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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2011-09-07T02:49:53+00:00

It's funny, I couldn't get it to go down at ALL until I shut down then restarted my computer. Now it's autohiding like it's supposed to. :3 If problem persists, I suggest shutting down, letting the computer sit for a moment, then restarting it.
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2011-08-28T18:57:33+00:00

I have no applications running at all, and I have tried all tips on this thread, including running Microsoft Security Essentials, but still that toolbar won't auto-hide.

This is incredibly annoying! I don't have a large screen on the PC and I really hate for that stupid toolbar to occupy any room at all when I don't use it.

Sometimes it works, sometimes suddenly not, and the “sporadicality” of it just makes it more irritating.

I have googled this, assuppose many of you have as well, and it seems to be something that troubles a lot of people. Why can't MS just fix this?
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2011-08-27T19:10:33+00:00

I just got a computer with win7 on it. The first day without 30 updates the auto hide feature worked well. Now after 31 updates from Microsoft the auto hide does not work. I have done all that the rest have done and it is obviously MS issue with their updates. Unfortuneatly I don't know which one because 30 were done all at once thanks to MS update :D At this moment the bar is at the bottom NOT auto hiding. This is the 2nd day I've run windows 7. Wow! Please fix the problem MS. Thanks!
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