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
    2022-10-02T16:53:32+00:00

    Same issue. I also have a dual monitor setup

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-28T12:50:03+00:00

    I've just started getting this bug the other day, like other users I have dual monitors and the issue pops up every time I turn on or wake up the computer. this is a really irritating bug and it only started happening with my last update as far as I can tell.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-17T09:48:03+00:00

    Thank you - I'm glad to hear there is a way, though I think I'll leave the registry setting for now, but bear it in mind - haven't a lot of time for fiddling around right now.

    Yes, I too have had no problems with dual monitors - although I do still have Teams installed.

    It's my single screen independent laptop that won't play the game. It would be really good if Microsoft decided to come clean on this and tell us their future plans. I installed in December, and it's already nearing the end of September. Surely that's long enough to wait for an answer.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-09-16T14:08:28+00:00

    There is a registry setting to bring back the small icons, though it does mess up the date on the right side of the task bar (bottom part of the date is off the screen). I don't remember what the setting is.

    It's been a few months now, but ever since I uninstalled Teams, I've not had the taskbar issue, and I am using dual monitors with auto-hide.

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