"Show taskbar buttons on: All Taskbars" setting keeps resetting on sleep

Anonymous
2024-09-10T17:18:21+00:00

I have 2 monitors, and I want to keep my full taskbar persistently-visible on both of them. This was working fine until about a week ago. Now, it behaves as though "Main taskbar and taskbar where window is open" is selected even though "All taskbars" is still selected, until I toggle the setting myself.

My workaround is manually setting it to "Main taskbar and taskbar where window is open," then back to "All taskbars." This fixes the issue until the next time my PC sleeps.

I have tried resetting my PC and I have tried SFC /scannow as an admin in case of settings file corruption. Neither have resolved the issue.

Taskbar Settings

Lock the taskbar | ON

Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode | OFF

Automatically hide the taskbar in tablet mode | OFF

Use small taskbar buttons | OFF

Use Peek to preview the desktop when you move your mouse to the Show desktop button at the end of the taskbar | OFF

Replace Command Prompt with Windows PowerShell in the menu when I right-click the start button or press Windows key+X | ON

Show badges on taskbar buttons | ON

Taskbar location on screen | Bottom

Combine taskbar buttons | Always, hide labels

MULTIPLE DISPLAYS

Show taskbar on all displays | ON

Show taskbar buttons on | All taskbars

Combine buttons on other taskbars | Always, hide labels

Device

Processor AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor 3.60 GHz

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Windows

Edition Windows 10 Home

Version 22H2

Installed on ‎8/‎11/‎2020

OS build 19045.4780

Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19060.1000.0

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Settings

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-13T23:54:02+00:00

    I am experiencing the same issue. This started occurring after the most recent Windows 10 update (KB5043064).

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-28T03:27:16+00:00

    I may have narrowed it down to the News and Interests on the taskbar settings. I had this setting disabled on my local but on the test user account it was enabled. When I disabled it on test account the issue came back. As a workaround you can enable this and it will fix the taskbar but now have the annoying News and Interests widget. Not sure what Microsoft pushed that broke this. Please let me know if any of you find a permanent fix.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-28T17:57:48+00:00

    4 months later and the issue is still present.

    Edition Windows 10 Pro

    Version 22H2

    Installed on ‎2020-‎12-‎10

    OS build ‎19045.5371

    Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19060.1000.0

    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6800K CPU @ 3.40GHz

    NVIDIA RTX 3080, 10 GiB VRAM

    Driver Version 32.0.15.6636 (NVIDIA 566.36) DCH / Win10 64 (Thu Dec 5, 2024 -- newest up to date)

    I have two PHILIPS 288E2A/00 monitors connected by DisplayPort and the system just ignores the "All taskbars" setting and displays only open windows on the second monitor every time it wakes up.

    Thank you Microsoft for encouraging more and more people every day to switch to macOS and Linux by constantly degrading the Windows Experience ❤

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-09-21T15:19:09+00:00

    Just adding a +1. RTX 3090 on latest official drivers with two active displays on Windows 10 latest updates. If the displays goes into sleep, when you wake the displays, the Always display all icons on both taskbars setting needs to be reset. Turning it on/off fixes it. Pretty annoying. I also think it started happening recently but not 100% sure as I recently discovered the option.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-09-16T14:26:50+00:00

    I'm having the same issue as well. It's driving me crazy as I often use those buttons on secondary monitor and I keep thinking the app must be closed.

    It started from an update around last month or so.

    currently on windows 10 pro 22H2 19045.4894

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