"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
    2024-11-18T16:12:50+00:00

    Any headway on this problem? i've been having it for a while now too. September sounds about right.

    this seems to happen when:

    if windows puts the monitors to sleep

    if you turn your monitor on/off either by unplugging the display port or power cycle.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-22T09:08:55+00:00

    Turning News and Interests on might fix it for some, but that definitely does nothing for me, so that's also not a definitive thing.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-24T05:00:02+00:00

    I've been having the same issue on my personal desktop. If a bug has been opened, feel free to pm me to pass along my contact info - I can help provide logs / any useful information if needed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-27T08:10:44+00:00

    How do we know if a bug has been opened for this?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-12-03T19:23:32+00:00

    I can confirm this is not specific to NVidia drivers or AMD processors. This has been happening on my desktop and laptop for the last few months and it's been a huge pain to open to Taskbar settings and toggle this on and off several times per day.

    System Info:

    Laptop:

    • OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 10.0.19045 Build 19045
    • CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz, 1992 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
    • GPU1: Radeon 500 Series
    • GPU2: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620

    Desktop:

    • OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, 10.0.19045 Build 19045
    • CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor, 3701 Mhz, 12 Core(s), 24 Logical Processor(s)
    • GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

    I have mostly the same Taskbar Settings on both. Italicized options aren't selectable but I figure I should mention them:

    • Lock Taskbar: ON
    • Auto-hide Desktop/Tablet: Both OFF
    • Small Buttons: ON
    • Peek: OFF
    • Replace CMD with PS: OFF desktop, ON laptop
    • [Badges: Off]
    • Location: Bottom
    • Combine: Always, hide labels
    • Show on all displays: ON
    • Taskbar buttons: All taskbars
    • Combine buttons on other taskbars: Always, hide labels
    • Show news: Off
    • [News = Icon and text, Hover news OFF, Reduce updates OFF]

    Description of problem:

    Whenever a new display is connected (in my case, laptop is plugged into second monitor, or desktop's DisplayPort monitor is turned on) Windows behaves as though I have "Multiple Displays > Show taskbar buttons on" set to "Main taskbar and taskbar where window is open" instead of my actual selection of "All taskbars".

    It seems to specifically be when a display is attached, and doesn't make this change when it's detached.

    The selected option in Taskbar Settings doesn't change.

    Contrary to someone else's suggestion, activating "Show news and interests on the taskbar" did not affect this for me.

    These are the only options I've found that can temporarily correct it, no other Taskbar Settings seemed to make a difference:

    • Toggling "Show taskbar on all displays" off and on
    • Switching the selection under "Multiple Displays > Show taskbar buttons on" and switching it back
    • Restarting Windows Explorer (or restarting the computer, which would also do this)

    Each of these will bring icons back to all my displays, but then if a display is connected, it resets and hides my task icons again on secondary displays.

    Please let me know if anything else would be useful to know.

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