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
    2025-07-03T06:44:39+00:00

    Use this command if it dosent work REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v TaskbarAutoHide /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f then reboot

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-06-23T10:04:40+00:00

    I think it might have been polite to explain to us in the first place that they had no intention of making right their outrageous decision to change a perfectly good working technology for this folly, and that we would have to wait for Windows 12! (... I assume, as I've had no news to the contrary). But maybe that would have caused a mass exodus to Apple...

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-06-06T15:00:28+00:00

    this one sound valid, I almost never use task bar on 2nd monitor anyway

    BTW Have any one ever actually got issue solved on microsoft forum? i feel like they always reply without reading the OP's problems.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-05-26T01:22:29+00:00

    So 12 is about to be released?

    I agree, MS sucks azz & not clean azz! 💩

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-05-17T21:38:51+00:00

    I thought this was a nice idea/work around and wanted to make an addition. First I believe this is an issue with displayport only not hdmi. I have 2 monitors using dp connections. This is the way I set this up to be more automated. I did not read ALL the comments so if someone else already recommended this, apologies.

    1. set windows to autolock after 10 minutes using secpol
    2. create a scheduled task that triggers on computer unlock to run your script

    This is the workflow

    1. Idle 10 min, screen locks
    2. screen locks 1 min and display goes to sleep by default
    3. Come back, login, script runs

    I have noticed that the error that disables the autohide does not always occur, but automating this will ensure that if it does, the system will correct itself. Still may have to close the error dialog.

    Also I only just set this up and I haven't received the error yet, but assume this should work until the bug is resolved.

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