Windows 7 - Why won't the taskbar auto-hide?

musiclover7 · 01-19-2010

Anyone else seen this. I cannot get the task bar to auto hide. I tell it to auto-hide, but it always stays on top, which is annoying because it covers other useful stuff.. Any help appreciated..

seekermeister · 01-19-2010

No problem here. I assume that by "telling" it to autohide, that you are selecting that option on the Taskbar tab of the Taskbar and Start Menu's properties. If that be the case, I don't know the solution to the problem. Has it always been that way, or did it change at some point?

whs · 01-19-2010

Maybe you forgot "Apply".

grimreaper · 01-20-2010

Did you do this?
I don't see any other issues.

musiclover7 · 01-20-2010

Yeah.. that is the function I am selecting, as well as apply. For some reason the task bar does not auto-hide. I have tried it on my computer, as well as my father's. He is the one I am asking for, as I have no interest in auto-hiding the task bar. For him, it is really annoying..

seekermeister · 01-20-2010

I would guess that there is some program installed on both computers that is interfering with that operation. Have no idea what, but it would probably be one loading at boot.

whs · 01-20-2010

I think seekermeister is right. For a test, disable all startups and see whether it works.

musiclover7 · 01-20-2010

k... will give that a go.. see if it works..

derekimo · 01-20-2010

This thread is marked solved, It might be of some help to you,
Auto hide Taskbar not working

whs · 01-20-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by derekimo

This thread is marked solved, It might be of some help to you,
Auto hide Taskbar not working

The solution in that thread made sense - active notifications blocking it. You probably don't want the taskbar hidden if there is e.g. a security notification awaiting your action. In fact, in such a case you want the taskbar popping up when it was hidden.

Windows 7 - Why won't the taskbar auto-hide?

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