Windows 10: Taskbar in Windows 11, customizing app display

I am aware Microsoft has messed with taskbar settings in Windows 11 such that you can no longer personalize them to the extent I want without a third-party app. I cannot use a third-party app because this is my work machine, and I don't control all the admin settings, plus security of third-party apps.I want to be able to hide labels on the app icons, so that all the things I want open and have open are things I can see in the taskbar and can click on directly. I want to hide labels but be able to choose not to group the app icons. In other words, if I want to have seven emails open and minimi

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Moving the taskbar

Hi Kim,

You can customize your taskbar to pin your favorite apps to it, move it to where you want to display on your screen, and specify how taskbar buttons group together when you have more than one window open. To address your question, we suggest
that you follow these steps on how to move your taskbar to a different location on the screen:

• Open Settings and choose Personalization.
• Select Taskbar.
• Under Taskbar location on the screen, click the drop-down menu and select
  Bottom.

Keep us posted if you need additional help.

 

Windows 11 Taskbar Customization Issue

Hi, I recently upgraded to Windows 11, and I'm having trouble customizing my taskbar. When I right-click on the taskbar and select "Taskbar settings," nothing happens. I've also tried accessing the settings through the Windows Settings app, but it keeps crashing whenever I try to open the taskbar settings. Is there a workaround for this issue, or any other way I can customize my taskbar settings?

 

After reboot on a multiple display system, the taskbar location changes from "right" to "custom" and taskbar location is different on the displays

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

We understand your concern as you are unable to set the taskbar location on your PC. We appreciate your effort in providing us the detailed information about the issue.

We researched and reproduced the issue on our lab machine. As we can see that you have two queries, let me address the first issue that is location changes from "right" to "custom".

This is by design, whenever you have multiple monitor connected to the PC and you have set the taskbar location to default (i.e. bottom) you will see 5 option and the 5th option is
Custom. Now if you change the taskbar to right of the screen for all the display. The Windows settings will show you 4 option because you have already customized to Right.

Now, let us move to the second issue and that is the taskbar location changes on the secondary displays to default (i.e. bottom) after the restart. To prevent this problem we would suggest you to perform the registry fix as mentioned
in these steps.

1. Press Windows + R key to launch the Run command.
2. Type regedit and click on Ok.
3. Navigate to this location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MMStuckRects3
4. Now from right pane double click on binary value for all the display monitor listed one by one.
5. Double click on the 03 value as shown in the screenshot and change it to
   02 for setting the taskbar location to the right. Just for your information
   00 is for left, 01 is for top and 03 is default i.e. bottom.
6. Close the registry, restart the PC and check.

Note: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly.
Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.

Follow the steps to take
backup of registry.






Let us know how it goes,

Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator