screen.

    I have tried this, and it works. Although it's not the full solution you are asking for, it is extremely easy and has made an immeasurable improvement to my experience.

    So thank you for sharing that and I would encourage anyone else suffering from this issue to try this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-01T16:15:55+00:00

    Thanks for the response Derrick,

    I'd love to give this a try, but when I go into Personalization - Taskbar, these categories "Taskbar items" & "Taskbar corner overflow" do not exist. Instead I have "System tray icons" & "Other system tray icons". The "Taskbar behaviors" category is the same as in your example below these.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-29T18:07:26+00:00

    I don't see this option and I am annoyed I have tried every solution known on man on the internet and this huge annoying and frustrating feature still hasn't gone away. Please. Its so counter productive.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-09T14:46:44+00:00

    Sorry, typical no-solution reply given when no answer is known.

    Thanks anyway.

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