Taskbar does not Auto-hide all the time Windows 7

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**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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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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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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Anonymous

2013-09-14T03:42:59+00:00
I am thinking that there are multiple questions going on here. Some people are upset because it keeps appearing and dissapearing, while others just want it to be hidden while they watch a show (Which they are most likely trying to watch in a browser other than internet explorer.) in full screen. The error lies not within Windows 7 but within the default browser that you currently use other than internet explorer. If you are experiencing the taskbar not hiding while watching a movie on Internet explorer, then I have no idea what to tell you.

Also, for the people wanting to stop the taskbar from hiding and reappearing do this... Right click taskbar > Properties > uncheck auto hide task bar.

Hope this helps for some of you.
- Mike
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Anonymous

2013-09-29T14:07:32+00:00

I also had the problem with Taskbar not autohiding.

All I did was right click each icon on the taskbar. Then it autohid again.

Don't know why.
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Anonymous

2013-10-09T04:59:08+00:00

Skype was the culprit for me.
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