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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
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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.
Hey Kyo,
Here is my graphics card and driver version info:
The date looked old, so I tried to automatically update to a newer version. Windows reports that the best driver is already installed. The taskbar issue is still currently ongoing.
If it helps, here is my monitor info as well. I have 2 of the same ASUS monitor, which also report as having the latest drivers:
Thanks,
I didn't do much more troubleshooting as another issue with Windows 10 Microsoft Store came up and after much frustration with Windows 10 I finally gave in and did an Windows Update upgrade to Windows 11. I'm not fully happy with Windows 11 either but it did fix this taskbar situation.
Probably not an ideal solution for most people, but maybe if you're already tired of Windows 10 give it a try.
Hi ccollins_was_taken,
Thank you for getting back to us.
Changes in the software environment are one possible direction.
We noticed that other community members added possibilities related to graphics drivers.
Would you mind sharing your observations on the current state with us?
Best Regards,
Kyo.Y - MSFT | Microsoft Community Technical Support
Same issues here with the same taskbar settings.
Device
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor 4.20 GHz
64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Windows
Edition Windows 10 Home
Version 22H2
Installed on 11/1/2020
OS build 19045.4780
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19060.1000.0
Here's a couple more things I've tried but had no luck fixing.
I uninstalled two of the last Windows updates - KB5043064 & KB5042097
Uninstalled all display drivers with DDU in safe mode and re-installed.
Issue also appears to happen when unplugging my second monitor and plugging it back in.
Another temporary workaround is to restart the explorer.exe process.
Edit: I tested creating a new local user account and that account did not have the issue.
