Tap on the Windows-key, type gpedit. The Windows Club released a free program for Windows 10, 8 and 7 that hides the taskbar using a hotkey. What's particularly interesting about it is that it hides the taskbar, but not the start button. You can download the program from the official website. The shortcut is Ctrl-Esc to toggle the taskbar's visibility. Autohide and move it to the top of the screen.
Windows defaults are always the wrong way around ;-. My taskbar is hidden on the left side. When I run the mouse cursor to the left edge, the taskbar should appear. Occasionally the taskbar refuses to appear. This always happens when one or more windows are open fullscreen. Most of the time the windows file explorer is involved.
It appears that the offending application is always on top, even though I have done nothing to make it so. If I minimize the windows that are open, the taskbar functions as expected again. If I do nothing with it, allow it to hide again and maximize the offending windows, the problem continues. However, if, while it is visible, I click on an empty space on the taskbar and then let it hide, I can open the previously minimized windows and the taskbar is now able to function normally again.
If you unlock the taskbar and then drag it to its maximum displayable width or height , it becomes much useful to show all the items it might hold, which can be considerable information if you take advantage of it.
Do not forget to lock the taskbar again when you are done customizing its content. Especially on laptops that extra centimeter does make a noticable difference. Perhaps it is just OCD for me. At work I always kept the toolbar hidden and on the left, this drove the people I worked with crazy. They could not use my workstation. And that is what I wanted. Of course, I also used a very dark blue Windows theme with chartreuse text. Many people actually liked that.
Regrettably, Windows 10 does not allow me that flexibility at home. Moving the taskbar to the top does not actually fix the problem, but it does allow you to see things like the status bar or bottom row of most apps. I have a different Windows 10 taskbar issue on my Lenovo X1 yoga. Every minute or so, the taskbar pops up for a second and then disappears for no apparent reason, in regular or tablet mode. Any thoughts on how to stop this annoyance?
Way to complicate! Thank you so much! I tried everything to get that pesky taskbar to hide itself, and nothing worked. I clicked on your link, and found the solution in less than 30 seconds. You my friend, are one of the unsung heroes in this world. This has been bugging me for years. Because doing two things under a single set of conditions is hard, you see. What a joke Microsoft is. You guys are the best. The troubleshooting instructions are easily understood and relevant to my system.
Thanks very much! Funny thing, I was having intermittent problems with the taskbar hiding itself and then refusing to do so until I pressed the windows key or any equivalent action. Then, it would disappear again. Contrary to what John evidently experienced above though, turning the autohide for tablet mode to ON seems to have solved the problem for me. Thank you all for this thread. That loses all of the File Explorer windows.
Did you try it before publishing that suggestion? Why should I have to do this at all? Windows is useless. Thanks for all the great information. Right-Click on the now-visible taskbar and select Taskbar Settings. Click on the 'Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode' toggle so that the option is disabled, or enable "Lock the taskbar". The taskbar should now be permanently visible. This thread is locked.
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How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User's post on November 17, Is the first step in customer service training to always ignore the original question? If you had bothered to look at the picture I posted, you would have seen that your solution is not even a possible scenario. In reply to Madwand 2 's post on November 17, I suggest you to follow the steps and check if it helps: 1.
Reboot Hope this helps in resolving the issue. User's post on November 29, Fixed it for a minute. But that's only because I rebooted, it's still disappearing. In reply to Madwand 2 's post on December 1, Hello, Thanks for the update on the issue. In some cases, the problem of the taskbar not auto-hiding is caused by system tray icons that do indicate when you need their attention, but are hidden from view.
Here, for example, the Slack app wants attention, but its icon is hidden on the page of extra apps you can only see if you click the little up arrow at the left side of the system tray.
All you need to do in this case is pop open that page and see if any apps need your attention. Click or right-click them and the taskbar should hide again.
You can also help alleviate this problem by dragging the icons for apps that occasionally call for attention down to the main area of the system tray where you can see them. This applies whether the app notifies you by flashing a regular taskbar button or a system tray icon. And it applies whether the notification is a badge on the icon or a balloon notification. If you can live without notifications from that app, you may be able to turn them off.
The trick is figuring out where to do that. For apps that notify you by flashing a taskbar button, there may be nothing you can do. Some apps flash their button at you if you try to close an unsaved document or if they need to install an add-on or update themselves. However, Windows also has a built-in way to control some of these types of notifications. Also, starting with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Windows 10 added a feature for letting apps display badges on taskbar buttons.
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