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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2010-07-18T17:56:01+00:00

Re: Ayriz' program from Cnet -- http://download.cnet.com/Hide-Taskbar/3000-2072_4-10552077.html --

Yes! Thanks to Mencius1 for posting this! This program works and takes next to no time to download and get going. Taskbar hides perfectly, unhides too, regardless of what you choose to have displayed on it! Imagine - my computer obediently working for me, doing what I say, when I want, not vice versa ! This is so refreshing it's giving me goosebumps!
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Anonymous

2010-07-17T19:01:30+00:00

I concur with the notification solution. I had recently installed WordWeb dictionary software. The default installation loads the program on boot and places the icon on the system tray. I changed the options on that program so that it doesn't look for input on the system tray, and the autohide resumed immediately.
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Anonymous

2010-07-01T01:08:50+00:00

actually - if you right click the taskbar, click properties and choose customize in notifications area - then hide icons and notifications, the taskbar auto hides again. It's staying open because it thinks there are notifications you need to deal with. If you hide the notifications, then your taskbar will hide again. Glad I just solved that for myself! It was irritating!
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