Why we can't move the taskbar in windows11. Can we bring the updates in this version, to move the taskbar position?

I couldn't agree more it as an awful decision that serves no purpose other than stroking the ego of whoever decided not to retain the oh so useful feature that has featured in previous editions of Windows for some time. Let us be clear, it is not just the inability to move it to the left, right or top of the screen but also to change the size so that you can have multiple rows of open windows (typically 2) if you want.

I don't like combining taskbars / stacking windows as it make the process of working with multiple files take that much longer - especially if you are looking at similar documents - it can be very hard to tell which is which.

I work on 3 screens and 2 of them are set up in portrait mode (why? what shape is your typical letter?), it is completely impossible to use the taskbar at the bottom of your screen when using portrait mode. Once you have a few basic apps pinned (Outlook, Word, Excel, OneNote, preferred browser, adobe, Teams etc.) and add in any particular software that you need - and you can't even fit all of your icons on the bottom of a portrait screen let alone actual full size tabs.

Here we are moving into an era when everything is supposed to be customisable so that people can work the way that they want and what does Microsoft do? They give us a taskbar you can't increase to double rows, you don't get the "use small icons" anymore, by default the icons are central but wow you can tell them to be aligned to the left like it used to be... so generous.

Surely the fact that over 45,000 people have reviewed this thread must be indicative that people are searching for why or how to do what they have always done and want to continue to do. There are many other similar threads going back basically since it Windows 11 was released. Here is one from December 2022 (https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-do-i-move-the-taskbar-to-the-top-of-the-screen/d105291a-43dd-45bc-abe3-0c929c8ff6a7) and that one has over 174,000 views.

We all know that most users don't search for these things or comment on them either, mainly the more IT literate users are the only ones that bother. That doesn't mean that those other users wouldn't like this functionality restored, for example many of my staff find it very frustrating.

Does anyone actually know why they decided to do this? https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-explains-why-you-cant-move-windows-11-taskbar 

Will they provide the functionality, well Microsoft have on several occasions said that not enough people have requested the functionality. Yet according to the above article from April 2022 it was already the most requested functionality on the forums. Clearly a lot of people have now requested it and want it back.

Perhaps the decision not to include it was a technical one and maybe overcoming that technical issue is harder than we appreciate (especially when they are looking at other methods of interaction with the taskbar beyond a simple keyboard and mouse), but if that is the case I am sure all the people that have requested it would understand as long as that explanation was followed by the words "we are working on it."

Please, everyone make sure you continue to use Feedback hub to push for this change. Microsoft post a reply which is glib and meaningless but at least they appear to respond.

However they have reset the upvote count so it is down to 540 when it used to be thousands. Even if you have done it before go back and check if you can do it again. The number needs to reflect how many are wanting the move taskbar feature restored.

I really hope Microsoft brings back the option of moving the Taskbar.

I'd like to join the mob about the taskbar being locked to the bottom of the screen. File Explorer has views, edits, all functions on the top . Excel, Word, Internet all function on the top. Locking the taskbar to the bottom is silly at best and an offense to efficiency at worst.

Do better, Microsoft.