How to fix my taskbar (Win 11).

Question

I have win 11. And recently my taskbar is not working properly. I set my taskbar to hide automatically and when I used to move my cursor to the end of the desktop it used to appear. But since past few days it doesn't show when I move my cursor to the end of desktop. And it doesn't show even when I press "Win+T".

Answer 1

Hi @Lil Devil

My few suggestions about your computer not displaying the taskbar:

1. You can try resetting the taskbar by following these steps:
   • Right-click on the taskbar and select "Taskbar settings".
   • Scroll down to the "Taskbar behaviors" section and toggle off the "Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode" option.
   • Toggle it back on and see if the taskbar appears when you move your cursor to the end of the desktop or press "Win+T".
2. Restarting the Windows Explorer process by following these steps:
   • Press "Ctrl+Shift+Esc" to open the Task Manager.
     • Find "Windows Explorer" in the list of processes and right-click on it.
       • Select "Restart" from the context menu.
3. There may be viruses or other malicious software on your computer that can affect the normal operation of your computer, causing problems such as the taskbar not displaying properly. Try uninstalling.

Hope the information is helpful.

Best Regards,

Hania Lian

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Answer 2

Hello,

See if this fix helps you:

https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-taskbar-not-working-in-windows-11

Let us know if this helps!

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Answer 3

Hi, @Lil Devil I also had that problem on my Windows 11 but I made a code that you run, and it hides it for you, and after a while of doing it, it just stayed hidden (Fixed) here is the code that I run, you can you VS code to run it or anything else

CODE:# Enable auto-hide for taskbar

$key = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects3"

$value = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $key -Name "Settings").Settings

$value[8] = $value[8] -bor 1 # Set auto-hide flag

Set-ItemProperty -Path $key -Name "Settings" -Value $value

Restart Explorer to apply changes

Stop-Process -Name "explorer" -Force

Start-Sleep -Seconds 3 # Add a delay for the Explorer process to fully restart

Start-Process "explorer"

Close Explorer after restart

Start-Sleep -Seconds 2 # Another delay to ensure the new process is fully launched

$explorerProcess = Get-Process -Name "explorer" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

if ($explorerProcess) {

Stop-Process -Name "explorer" -Force

}

(end of code^)

And then to run it, just go to the directory it's in in the terminal in VS Code and type in ./AutoHideTaskbar.ps1 (and if you're getting an error, then open PowerShell as administrator and type in "Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned" and then try to type in the terminal again ./AutoHideTaskbar.ps1)

Best of luck!