Windows 10: Almost all programs have a gap to the taskbar

Discus and support Almost all programs have a gap to the taskbar in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Almost all of my windows 10 programs leave a tiny, maybe 10px or less, gap between themselves and the taskbar. I tried maximising the window, making it... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/ChosenMate, Aug 19, 2020.

  1. /U/CHOSENMATE
    /u/ChosenMate Win User

    Almost all programs have a gap to the taskbar


    Almost all of my windows 10 programs leave a tiny, maybe 10px or less, gap between themselves and the taskbar. I tried maximising the window, making it small, manually adjusting it, nothing helps. There would always be a tiny gap I could see Discord through, which seems to be the only app that works. No, Discord doesn't cause it.

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    /u/ChosenMate, Aug 19, 2020
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  2. TOASTBOY
    toastboy Win User

    Gap in Taskbar?



    Almost all programs have a gap to the taskbar [​IMG]




    It usually takes a little while, but at some point this little gap in the taskbar appears and the only way I've ever managed to get rid of it is doing a full reinstall of Windows. Then its usually gone for little while (weeks to months) but then will come back again. Sometimes its not a gap and its a second arrow, but one that cannot be clicked.

    Any ideas? I've done an SFC and disabled some of the programs that load on startup. No change. Sometimes restarting explorer.exe works, and sometimes it doesn't.

    Its there as soon as the desktop appears.

    This is an issue I also had in Windows 7 before I upgraded to Windows 10 (clean install)
     
    toastboy, Aug 19, 2020
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  3. EDDKAWASAKI
    eddkawasaki Win User
    Gap in Taskbar?


    I have exactly the same issue. Win 10 home 64bit. using the stock theme

    Almost all programs have a gap to the taskbar [​IMG]


    I have no idea how to fix what causes it but I managed to figure out that its an un-named toolbar. if you right click on your taskbar and go to toolbars you will see a blank line under desktop as per this photo.


    Almost all programs have a gap to the taskbar [​IMG]


    click this blank line and the gap will disappear. it will come back again at some point, I don't know how or why but this is easier than a reinstall.

    Hope this helps and someone more knowledgeable than me can find a root cause for it.
     
    eddkawasaki, Aug 19, 2020
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  4. PATRICIA.GUENOT
    Patricia.Guenot Win User

    Almost all programs have a gap to the taskbar

    program to hide the taskbar

    Hello,

    I Do not recommend you to use third party programs for that kind of things as it might cause system to dysfunction.

    I suggest you follow these steps

    Right-click on an empty area of the taskbar. (If you're in tablet mode, hold a finger on the taskbar.)

    Click taskbar settings.

    Toggle Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode to on. (You can also do the same for tablet mode.)
     
    Patricia.Guenot, Aug 19, 2020
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