How to move taskbar to vertical position in windows 11?

ugh! wish i could still have the taskbar on the left side of my screen!

this is very very unfortunate. u CANT.

Use Start11 to customize the start menu with almost the exact same settings as windows 10: https://www.stardock.com/products/start11/ 

to revert to win10 taskbar, use StartAllBack to revert the taskbar to windows 10 with curved corners, do some consistency fixing within WIndows 11, and fix Windows Explorer: startallback.com

I wish having vertical task bar on the left side of the screen too.

Hi Daniel,

I'm Christine, a Windows user like you. I'll do my best to help you. I can see here that you would like into move your taskbar to vertical position. I feel you, there's a lot of users who are also looking for that option. However, please be informed that moving the taskbar is not yet available on Windows 11.

You may raise your feedback or suggestions to Microsoft via Feedback Hub:

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Thank you,

Christine L

DISCLAIMER: This is a public peer to peer community forum. We are not a Microsoft Employees and we don't have access with MS Tools. Thank you.

G'day,

I am not joking when I say that I had to retire when my office "upgraded" to Win 11.

• I've been a a high-functioning IT professional using Microsoft products since 1986.
• But now, I cannot use Windows 11 to get work done, because
  • I regularly have 30-40 files open among 6 to 10 applications (on 3 screens).
  • the cognitive overload when switching contexts tires me out within minutes.
  • The restrictions on the Win 11 start bar have crippled by ability to manage this.
• Going back to Win 10 start bar in my home projects solved the issue.

I have been involved with studies on worker's personal productivity when using different Windows configurations.

Once a knowledge worker becomes comfortable with the vertical task bar, unstacked and with file names, their productivity significantly improves.

The converse is also true.

This is why the earlier Windows designers made the great decisions they did and provided the vertical start bar.

Additionally,

• Vertical bars are a better utilization of modern wider screen space.
• The vertical start-bar allows us to see a grouped list of the application AND file-names being worked on (if you un-stack the icon).
  • The file names do not move relative positions on the task-bar while they are open.
  • So the user does not need to break flow to search through pop-up screen pics.
  • A single click switches context. No mental effort required.
• The bar can be set up between two monitors, meaning mouse movement path to the target file is reduced on average.
• All of this significantly reduces the cognitive load when navigating.

Of course, Windows users that only have a couple of apps and files open at a time are not affected.

But, they should not dictate the direction of this important, iconic software!

Please Microsoft... your designers got the designs correct in the 90s.

Please, please, please! bring these excellent ideas back to the product.

Thanks,

Mike