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
    2022-05-11T21:23:26+00:00

    I'm in the "single monitor" camp: Whenever the computer comes back from "sleep mode", a small window stating "A toolbar is already hidden on this side of your screen. You can have only one auto-hide toolbar per side." appears, the taskbar is visible at the bottom of the screen and the auto-hide option in "taskbar settings" has been unchecked.

    First off, I have NO other taskbars or toolbars enabled - it's just the plain old Windows 11 desktop.

    Second, how long will it take someone from Microsoft to address this issue?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-12T20:55:55+00:00

    I should also add that my laptop is also doing this along with my laptop. Does this behavior exist on the DEV version of W11?

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-05-22T09:59:18+00:00

    Hi seniorwilburr,

    To specify a left taskbar alignment, do the following:

    1. Right-click on the taskbar.
    2. Click on "Taskbar settings".
    3. Scroll down to "Taskbar Behaviors"
    4. The first item allows you to align the taskbar to the left, center, or right.

    For me, I have 16 items there that I use literally all the time, so it wouldn't help me.

    Hope that helps!

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-05-22T10:04:30+00:00

    It appears that MS Support is no longer interested in helping through this channel.

    A few posts ago, they encouraged someone to call $upport or Chat, which is not a kudo-generating reply. Afterwards, they haven't posted again.

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