Windows 10: How is the vertical taskbar implementation going?

Hi,when is the vertical taskbar functionality coming back? It was promised many months ago. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/when-will-vertical-task-bar-be-available-for/eeca60e6-48eb-4975-8efb-7ee61382d957https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/give-me-my-vertical-taskbar-back-please/9c6ce8a7-ed1a-4511-bed5-802ba7867ccbThis is preventing me from upgrading to Win11, it is an absolute dealbreaker. Horizontal taskbar with an ultrawide monitor is horrible. Why is it so difficult to implement, when there are vertical taskbars in every previous version of Windows

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vertical taskbar width

Hi Jim,

To be able to drag the taskbar and make it narrower the way you like it, please unlock it first.

To do it, here are the steps:

• Right click on the Taskbar and unlock it by unchecking the
  Lock all taskbars option.
  
  
• Drag the edge of the bar and arrange it according to your preference.
• Right click on the task bar and lock it again once done.

Let us know if you need more help.

Regards.

 

How to keep vertical taskbar underneath windows


Hello everyone

I have a vertical taskbar on the lefthand side. In Windows XP and Windows 7, with a vertical taskbar, if I moved a window towards the taskbar, the taskbar would go underneath the window (i.e. the window would go on top of the taskbar). In Windows 10, however, any window that I move towards the taskbar slides in underneath the taskbar. This reduces the useable width of my screen. Is there a way to get Windows to let the vertical taskbar behave like the horizontal one, i.e. that windows move over it, not underneath it?

Thanks
Samuel

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Added: Oh, wait, the AHK script win7taskbar-gl.ahk that I used with Windows 7 actually works. I'm not sure what the download URL for it is, though.

 

Multiple columns in vertical taskbar?

I'm guessing the 'Pinned' Taskbar Icons stay in a single row because of the whole thumbnail preview thing.
Perhaps with a 3rd party utility...
Multiple rows are easily achieved creating a new Toolbar, (right click Taskbar/Toolbars/New toolbar...)
unlock the Taskbar and drag Toolbars to desired position by hovering of the double separator bars til you see a double headed arrow, (you can drag them over top of each other to flip their positions)...