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
    2022-12-07T19:24:13+00:00

    There is no answer! For my part, I'm glad everyone is posting the same problem. Maybe one day Microsoft will actually come out of hiding and tell us why this problem hasn't been solved. I moved to win11 in December last year, and we're still waiting...

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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
    2022-12-14T23:57:46+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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  4. Anonymous
    2022-12-15T00:14:02+00:00

    This is my solution so far, I've posted I have had this issue for a while, but I wound up finding a cleaner solution at least for me with my dual monitor setup & TV. Instead of unplugging my two monitors and plugging into my TV and vice versa every time I want to switch screens to play my games in the other room and have this error occur. I wound up finding a great program on SourceForge called "Monitor Profile Switcher".

    It lets me switch between a profile of having my monitors on and switch over to my TV without having to plug & unplug cables. The error does not seem to pop up, and the profiles/toggle shows up right at the bottom right of the taskbar.

    Here is the link to the SourceForge page if anyone is interested. Works great for me so far with my setup!

    Monitor Switcher SourceForge

    Edit: It doesn't fix the bug, but does make switching screens alot easier.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-12-20T17:52:40+00:00

    I'm just amazed that in all my 40 years of life that Microsoft has never actually given an answer that actually helps anyone. Take this question. They didn't even read the question, gave some response to a question that literally no one asked, then just vanished into thin air never to be heard from again

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