Window 11 taskbar auto-hide turning off

Anonymous
2022-01-10T23:43:57+00:00

I switched to Windows 11 a few weeks ago, and ever since then, the taskbar auto-hide quits working when the computer comes out of Sleep mode. I have to be away from the computer for a while before it will happen, and I believe it has something to do with me running dual monitors. When I wake my computer, my secondary monitor appears to come up faster than my primary by just a fraction. Once my primary is on, there is a message saying something about the taskbar already being hidden (I think) and the taskbar on my primary monitor has the taskbar up. When I go to Taskbar Behaviors, 'Automatically hide the taskbar' is no longer checked. I'll select it again, and it will work fine until the system goes back into Sleep mode for a while, again.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-11T20:48:54+00:00

    I have been dealing with this for what seems like forever. I am using a SINGLE monitor (Samsung TV) Some days I have to reset the auto-hide several times. In conversations with Microsoft they have suggested out a few "fixes" that don't. I am running 23H2 version as I was advised to configure to run the Windows 11 Insider Preview 10.0.22635.3858 (ni_release) None of the advice or insider updates have resolved the problem and I have already wasted too much time with Microsoft support.

    I also have two other Windows 11 units that have NOT had the issue. Those are notebooks.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-31T10:30:08+00:00

    No it's not! I've been complaining about this since I got the upgrade right at the beginning, and I've lost count of how many times I've come onto here to stress that it doesn't always affect only multi-screens. My multi-screen set-up now seems to have settled to working on my main laptop but not disappearing on the second screen - annoying, but what can I do? My separate laptop is not in use much now, but had the same recurring problem many times when I was using it regularly.

    I came to the conclusion long ago that microsoft made a complete booboo by changing the technology in windows 11, but has been in denial for that long that it's not about to crawl out of the woodwork and admit it now. Let's just hope they've been listening, and if we get a windows 12, maybe they'll have learnt their lesson.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-05T12:46:32+00:00

    Well, I suppose there is if you can locate the actual registry entry. You could then add an entry in the good old "Autoexec.bat" file to re-insert the correct value. But I'd rather have MS develop a real solution.

    Hey MS - if you're listening, we would like a feature that PERMANENTLY hides the task bar UNLESS you hit the Windows button. How about that?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-25T17:53:28+00:00

    You would think that for as long as this issue has been reported that MS would've already done something to address it.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-15T15:25:52+00:00

    It's absurd this has not been fixed yet. I found some simple c++ code to toggle autohide.

    I have created an executable with CMake, which can be downloaded from github.

    Its a simple app that you can keep on your desktop (or anywhere), open it to toggle autohide.

    Link to Repo / Code - https://github.com/Ayandaftary/ToggleAutoHide

    Direct Download - https://github.com/Ayandaftary/ToggleAutoHide/releases/download/Release/AutoHide_Taskbar.exe

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