Windows 10: Taskbar permanently disappears from fullscreen mode

As seen in the attached screenshots opening a fullscreen game or another fullscreen app i.e. Youtube causes the taskbar to vanish. Any help would be much appreciated. Figure 1 is the image where the taskbar has dissappearedFigure 2 is an example of an application that causes it

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Taskbar still visible in fullscreen mode

Let's try an attempt at resetting default computer settings by doing simple steps.

1) Right click on the Taskbar, and uncheck Lock the taskbar
2) Click-and-drag the Taskbar over to the left side of the screen, and let go of the mouse click, to set the Taskbar over there
3) Again, now click-and-drag the Taskbar from the left part of your screen right back down to the bottom
4) Right click on the Taskbar, and check Lock the taskbar

Try running full screen applications.

 

Taskbar not hiding when I enter fullscreen mode with windows store apps

No, I don't want to hide the taskbar for the majority of the time, only when I go fullscreen it usually just disappears and the app goes fullscreen. Is there another option apart from auto hide taskbar in desktop mode?

 

taskbar in fullscreen mode

Not sure if I need to put the thread here or in software but as of recently whenever I go to fullscreen mode for a video or game, no matter which application the task bar for windows still shows. I never had auto hide on before and until recently never was an issue. This is a short list of apps that this happens in:
Google Chrome version 55 (youtube, netflix, crunchyroll)
Firefox version 50 (youtube, netflix, crunchyroll)
VLC Media Player version 2.2.2 (locally stored content)
numerous games from Steam with the exception of a couple.
As far as I know there were no windows updates and no additional programs downloaded since it last worked as I wanted it to. As stated above I never enabled auto hide as I know this would solve the issue but I find that more troublesome than this bar. I have windows 10 anniversary update. If more information would help fix this issue I would be happy to assist.
Attached is an example.