How to move taskbar to vertical position in windows 11?

Anonymous
2023-04-14T02:18:58+00:00

How do I move the task bar from horizontal position to vertical position? Company just installed windows 11 and I can't seem to figure out how to move it.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Display and graphics

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-10T13:36:41+00:00

    If you have admin rights on your PC, "Open-Shell Menu" works great. Haven't had any issues since I installed it on my home PC. Does exactly what you need and so much more.

    If only there was a way to install it on my work machine.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-10T13:23:37+00:00

    That's awesome, but I cant use third party at work...

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-09T14:43:39+00:00

    Totally agree with you but what we can do? This topic is almost 2 years old. For me its clear that MS just doesn't want to restore vertical taskbar, its their intention. I dont understand their reasons. I think at some point in the future somebody will develop windows shell (now its explorer) replacement.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-09T13:09:33+00:00

    They didn't just remove it accidentally and merely fail to bring it back - they actively fight against 3rd parties trying to do so.

    I also preferred the Windows 10 Explorer context menues and personally liked the Win10 tiled Start Menu.

    Instead of keeping these options as opt-in features they hid them away or - as for the Start Menu - removed it entirely with 2H24.

    All of these features (and more) can be brought back via ExplorerPatcher but M$ does not like that at all.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-09T10:58:55+00:00

    What you need to understand Pierre is that Microsoft is a small independent company with limited resources, and time has only shown them that the return on investment they get from the Windows eco system is precariously marginal at the best of times. They didn't get where they are today thanks to their ubiquitous workstation operating system. Times are hard. It takes a lot of money to develop they AI they are going to need in order to make your very existence, optional.

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