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

Hello Kyo, our hero.

I'm back to follow-up again since I was the original poster. Just wanted to +1 what other folks are saying: the issue is still happening, and no alternate accounts, driver updates, etc seem to resolve it. In addition, I would also like to +1 what people are saying that the "enable News and Interests" workaround is also no longer working. The community now has no way to avoid this bug :(

Any chance a fix is in the works on the MSFT Windows team's side?

Best,

• C

Sorry for the double-post. I read online that Windows 10 support ended as of 10/14, so I suspect we won't be getting a fix. Alternatively, would it be possible to point us to a previous version before the bug was introduced? I would be happy to rollback to get my taskbars working again!

Hi ccollins_was_taken,

Thank you for reminding us.

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If you do wish to restore your device to a relatively early version, usually a system restore or uninstalling an update are common options.

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• In the Restore system files and settings box, select Next
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I read online that Windows 10 support ended as of 10/14, so I suspect we won't be getting a fix.

I believe support ends that date next year, no?

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.

Can you also confirm another option that temporarily fixes it:

Have a window open of a program connected to the taskbar and while it's open unpin and re-pin it to the taskbar. For some reason that's another option that works for me.