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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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You're right, my mistake! About 1 more year of support. Still, having rollback instructions in the thread is good for folks who want to go that route.
Who knows if or when they'll ever prioritize fixing this - it's been months. I'm joining the tin foil hat gang that think they added or are leaving this bug in to punish us for not buying the newer version we don't want. :)
+1 I also have the issue.
My current work around is a bat file that I made:
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
start explorer.exe
exit
I put the bat file in my shell:startup so it boots on launch so it fixes it for now.
This is my windows version:
Windows 10 Pro
22H2
19045.5247
Device
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor 3.60 GHz
ccollins,
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.
Wanted to note that this also works for me, although its obviously not a fix. May assist in troubleshooting.
All of the icons that should be displayed appear instantly after I unpin one of the windows displayed on the affected monitor.
For me I get this consistently when a screen is disconnected and reconnected. This seems to include when screens sleep. It also seems to happen when switching to a fullscreen application like a game. Anything that changes the display significantly causes the problem.
