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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.
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I use multiple monitors and it was a major efficiency gain for me to pin my taskbar vertically in the middle of my 2 screens. It meant that it was always in the center of my vision which helped when switching between everything and limited the amount I have to move my mouse. Please, please, please allow us to customize the location of the bar. I wish I could roll back to Windows 10 for that functionality alone!
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
In case anyone else is interested in this stardock "Start11" recommendation, don't waste your time - there is no option for a vertical taskbar, only to move it to the top or bottom of the screen.
Hi Microsoft,
If you see this, I would also please like the option for the vertical taskbar back! Thank you!
100%. I typically have 10 to 20 windows/apps open. The horizontal task bar is absolutely useless when attempting to identify what window is what. This reduction in capability will keep me from upgrading as long as possible. I only found out since my government issue laptop updated. I guess I'll simply keep windows 10 at least until Oct 25.
To support the statements above.. this is not a hyperbolic complaint. The amount of work and context switching I need to do would make 90% of the population cry. This is a major handicap.
Fingers crossed someone will come up with a 3rd party solution.
"ALT-TAB" is a half-way solution for anyone looking for a consolation prize.
Windows is telling me to upgrade to 11 from 10 and the only reason I have not is because of this lack of feature. It still appears that they have not added it back.
