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
    2022-02-04T07:22:52+00:00

    Hi Sumit,

    thanks for your reply. I assume that the update has been installed on my system as my OS build says 22000.469 and the optional updates section in the system preferences tells me that there are no further optional updates available.

    But the issue remains the same. I can enable Auto-hide on my main display but each time i reboot windows the feature is disabled again. In my case the windows main display is on monitor 2 (the number given by the graphics card automatically) and monitor 1 (by graphics card hardware count) is my windows secondary screen. Maybe this infacts the issue as well? Although this has never been an issue in Windows 10 maybe Windows 11 relies more on the hardware side given numbering of the displays? Unfortunately in my casa i cannot change the wiring because i only have one DP on my graphics card and the rest hdmi and i need the DP to serve my windows secondary display.

    Maybe these information help to find a solution or at least give other people with the same issue an idea for a workaround.

    Best regards

    Juergen

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  2. Sumit 44,226 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-02-03T16:03:11+00:00

    Hi James and all, some improvements with auto-hide are live in 22000.469 optional update. Have you tried installing it?

    January 25, 2022—KB5008353 (OS Build 22000.469) Preview (microsoft.com)

    • Updates an issue that affects the auto-hide feature of the taskbar. The taskbar might not reliably appear when you hover over the primary or secondary display.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-03T15:28:26+00:00

    Hello JamesH.

    Thank you for getting back to us!

    My apology for the late response. In order for us to have a thorough investigation of the issue, we recommend that you contact support via chat or phone, as they have tools to help you such as remote access and could exhaust all possible troubleshooting steps that could also help us resolve the issue.

    Use this Web site: Contact Microsoft Support

    Note: Please select Windows category.

    Respectfully,    

    Jason Guer 

    M365 Forum Moderator

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-03T15:14:43+00:00

    Same problem, auto-hide turning off by itself, please respond.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-01T23:47:21+00:00

    Just like the other users on this chain, I am having the same problem, and for me it also seems to be connected to using a dual monitor setup. I would love an update on this bug so that I don't have to turn the "automatically hide taskbar" setting on multiple times a day.

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