Windows 10 Taskbar is not “Always on Top”
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My taskbar does not stay on top of applications, even when they are not full screen. As you can seen in the cropped screenshot below, the non-maximized windows are on top of the taskbar.
- All applications are showing up on top of the taskbar, not just a specific application, such as Microsoft Word
- If I maximize a window, it does size correctly - the bottom of the maximized window touches the top of the taskbar
In my googling, I've only found instances of people trying to go the other way (they want to disable Always on Top), or people talking about the taskbar being on top of full screen applications such has video games or movies. I found that the ability to toggle "Always on Top" was removed in Windows 7 and the behavior should be that the taskbar is always on top, but that is not the behavior I'm getting. I can't think of any application I may have installed that would change this behavior.
The closest SuperUser question I can find is this one, but the solutions there didn't work for me.
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asked Jan 5 '17 at 23:13
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My taskbar does not stay on top of applications, even when they are not full screen. As you can seen in the cropped screenshot below, the non-maximized windows are on top of the taskbar.
- All applications are showing up on top of the taskbar, not just a specific application, such as Microsoft Word
- If I maximize a window, it does size correctly - the bottom of the maximized window touches the top of the taskbar
In my googling, I've only found instances of people trying to go the other way (they want to disable Always on Top), or people talking about the taskbar being on top of full screen applications such has video games or movies. I found that the ability to toggle "Always on Top" was removed in Windows 7 and the behavior should be that the taskbar is always on top, but that is not the behavior I'm getting. I can't think of any application I may have installed that would change this behavior.
The closest SuperUser question I can find is this one, but the solutions there didn't work for me.
windows-10 taskbar
asked Jan 5 '17 at 23:13
tehDorf
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Are you using any display-changing plugins or applications. Things like alternate start menus or the like?
– music2myear
Jan 5 '17 at 23:49
Did you check this post?
– Asme Just
Jan 6 '17 at 1:30
@music2myear I couldn't think of any, but I may need to review my "Programs and Features" list to see if I've forgotten about anything. The last answer in the post I linked to listed a couple of applications, but the last bullet was something like "or it could be any application, really" :/
– tehDorf
Jan 6 '17 at 1:37
@AsmeJust I checked out your link, but I don't see how it is relevant. My taskbar is not set to Auto-hide and I do want it to be always on top. Did you misread my question?
– tehDorf
Jan 6 '17 at 1:42
1
Well, Windows 10 as SOOO many weird behavior I never saw in Windows 7 or even in Windows 8.
– Asme Just
Jan 6 '17 at 1:47
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up vote
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My taskbar does not stay on top of applications, even when they are not full screen. As you can seen in the cropped screenshot below, the non-maximized windows are on top of the taskbar.
- All applications are showing up on top of the taskbar, not just a specific application, such as Microsoft Word
- If I maximize a window, it does size correctly - the bottom of the maximized window touches the top of the taskbar
In my googling, I've only found instances of people trying to go the other way (they want to disable Always on Top), or people talking about the taskbar being on top of full screen applications such has video games or movies. I found that the ability to toggle "Always on Top" was removed in Windows 7 and the behavior should be that the taskbar is always on top, but that is not the behavior I'm getting. I can't think of any application I may have installed that would change this behavior.
The closest SuperUser question I can find is this one, but the solutions there didn't work for me.
windows-10 taskbar
asked Jan 5 '17 at 23:13
tehDorf
4123618
My taskbar does not stay on top of applications, even when they are not full screen. As you can seen in the cropped screenshot below, the non-maximized windows are on top of the taskbar.
- All applications are showing up on top of the taskbar, not just a specific application, such as Microsoft Word
- If I maximize a window, it does size correctly - the bottom of the maximized window touches the top of the taskbar
In my googling, I've only found instances of people trying to go the other way (they want to disable Always on Top), or people talking about the taskbar being on top of full screen applications such has video games or movies. I found that the ability to toggle "Always on Top" was removed in Windows 7 and the behavior should be that the taskbar is always on top, but that is not the behavior I'm getting. I can't think of any application I may have installed that would change this behavior.
The closest SuperUser question I can find is this one, but the solutions there didn't work for me.
windows-10 taskbar
windows-10 taskbar
asked Jan 5 '17 at 23:13
tehDorf
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asked Jan 5 '17 at 23:13
tehDorf
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asked Jan 5 '17 at 23:13
tehDorf
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asked Jan 5 '17 at 23:13
tehDorf
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asked Jan 5 '17 at 23:13
tehDorf
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Are you using any display-changing plugins or applications. Things like alternate start menus or the like?
– music2myear
Jan 5 '17 at 23:49
Did you check this post?
– Asme Just
Jan 6 '17 at 1:30
@music2myear I couldn't think of any, but I may need to review my "Programs and Features" list to see if I've forgotten about anything. The last answer in the post I linked to listed a couple of applications, but the last bullet was something like "or it could be any application, really" :/
– tehDorf
Jan 6 '17 at 1:37
@AsmeJust I checked out your link, but I don't see how it is relevant. My taskbar is not set to Auto-hide and I do want it to be always on top. Did you misread my question?
– tehDorf
Jan 6 '17 at 1:42
1
Well, Windows 10 as SOOO many weird behavior I never saw in Windows 7 or even in Windows 8.
– Asme Just
Jan 6 '17 at 1:47
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Are you using any display-changing plugins or applications. Things like alternate start menus or the like?
– music2myear
Jan 5 '17 at 23:49
Did you check this post?
– Asme Just
Jan 6 '17 at 1:30
@music2myear I couldn't think of any, but I may need to review my "Programs and Features" list to see if I've forgotten about anything. The last answer in the post I linked to listed a couple of applications, but the last bullet was something like "or it could be any application, really" :/
– tehDorf
Jan 6 '17 at 1:37
@AsmeJust I checked out your link, but I don't see how it is relevant. My taskbar is not set to Auto-hide and I do want it to be always on top. Did you misread my question?
– tehDorf
Jan 6 '17 at 1:42
1
Well, Windows 10 as SOOO many weird behavior I never saw in Windows 7 or even in Windows 8.
– Asme Just
Jan 6 '17 at 1:47
Are you using any display-changing plugins or applications. Things like alternate start menus or the like?
– music2myear
Jan 5 '17 at 23:49
Are you using any display-changing plugins or applications. Things like alternate start menus or the like?
– music2myear
Jan 5 '17 at 23:49
Did you check this post?
– Asme Just
Jan 6 '17 at 1:30
Did you check this post?
– Asme Just
Jan 6 '17 at 1:30
@music2myear I couldn't think of any, but I may need to review my "Programs and Features" list to see if I've forgotten about anything. The last answer in the post I linked to listed a couple of applications, but the last bullet was something like "or it could be any application, really" :/
– tehDorf
Jan 6 '17 at 1:37
@music2myear I couldn't think of any, but I may need to review my "Programs and Features" list to see if I've forgotten about anything. The last answer in the post I linked to listed a couple of applications, but the last bullet was something like "or it could be any application, really" :/
– tehDorf
Jan 6 '17 at 1:37
@AsmeJust I checked out your link, but I don't see how it is relevant. My taskbar is not set to Auto-hide and I do want it to be always on top. Did you misread my question?
– tehDorf
Jan 6 '17 at 1:42
@AsmeJust I checked out your link, but I don't see how it is relevant. My taskbar is not set to Auto-hide and I do want it to be always on top. Did you misread my question?
– tehDorf
Jan 6 '17 at 1:42
1
1
Well, Windows 10 as SOOO many weird behavior I never saw in Windows 7 or even in Windows 8.
– Asme Just
Jan 6 '17 at 1:47
Well, Windows 10 as SOOO many weird behavior I never saw in Windows 7 or even in Windows 8.
– Asme Just
Jan 6 '17 at 1:47
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Ok, so I fixed this for myself just now. All I did was right click the task bar, go to properties and set it to show at the top of the screen. Then I set it back to the bottom and now it works like it used to.
edited Jul 12 '17 at 3:30
Ramhound
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answered Jul 11 '17 at 23:47
Steakzilla
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You might add more detail, screen shots, etc. of what you did as it does not seem clear based on reading this answer.
– Pimp Juice IT
Jul 12 '17 at 0:53
Welcome to superuser: While this answers the question,(you need to accept it) it would be a better answer if you could provide some explanation why your solution works with detail and an easy to follow instructions. If you feel your answer is correct do these things and re-edit. Please take a couple of minutes and read:- superuser.com/help .Answering: superuser.com/help/how-to-answer, again welcome to superuser.Thankyou
– mic84
Jul 12 '17 at 1:42
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Had exactly same issue, mine was caused by Nvidia shadowplay desktop capture, turn it off
answered Jul 27 '17 at 16:06
randomguy
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thanks ya turning off in-game overlay in nvidia experience fixed this for me
– Rakka Rage
Feb 16 at 15:32
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I've had this issue before many times and it drives me insane... Maybe try doing this and seeing if it helps you.
Whenever you start having the issue, open Task Manager, and look for "File Explorer", just click on it and press restart in the bottom right. It's not a permanent solution that I know ofthough i haven't had any issues since.
Maybe even restarting the computer after restarting file manager would do something for you ¯_(ツ)_/¯
This might help a bit :)
answered Jul 12 '17 at 3:49
Scott Chiste
11
You may want to try ending the process of DWM [Desktop Windows Manager), of which will cause a desktop redraw to occur. That's more preferred to restarting Explorer, as doing so also ends many processes that were started by Explorer at login, of which are not restarted automatically following a restart of Explorer.
– JW0914
Jul 12 '17 at 4:19
I believe you meant "Windows Explorer" (which operates the TaskBar). But in any case, this did not resolve it for me.
– kmote
Sep 27 '17 at 15:51
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I tried setting Taskbar to the top of the screen, then changing it back to the bottom of the screen, and that fixed it! Taskbar is now always on top. Yay. Don't know if it will persist after restart.
answered Sep 25 '17 at 19:02
Don N.
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Incase more people still have this issue.
Quite often I find that simply right clicking an empty space on the task bar fixed this.
Minimise all but 1 window / program and move / change the height so that it covers half of the task bar, then hover over the task bar and right click on the bit you can see, for me this fixes it 9 times out of 10.
I noticed the issue usually occurs if explorer.exe has crashed or had an accident.
Another potential option is to open task manager and kill explorer.exe and then restart it. Sometimes has to be done a couple times.
answered Mar 9 at 13:18
Greg
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FIXED for me - I noticed the bottom few rows of pixels were missing off the bottom of the screen. The mouse was stopping at the last row of pixels, not disappearing down to where the taskbar would be. There was apparently a problem with my screen resolution or registration.
I changed my screen resolution, then changed it back to the recommended setting (native resolution) and my taskbar is now accessible!
answered Apr 12 at 9:20
Gary Adelaide
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I have used the option Cascade Windows. on the tool bar menu and it worked. the toolbar is under the application.
answered Nov 20 at 8:00
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Ok, so I fixed this for myself just now. All I did was right click the task bar, go to properties and set it to show at the top of the screen. Then I set it back to the bottom and now it works like it used to.
edited Jul 12 '17 at 3:30
Ramhound
19.1k156083
answered Jul 11 '17 at 23:47
Steakzilla
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You might add more detail, screen shots, etc. of what you did as it does not seem clear based on reading this answer.
– Pimp Juice IT
Jul 12 '17 at 0:53
Welcome to superuser: While this answers the question,(you need to accept it) it would be a better answer if you could provide some explanation why your solution works with detail and an easy to follow instructions. If you feel your answer is correct do these things and re-edit. Please take a couple of minutes and read:- superuser.com/help .Answering: superuser.com/help/how-to-answer, again welcome to superuser.Thankyou
– mic84
Jul 12 '17 at 1:42
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Ok, so I fixed this for myself just now. All I did was right click the task bar, go to properties and set it to show at the top of the screen. Then I set it back to the bottom and now it works like it used to.
edited Jul 12 '17 at 3:30
Ramhound
19.1k156083
answered Jul 11 '17 at 23:47
Steakzilla
413
You might add more detail, screen shots, etc. of what you did as it does not seem clear based on reading this answer.
– Pimp Juice IT
Jul 12 '17 at 0:53
Welcome to superuser: While this answers the question,(you need to accept it) it would be a better answer if you could provide some explanation why your solution works with detail and an easy to follow instructions. If you feel your answer is correct do these things and re-edit. Please take a couple of minutes and read:- superuser.com/help .Answering: superuser.com/help/how-to-answer, again welcome to superuser.Thankyou
– mic84
Jul 12 '17 at 1:42
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4
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up vote
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Ok, so I fixed this for myself just now. All I did was right click the task bar, go to properties and set it to show at the top of the screen. Then I set it back to the bottom and now it works like it used to.
edited Jul 12 '17 at 3:30
Ramhound
19.1k156083
answered Jul 11 '17 at 23:47
Steakzilla
413
Ok, so I fixed this for myself just now. All I did was right click the task bar, go to properties and set it to show at the top of the screen. Then I set it back to the bottom and now it works like it used to.
edited Jul 12 '17 at 3:30
Ramhound
19.1k156083
answered Jul 11 '17 at 23:47
Steakzilla
413
edited Jul 12 '17 at 3:30
Ramhound
19.1k156083
edited Jul 12 '17 at 3:30
Ramhound
19.1k156083
edited Jul 12 '17 at 3:30
Ramhound
19.1k156083
19.1k156083
answered Jul 11 '17 at 23:47
Steakzilla
413
answered Jul 11 '17 at 23:47
Steakzilla
413
answered Jul 11 '17 at 23:47
Steakzilla
413
413
You might add more detail, screen shots, etc. of what you did as it does not seem clear based on reading this answer.
– Pimp Juice IT
Jul 12 '17 at 0:53
Welcome to superuser: While this answers the question,(you need to accept it) it would be a better answer if you could provide some explanation why your solution works with detail and an easy to follow instructions. If you feel your answer is correct do these things and re-edit. Please take a couple of minutes and read:- superuser.com/help .Answering: superuser.com/help/how-to-answer, again welcome to superuser.Thankyou
– mic84
Jul 12 '17 at 1:42
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You might add more detail, screen shots, etc. of what you did as it does not seem clear based on reading this answer.
– Pimp Juice IT
Jul 12 '17 at 0:53
Welcome to superuser: While this answers the question,(you need to accept it) it would be a better answer if you could provide some explanation why your solution works with detail and an easy to follow instructions. If you feel your answer is correct do these things and re-edit. Please take a couple of minutes and read:- superuser.com/help .Answering: superuser.com/help/how-to-answer, again welcome to superuser.Thankyou
– mic84
Jul 12 '17 at 1:42
You might add more detail, screen shots, etc. of what you did as it does not seem clear based on reading this answer.
– Pimp Juice IT
Jul 12 '17 at 0:53
You might add more detail, screen shots, etc. of what you did as it does not seem clear based on reading this answer.
– Pimp Juice IT
Jul 12 '17 at 0:53
Welcome to superuser: While this answers the question,(you need to accept it) it would be a better answer if you could provide some explanation why your solution works with detail and an easy to follow instructions. If you feel your answer is correct do these things and re-edit. Please take a couple of minutes and read:- superuser.com/help .Answering: superuser.com/help/how-to-answer, again welcome to superuser.Thankyou
– mic84
Jul 12 '17 at 1:42
Welcome to superuser: While this answers the question,(you need to accept it) it would be a better answer if you could provide some explanation why your solution works with detail and an easy to follow instructions. If you feel your answer is correct do these things and re-edit. Please take a couple of minutes and read:- superuser.com/help .Answering: superuser.com/help/how-to-answer, again welcome to superuser.Thankyou
– mic84
Jul 12 '17 at 1:42
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Had exactly same issue, mine was caused by Nvidia shadowplay desktop capture, turn it off
answered Jul 27 '17 at 16:06
randomguy
112
thanks ya turning off in-game overlay in nvidia experience fixed this for me
– Rakka Rage
Feb 16 at 15:32
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up vote
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Had exactly same issue, mine was caused by Nvidia shadowplay desktop capture, turn it off
answered Jul 27 '17 at 16:06
randomguy
112
thanks ya turning off in-game overlay in nvidia experience fixed this for me
– Rakka Rage
Feb 16 at 15:32
add a comment |
up vote
1
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up vote
1
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Had exactly same issue, mine was caused by Nvidia shadowplay desktop capture, turn it off
answered Jul 27 '17 at 16:06
randomguy
112
Had exactly same issue, mine was caused by Nvidia shadowplay desktop capture, turn it off
answered Jul 27 '17 at 16:06
randomguy
112
answered Jul 27 '17 at 16:06
randomguy
112
answered Jul 27 '17 at 16:06
randomguy
112
answered Jul 27 '17 at 16:06
randomguy
112
112
thanks ya turning off in-game overlay in nvidia experience fixed this for me
– Rakka Rage
Feb 16 at 15:32
add a comment |
thanks ya turning off in-game overlay in nvidia experience fixed this for me
– Rakka Rage
Feb 16 at 15:32
thanks ya turning off in-game overlay in nvidia experience fixed this for me
– Rakka Rage
Feb 16 at 15:32
thanks ya turning off in-game overlay in nvidia experience fixed this for me
– Rakka Rage
Feb 16 at 15:32
add a comment |
up vote
0
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I've had this issue before many times and it drives me insane... Maybe try doing this and seeing if it helps you.
Whenever you start having the issue, open Task Manager, and look for "File Explorer", just click on it and press restart in the bottom right. It's not a permanent solution that I know ofthough i haven't had any issues since.
Maybe even restarting the computer after restarting file manager would do something for you ¯_(ツ)_/¯
This might help a bit :)
answered Jul 12 '17 at 3:49
Scott Chiste
11
You may want to try ending the process of DWM [Desktop Windows Manager), of which will cause a desktop redraw to occur. That's more preferred to restarting Explorer, as doing so also ends many processes that were started by Explorer at login, of which are not restarted automatically following a restart of Explorer.
– JW0914
Jul 12 '17 at 4:19
I believe you meant "Windows Explorer" (which operates the TaskBar). But in any case, this did not resolve it for me.
– kmote
Sep 27 '17 at 15:51
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
I've had this issue before many times and it drives me insane... Maybe try doing this and seeing if it helps you.
Whenever you start having the issue, open Task Manager, and look for "File Explorer", just click on it and press restart in the bottom right. It's not a permanent solution that I know ofthough i haven't had any issues since.
Maybe even restarting the computer after restarting file manager would do something for you ¯_(ツ)_/¯
This might help a bit :)
answered Jul 12 '17 at 3:49
Scott Chiste
11
You may want to try ending the process of DWM [Desktop Windows Manager), of which will cause a desktop redraw to occur. That's more preferred to restarting Explorer, as doing so also ends many processes that were started by Explorer at login, of which are not restarted automatically following a restart of Explorer.
– JW0914
Jul 12 '17 at 4:19
I believe you meant "Windows Explorer" (which operates the TaskBar). But in any case, this did not resolve it for me.
– kmote
Sep 27 '17 at 15:51
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
I've had this issue before many times and it drives me insane... Maybe try doing this and seeing if it helps you.
Whenever you start having the issue, open Task Manager, and look for "File Explorer", just click on it and press restart in the bottom right. It's not a permanent solution that I know ofthough i haven't had any issues since.
Maybe even restarting the computer after restarting file manager would do something for you ¯_(ツ)_/¯
This might help a bit :)
answered Jul 12 '17 at 3:49
Scott Chiste
11
I've had this issue before many times and it drives me insane... Maybe try doing this and seeing if it helps you.
Whenever you start having the issue, open Task Manager, and look for "File Explorer", just click on it and press restart in the bottom right. It's not a permanent solution that I know ofthough i haven't had any issues since.
Maybe even restarting the computer after restarting file manager would do something for you ¯_(ツ)_/¯
This might help a bit :)
answered Jul 12 '17 at 3:49
Scott Chiste
11
answered Jul 12 '17 at 3:49
Scott Chiste
11
answered Jul 12 '17 at 3:49
Scott Chiste
11
answered Jul 12 '17 at 3:49
Scott Chiste
11
11
You may want to try ending the process of DWM [Desktop Windows Manager), of which will cause a desktop redraw to occur. That's more preferred to restarting Explorer, as doing so also ends many processes that were started by Explorer at login, of which are not restarted automatically following a restart of Explorer.
– JW0914
Jul 12 '17 at 4:19
I believe you meant "Windows Explorer" (which operates the TaskBar). But in any case, this did not resolve it for me.
– kmote
Sep 27 '17 at 15:51
add a comment |
You may want to try ending the process of DWM [Desktop Windows Manager), of which will cause a desktop redraw to occur. That's more preferred to restarting Explorer, as doing so also ends many processes that were started by Explorer at login, of which are not restarted automatically following a restart of Explorer.
– JW0914
Jul 12 '17 at 4:19
I believe you meant "Windows Explorer" (which operates the TaskBar). But in any case, this did not resolve it for me.
– kmote
Sep 27 '17 at 15:51
You may want to try ending the process of DWM [Desktop Windows Manager), of which will cause a desktop redraw to occur. That's more preferred to restarting Explorer, as doing so also ends many processes that were started by Explorer at login, of which are not restarted automatically following a restart of Explorer.
– JW0914
Jul 12 '17 at 4:19
You may want to try ending the process of DWM [Desktop Windows Manager), of which will cause a desktop redraw to occur. That's more preferred to restarting Explorer, as doing so also ends many processes that were started by Explorer at login, of which are not restarted automatically following a restart of Explorer.
– JW0914
Jul 12 '17 at 4:19
I believe you meant "Windows Explorer" (which operates the TaskBar). But in any case, this did not resolve it for me.
– kmote
Sep 27 '17 at 15:51
I believe you meant "Windows Explorer" (which operates the TaskBar). But in any case, this did not resolve it for me.
– kmote
Sep 27 '17 at 15:51
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I tried setting Taskbar to the top of the screen, then changing it back to the bottom of the screen, and that fixed it! Taskbar is now always on top. Yay. Don't know if it will persist after restart.
answered Sep 25 '17 at 19:02
Don N.
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I tried setting Taskbar to the top of the screen, then changing it back to the bottom of the screen, and that fixed it! Taskbar is now always on top. Yay. Don't know if it will persist after restart.
answered Sep 25 '17 at 19:02
Don N.
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I tried setting Taskbar to the top of the screen, then changing it back to the bottom of the screen, and that fixed it! Taskbar is now always on top. Yay. Don't know if it will persist after restart.
answered Sep 25 '17 at 19:02
Don N.
1
I tried setting Taskbar to the top of the screen, then changing it back to the bottom of the screen, and that fixed it! Taskbar is now always on top. Yay. Don't know if it will persist after restart.
answered Sep 25 '17 at 19:02
Don N.
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answered Sep 25 '17 at 19:02
Don N.
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answered Sep 25 '17 at 19:02
Don N.
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Don N.
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Incase more people still have this issue.
Quite often I find that simply right clicking an empty space on the task bar fixed this.
Minimise all but 1 window / program and move / change the height so that it covers half of the task bar, then hover over the task bar and right click on the bit you can see, for me this fixes it 9 times out of 10.
I noticed the issue usually occurs if explorer.exe has crashed or had an accident.
Another potential option is to open task manager and kill explorer.exe and then restart it. Sometimes has to be done a couple times.
answered Mar 9 at 13:18
Greg
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Incase more people still have this issue.
Quite often I find that simply right clicking an empty space on the task bar fixed this.
Minimise all but 1 window / program and move / change the height so that it covers half of the task bar, then hover over the task bar and right click on the bit you can see, for me this fixes it 9 times out of 10.
I noticed the issue usually occurs if explorer.exe has crashed or had an accident.
Another potential option is to open task manager and kill explorer.exe and then restart it. Sometimes has to be done a couple times.
answered Mar 9 at 13:18
Greg
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add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
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Incase more people still have this issue.
Quite often I find that simply right clicking an empty space on the task bar fixed this.
Minimise all but 1 window / program and move / change the height so that it covers half of the task bar, then hover over the task bar and right click on the bit you can see, for me this fixes it 9 times out of 10.
I noticed the issue usually occurs if explorer.exe has crashed or had an accident.
Another potential option is to open task manager and kill explorer.exe and then restart it. Sometimes has to be done a couple times.
answered Mar 9 at 13:18
Greg
11
Incase more people still have this issue.
Quite often I find that simply right clicking an empty space on the task bar fixed this.
Minimise all but 1 window / program and move / change the height so that it covers half of the task bar, then hover over the task bar and right click on the bit you can see, for me this fixes it 9 times out of 10.
I noticed the issue usually occurs if explorer.exe has crashed or had an accident.
Another potential option is to open task manager and kill explorer.exe and then restart it. Sometimes has to be done a couple times.
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FIXED for me - I noticed the bottom few rows of pixels were missing off the bottom of the screen. The mouse was stopping at the last row of pixels, not disappearing down to where the taskbar would be. There was apparently a problem with my screen resolution or registration.
I changed my screen resolution, then changed it back to the recommended setting (native resolution) and my taskbar is now accessible!
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FIXED for me - I noticed the bottom few rows of pixels were missing off the bottom of the screen. The mouse was stopping at the last row of pixels, not disappearing down to where the taskbar would be. There was apparently a problem with my screen resolution or registration.
I changed my screen resolution, then changed it back to the recommended setting (native resolution) and my taskbar is now accessible!
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FIXED for me - I noticed the bottom few rows of pixels were missing off the bottom of the screen. The mouse was stopping at the last row of pixels, not disappearing down to where the taskbar would be. There was apparently a problem with my screen resolution or registration.
I changed my screen resolution, then changed it back to the recommended setting (native resolution) and my taskbar is now accessible!
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FIXED for me - I noticed the bottom few rows of pixels were missing off the bottom of the screen. The mouse was stopping at the last row of pixels, not disappearing down to where the taskbar would be. There was apparently a problem with my screen resolution or registration.
I changed my screen resolution, then changed it back to the recommended setting (native resolution) and my taskbar is now accessible!
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I have used the option Cascade Windows. on the tool bar menu and it worked. the toolbar is under the application.
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I have used the option Cascade Windows. on the tool bar menu and it worked. the toolbar is under the application.
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Are you using any display-changing plugins or applications. Things like alternate start menus or the like?
– music2myear
Jan 5 '17 at 23:49
Did you check this post?
– Asme Just
Jan 6 '17 at 1:30
@music2myear I couldn't think of any, but I may need to review my "Programs and Features" list to see if I've forgotten about anything. The last answer in the post I linked to listed a couple of applications, but the last bullet was something like "or it could be any application, really" :/
– tehDorf
Jan 6 '17 at 1:37
@AsmeJust I checked out your link, but I don't see how it is relevant. My taskbar is not set to Auto-hide and I do want it to be always on top. Did you misread my question?
– tehDorf
Jan 6 '17 at 1:42
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Well, Windows 10 as SOOO many weird behavior I never saw in Windows 7 or even in Windows 8.
– Asme Just
Jan 6 '17 at 1:47