Windows 7: How do I stop autohide taskbar from being autoticked?

PraetorianGuard · 20 May 2012

Hey,

I bought a Asus U36J laptop back in April of last year and ever since then I have been beating around an issue that I dont seem to be able to resolve one way or the other. When ever the laptop is on battery and in battery saving mode it has my taskbar on autohide. If I turn that off, then it stays off right until it is put back into battery saving mode at which point it is "magically" ticked on again.

Is there no way to simply disable that feature, as its annoying me greatly. I know its tied into the battery saving desktop, and I want to keep the battery saving desktop but want a full taskbar all the time. I found a supposed fix to make that happen, and while it actually makes the taskbar appear all the time, it still is a bad hack as any windows I have open wont "attach" to the taskbar but attaches to the buttom of the screen.

So for the love of god is there no sane way for me to keep the battery saving desktop but get rid of the autohiding taskbar. Otherwise I know Asus most likely wont be my laptop of choice next time aroumd.

But i hope someone might have the magical solution I am looking for as I am just about to give up.

Mythical · 20 May 2012

In the power options, you should see an option that says "Use Saving Desktop..." set that to no.

PraetorianGuard · 20 May 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by Mythical

In the power options, you should see an option that says "Use Saving Desktop..." set that to no.

Please read what I wrote. I WANT the battery saving desktop active, but without the retarded autohide feature.

A Guy · 21 May 2012

Found this:

Quote:

1.Open Task Manager->BatteryLife.exe->End Process
2.Go to C:\ProgramData\P4G open P4G.ini and change TASKBAR=1 to TASKBAR=0 save and close
3.Go to C:\Program Files\P4G and run BatteryLife.exe
4.Change power plan from whatever to something else except Battery Saving
5.Taskbar is still auto-hide, right-click on taskbar->Properties and uncheck Auto-hide the taskbar
6.Change power plane to Battery Saving wait 5 seconds to deactivate sidebar or what is set in your Battery Saving plan and now put what power plan you want, the taskbar should not auto-hide anymore.

HERE

A Guy

marsmimar · 21 May 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by A Guy

Found this:

Quote:

1.Open Task Manager->BatteryLife.exe->End Process
2.Go to C:\ProgramData\P4G open P4G.ini and change TASKBAR=1 to TASKBAR=0 save and close
3.Go to C:\Program Files\P4G and run BatteryLife.exe
4.Change power plan from whatever to something else except Battery Saving
5.Taskbar is still auto-hide, right-click on taskbar->Properties and uncheck Auto-hide the taskbar
6.Change power plane to Battery Saving wait 5 seconds to deactivate sidebar or what is set in your Battery Saving plan and now put what power plan you want, the taskbar should not auto-hide anymore.

HERE

A Guy

Good grief!!

A Guy · 21 May 2012

Well, the battery saving plan is designed to auto hide the taskbar. So this appears to be a workaround

A Guy

AlainCh · 23 Sep 2012

Here a fast solution.
Taskbar dont autohide, taskbar delay, etc

All in one ! I solved them with it !

The Taskbar Activate page

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