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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2010-05-07T18:51:49+00:00

I agree with you GDFD, I believe its a Microsoft 'feature'. On my system it has stopped happening - like you I think I'm a fairly sophisticated user and I know I haven't changed any practice that could be relevant here. I second your call for Microsoft to seriously investigate the issue and address it.

Bernard

Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit - Dell XPS420 3GB
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Anonymous

2010-05-08T05:02:36+00:00

In my experience there is something called "Action Center" in Windows 7. This can be found in what used to be known as the sys tray on the toolbar. If there are pending actions you need to look at the toolbar will not hide even if you bribe it. You must click on the messages in the Action Center and read them. Once you do this then the toolbar will hide (if you have autohide selected in properties).

Just my experience.

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Anonymous

2010-05-08T13:46:26+00:00

I solved this Auto-Hide problem on my laptop Thanks to Bernard46. I have a new hard drive, first time install of windows 7 professional 64bit, only one program installed (adobe after effects) and never used the internet except for windows updates. This is definitely a MS windows problem for me.

My task bar shows an MS icon that looks like a flag, which is the Solve PC Issues icon. When I left clicked the icon it said that I have 2 messages. I left clicked the first message (Change Windows Update Settings) which led me to some screens that asked me how I wanted to handle updates. I followed the screens and made my selection(always ask me) then hit OK.

The task bar instantly went into Auto-Hide. Problem solved ( at least for now :)
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