Cannot move Taskbar to top after Windows 22H2 Update

Barney556180 231

I just updated to Windows 11 version 22H2. It does not allow the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects3 value change to '01.' After restarting Windows Explorer the registry value keeps returning to '03' and the Taskbar remains on the bottom.

I've had my Taskbar on top for the last several Windows versions, and the registry value change worked up to this last Windows update.
Any way to force the registry change?

Adrian Dybowski 46 Reputation points

2022-09-30T22:56:40.077+00:00

Please let me know if you find any workaround for this that uses the Win11 taskbar (not the old win10)
Sam G 31 Reputation points

2022-10-04T00:25:06.127+00:00

Same issue on this side. - MS please update to fix this or at least allow the registry entry to continue functioning.
I have had my start menu positioned at the top since I became a windows user.
Barney556180 231 Reputation points

2022-10-04T19:44:30.047+00:00

To SamG, suggest going to Feedback Hub and let MS know.
zombie75 26 Reputation points

2022-10-05T08:53:04.763+00:00

I tried this and it works perfectly : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oilLrB4QZf8

So I guess it is the best shot until M$ will do anything ;)
Saulius Mrt 56 Reputation points

2022-10-07T05:31:52.017+00:00

+1 on the opinion that moving taskbar to top is a highly required convenience feature. @Microsoft Windows team, please bring it back!
Brad Altizer 1 Reputation point

2022-10-07T17:45:52.887+00:00

Thanks so much. This option got taskbar working acceptably for me again.
Lance Christopher Lugtu 1 Reputation point

2022-11-10T12:12:24.59+00:00

My stuckrects3 disappeared how to bring it backk??
Lance Christopher Lugtu 1 Reputation point

2022-11-10T12:12:30.67+00:00

My stuckrects3 disappeared how to bring it backk??
Sue Davis 0 Reputation points

2023-01-13T17:42:16.5766667+00:00

Thank you Zombie75 - worked perfectly! Thanks.
Lisa T Rapping 10 Reputation points

2023-03-13T11:41:41.9766667+00:00

Would like to see the feature to move the taskbar included in the next windows update
Barrowman, Craig 10 Reputation points

2023-05-18T12:59:30.58+00:00

I've worked in IT for many years, and like so many, I've had a love-hate relationship with Microsoft. Awesome innovation mixed with unfathomable decisions. There may have been a technical reason to disallow people from using a reg hack to make the taskbar look and behave the way users want, but it increasingly feels like MS has contempt for its users. Why would you disallow something that literally every other GUI-equipped OS has? And for that matter, how hard would it have been to allow users to pick their favorite menu system from XP on up? If third-party developers can make stable packages to do this, and for free no less, why not MS? Why is it so hard to take user preferences into consideration when developing a GUI? To some degree you're creating a "piece of... art", but usability should always come first. GM doesn't suddenly decide the brake and accelerator pedals should be transposed because they think it looks cooler..
Fial, John 15 Reputation points

2023-07-06T16:58:05.69+00:00

Agreed + upvote. I tried ExplorerPatcher ( https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases ), which worked in a previous release, but now does not work (it runs, then is terminated and Windows Explorer restarts and resumes control). OpenShellSetup at https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases/latest has some good Taskbar customizations, but does not let you move the taskbar left/right/top. Finally, the registry change at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1029306/cannot-move-taskbar-to-top-after-windows-22h2-upda did not work for me.

Seriously, Microsoft, the PHYSICAL placement of our taskbar is HUGE. It's muscle memory. How would you like if we came into your fancy offices and physically relocated your mouse or keyboard to an inconvenient position, and bolted it in place? Not cool, right? So why would you do this after decades of freedom?

(BTW; I must use Win11 because it's a work computer. Disappointing, Microsoft!)

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Reza-Ameri 16,836 Reputation points

2022-09-29T16:10:15.157+00:00

Using registry to do it was unsupported scenario and generally you won't be able to move taskbar.
This feedback has been sent and you may use Feedback Hub app to request to support this feature or upvote existing feedbacks.
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Barney556180 231 Reputation points

2022-09-29T18:44:19.78+00:00

It is unfortunate that MS won't restore the Taskbar moving functionality. While I understand the registry mod was 'unsupported,' it did work on Win 10 up through the version prior to 22H2.

N B 21 Reputation points

2022-10-01T12:51:40.23+00:00

Has there been any explication as to why they discontinued this very useful feature ?
Since Windows 3 I have had my taskbar on top of screen. Now even stopping being able to use registry is just petty !
It forever seems they just do such things to prove they have been working rather than trying to improve the OS

Adrian Dybowski 46 Reputation points

2022-10-04T02:26:24.467+00:00

Please take a look at this and the number of comments it has - https://aka.ms/AAd2ifw

Y C 11 Reputation points

2022-10-06T23:36:02.973+00:00

This is crazy! I already was upset after this happened with the 1st change to Windows 11 and fixed it. Then this new update not allowing it to be moved is making it worse. I tried to go back to Windows 10 many times but it said I couldn't. I so unhappy with this software right now.

Shaun D 1 Reputation point

2022-11-07T19:14:23.603+00:00

Open Start Menu, Type Feedback Hub > Open

Next, from Feedback Hub window open the Feedback Tab, Search: Taskbar on Top. Upvote all the appropriate Problems/Suggestions.

Menace Gallagher 1 Reputation point

2022-11-09T13:25:51.32+00:00

What exactly will that do though? The main thread for this feature request in Feedback Hub has thousands of upvotes (which doesn't really reflect the scale of the issue as upvotes are removed if the user reverts to Win10) and an official "response" posted over a year ago and yet there still hasn't been any movement whatsoever on this critical feature. It seems all Microsoft is doing to address the issue is post trite "Thank you for your feedback, we value you" type responses. It's clear Feedback Hub posts do Sweet FA, otherwise this would be a solved problem.
With regards to registry hacks being unsupported, if you can't make your product work properly, don't get surprised when people break it in the process of attempting to fix it.

paris whitney 41 Reputation points

2022-11-09T15:12:54.637+00:00

@Microsoft when will the function finally be integrated again? it can't be that hard...

Win11-22H2-sucks 0 Reputation points

2023-04-21T04:06:28.65+00:00

Yes MS sucks in its optimisations, trying to cheat on people. I was happily living with Windows XP, but I am pushed to newer versions, just because of other applications. MS uses all sorts of levers to pressure the move to a new version under its own conditions, including paying others software companies
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Win11-22H2-sucks 0 Reputation points

2023-04-21T04:30:16.9033333+00:00

MS has acknowledged their ignorance and even make sure the problem exists. Third-party UI customization apps might cause Windows to not start up
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Patrick Ethen 26 Reputation points

2023-05-16T20:40:11.26+00:00

This still broken I take it?
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rustin.rodgers-W213575722 0 Reputation points

2023-08-07T20:55:01.6866667+00:00

I will be un-installing Win 11 and reverting back until this is fixed.
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Zero Xia 0 Reputation points

2023-08-11T15:49:20.81+00:00

Just keep taskbar at top!

Why is it so hard to get an option to control this?
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