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
    2025-04-29T00:19:33+00:00

    April 28, 2025 and this is still an issue!!! Mine does it complete random. saves some times, then one day will randomly uncheck and stay on top instead of auto hiding. 🤦‍♂️

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-04-26T11:37:20+00:00

    sir can you fixt

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-04-26T11:36:31+00:00

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-04-25T13:29:45+00:00

    My taskbar's autohide settings fail and my Desktop icons get rearranged after Windows 11 (24H2) is put to sleep. I get the following error:

    A toolbar is already hidden on this side of your screen.
    You can have only one auto-hide toolbar per side.

    It's no solution, just a workaround, but I've created a Batch file (.BAT):

    @echo offpowershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& {$p='HKCU:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects3';$v=(Get-ItemProperty -Path $p).Settings;$v[8]=3;Set-ItemProperty -Path $p -Name Settings -Value $v;Stop-Process -f -ProcessName explorer}"

    and then made a shortcut. If you put 'explorer' under Target (Startpage.com for detailed info) it's possible to add this shortcut to the Taskbar. I only have to click it and Taskbar will be set to autohide again and my Desktop icons are back where they were.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-03-21T10:44:44+00:00

    I get this when waking up laptop connected to monitor via HDMI. An information window appears titled "Taskbar" with the message "A toolbar is already hidden on this side of your screen. You can have only one auto-hide toolbar per side."

    After this, "Automatically hide the taskbar" is unchecked in the taskbar settings.

    This is very frustrating and the top answer is not a solution.

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