Windows 10: Increase Taskbar Height but Keep Single Row?

As per the title, I'd like the taskbar to be taller (can be done by dragging it). But then it moves other windows into a 2nd row.

I still want it to be one row, so that each window on the taskbar is taller and has a larger area to click on. A third party program is fine, it's just hard to search for this specifically without getting a different result.

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Windows 10 resets taskbar height to single row after restart

I set my taskbar to auto-hide and a height of two rows of icons/buttons. But each time I restart the PC the height is reset to one row. (Auto-hide is preserved.)

On another computer running the same Windows build (10.0.15063) the two row height is preserved between restarts.

Is there a fix for this, registry or otherwise? I already checked "Taskbar settings", but to no avail.

 

Taskbar won't remember settings of two line vs single line

Michelle,

In response to your questions....

I noticed it shortly after I installed the creators update as I stated in the original post. For better clarification, I just got a new MSi laptop and after I was done installing all of my software that I use everything was fine. In fact I had no issues
for a week or so. Once I was sure everything was running good then I did the creators update, immediately following that update the taskbar no longer retained settings and even when I set it to 2 row height, every single time the machine is rebooted it comes
back up with the taskbar at single row height. This is happening on 3 different machines that I own. Once is a mistake, 2 is coincidence, 3 is a pattern.

Safe mode makes no difference, it still boots up into single row when it was set to double row height.

The thread you suggested looking at is nothing like what I have explained here.

 

Windows 10 resets taskbar height to single row after restart

This is a well-known problem that has hit many people in all versions of
Windows. Some workarounds that worked for some people are listed below:

1. Some say that when the taskbar auto-hide is the cause of the problem,
   and that setting it to off fixes it. Sounds reasonable, but not what you are
   looking for.
   
2. Others claim that setting the taskbar height to 3 rows and rebooting
   makes it stay as 2 rows. Strange, but maybe worth trying.
   
3. Another advice is to set the taskbar to 2 rows,
   then use Group Policy Editor to navigate to
   User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Task Bar
   and enable Lock all Taskbar settings. This one looks like the best bet.
   

For Windows Home, the above can be done using regedit to navigate to the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
and create a DWORD entry named TaskbarLockAll with the value of 1.