Taskbar does not Auto-hide all the time Windows 7

Anonymous
2009-11-21T17:32:06+00:00

**Original Title**Windows 7 taskbar won't consistantly autohide. After changing the properties to Autohide and clicking 'OK', it hides for a brief second then reappears. Other times it autohides as desired.

My taskbar autohide behaves in an erratic pattern.  When I have an alert, it autohides after resolving the alert, but other times it refuses to go away, even if I, once again, open the properties, uncheck autohide, recheck autohide, then click 'apply' and/or 'OK'. As I type this, the taskbar stubbornly remains!

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Anonymous
2010-03-29T18:26:16+00:00

In the "good old days" applicaitons would often un-hide the Taskbar so their notification icons could show an updated status and they could ensure it would be seen.  I think this method has fallen out of favor, but older applications that haven't been updated could still be sending the commands to the system to show the Taskbar.  Is it possible that you have an older app in the notification area that's affecting the Taskbar as described?

What notification area icons do you have (and what versions)?

For what it's worth, I just tried disabling Avast Pro 5.0 and it still allowed the Taskbar to auto-hide.

-Noel

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Anonymous
2009-11-22T15:00:10+00:00

Hi Lamargene,

Welcome to Microsoft Answers.

See that “Lock the Taskbar” is not enabled. If it is, you may disable it by right-clicking on taskbar and unchecking it.

Still the same behavior?

If such is the case, I’d recommend you to download Microsoft Security Essentials on your computer. This will make sure that any virus, spyware or other malicious software on the computer is wiped out completely. Also if the weird behavior is due to any one of those, running the essentials will fix it.

Download it from

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/

Do you see any changes after running the essentials? Post back and let us know.

Regards,

Shinmila H - Microsoft Support

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-07-01T01:04:53+00:00

    this seems like a bug. I have the problem too - on a brand new toshiba laptop - out of the box. I thought it might have something to do with the thing that you can hover over and see the desktop and I tried disabling that, but I still have the problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-06-11T08:19:06+00:00

    The Taskbar Slapper works for me! Thank you for saving me from the MS-black hole of we-dont-really-care! Im proud of people who continuously use Windows even though it bugs, and keep up the good spirit solving the problems.

    Btw, I dont have a cursor right now :-/

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-05-30T05:55:24+00:00

    Try this little program. "From Ayriz :

    Prevents aplications from stealing focus if taskbar is refusing to auto-hide then forces it to hide. If you set taskbar as auto-hide and want a taskbar only appears when the mouse arrives at the edge of the screen use this small utility."

     I just installed and it seems to do the job! easy fix.

    http://download.cnet.com/Hide-Taskbar/3000-2072_4-10552077.html

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