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
    2022-12-14T23:57:46+00:00

    I had the same issue.

    SOLUTION for me was uncheck "Show badges (unread messages counter) on taskbar apps" which appears directly below "Automatically hide the taskbar" in preferences.

    You can check that this has worked for you by restarting Windows Explorer in Task Manager.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-14T23:55:09+00:00

    Hello Jason Guer

    I understand that you are trying to respond to the query by JamesH.

    I understand that you didn't actually read his question and you didn't actually understand it.

    I understand that your response was useless because of that.

    With the respect you deserve,

    A person who had the same issue.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-02T21:39:18+00:00

    Here is what happens after plugging back in my monitors from my 4K tv, i get this error message and then the Auto-Hide taskbar UN-checks itself lol

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-11-28T20:01:26+00:00

    I have been having this same problem and no update seems to fix it.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-11-06T18:12:09+00:00

    After latest update on Windows 11 on laptop, single screen same is happening to me?

    After restart etc autohide is gone, I have to restart explorer to get it working??

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