I have the same issue, it's been driving me insane for the past week or so...
"Show taskbar buttons on: All Taskbars" setting keeps resetting on sleep
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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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Anonymous
2024-10-24T23:34:31+00:00 -
Anonymous
2024-10-24T12:49:29+00:00 Still broken as of KB5045594 on 10/22/24.
Can consistently replicate issue by disconnecting displayport monitor and plugging it back in.
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Anonymous
2024-10-21T20:02:26+00:00 Driver update directly from NVIDIA website did NOT fix the issue. After restarting with the News setting turned off, I am back to having my bugged taskbar on the second monitor.
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Anonymous
2024-10-18T01:27:42+00:00 Running into a variation of this issue, if a new monitor is connected. The new monitor always appears to be set to "Taskbar where window is open" instead of propagating the "All Taskbars" setting. Changing the "Show Taskbar buttons on" to a different value and then back fixes the issue. I have to swap HDMI ports to use a VR headset so II have to do this VERY often and it's getting frustrating.
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Anonymous
2024-10-16T20:53:40+00:00 In my original post, when I said "reset" I just meant that the problem persists after I restart my PC or shut down and then boot it back up.
When visiting the NVIDIA site directly, I did find a newer driver version, below:
Driver: GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
GeForce Game Ready Driver - WHQL Driver Version: 565.90 - Release Date: Tue Oct 01, 2024
which I have now installed. I have been using the "News Widget Workaround" others mentioned in the thread, which has been working for me. Now that I've updated, I will disable the widget and restart. If the issue happens again after that point, which I suspect it will, I will try making another user profile and then follow up again.
Thanks,
- C