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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    Anonymous
    2022-01-11T16:31:42+00:00

    Hello JamesH.

    Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We appreciate that you've taken the time to post your concern here in Microsoft Community Forum**.**   

    I understand that you are having an issue with your taskbar in your Windows 11 OS. Let's work together and find the best fix for the issue.

    Here are the steps on how to disable Auto-hide taskbar Setting like as follows:

    • Go to Settings.
    • Select the Personalization
    • Go to the Taskbar option
    • Click on Taskbar behavior option
    • Then uncheck the Automatically hide the taskbar option.
    • Then Restart the PC

    With respect,    

    Jason Guer 

    M365 Forum Moderator

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    Anonymous
    2022-01-17T14:56:41+00:00

    Hi JamesH.

    We have noticed that you haven’t replied to our last responses. We would like to know if the issue you have raised to us still on-going. If yes, please reply back so we can continue troubleshooting your concern.   

    For more updates and support, you can also follow our office YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Microsoft   

    Respectfully,    

    Jason Guer,

    M365 Forum Moderator

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-01-21T07:36:45+00:00

    I have the exact same issue like the topic opener. Your answer, dear Microsoft support, does not help at all. You describe how to disable the auto-hide feature. That is not our issue. Did you read the topic openers description? We have the following issue:

    We enable the auto-hide feature and we know how to do it in the settings and we want it to stay enabled. But Windows does not remember the setting after it goes to sleep or after rebooting. The auto-hide feature is always disabled again by windows itself. The user permanently has to re-enable the feature in the setting. Like the topic owner i also use a dual monitor setup. Please accept this as being a bug and forward it to the developers so it can be solved.

    Thanks and best regards

    Juergen

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-01T22:46:44+00:00

    He didn't want to disable the setting!!! He wants it to stay checked.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-01T22:49:37+00:00

    Thanks for actually reading the original post and posting a smart reply! I have the same issue and wonder if I will revert to Win 10. The taskbar takes away lots of screen real estate that I need.

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