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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Kevin Jones 7,265 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2012-05-14T01:17:55+00:00

I use many avenues to communicate with MS. The specific comment above was in direct response to the comment by Shinmila H from Microsoft Support which appeared (or so I thought) on this page (24) when I reviewed it earlier today and which led me to believe it was posted today. I now see that it was posted late December which makes my post look more like a random rant than a response to something specific.

This thread has become a bit of an annoying back and forth without much of a resolution other than to restart Explorer - mostly people complaining and others stating the obvious which does not resolve the issue. I assumed (erroneously) that MS Support was still posting their boilerplate "it's not our problem" nonsense so I decided to shake this tree today versus the others.

I'm an Excel MVP which puts me a ways away from the Windows team but you make a good point and I'll see if I can bend someone's ear who will actually listen.

Kevin
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Anonymous

2012-05-14T03:18:25+00:00

December of 2009.

The Support Engineers are just some hired help and for the most part, IMHO, useless. Perhaps your Lead can advise you as to the best way to convey tour message to the right people.
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Anonymous

2012-05-22T20:12:47+00:00

Peeps! You may use Hide Tasbar utility which I wrote years ago, it's free and less than 50 KB. Search CNET for Hide Taskbar. Shame on Microsoft!
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