Windows 10: Locked taskbar resizes after reboot or disconnecting external monitors

Hi. Would LOVE to fix this. Would owe a huge debt of gratitude to anyone who could crack the mystery! Lived with it for several years at work, figuring it had something to do with corporate-controlled configuration. However, now have a brand new personal Dell Inspiron 7506 with Windows 10 Pro (64 bit) and it is doing the same thing. Have already tried the suggestion from a Microsoft Community agent/moderator to change the "Lock all taskbar settings" configuration to "Disabled" in Local Computer Policy/User Configuration/Administrative Templates. This did not fix the problem. Symptoms: Taskbar set up with 2 toolbars plus a Quick Launch, bottom of screen, 5 rows of icons high, and locked. Whenever I restart or shutdown/power up, or disconnect from or connect to external monitors, the Taskbar comes up randomly different (sometimes 3 or 4 rows high, sometimes large vs. small icons - there's no consistency to the way it comes up). I have tried every combination of 1 external monitor, 2 external monitors, no external monitors, different power-up/connect sequences, moving the taskbar to different locations, changing the size of the taskbar, locked, unlocked, small icons, large icons. Always the same behavior. Have searched the Internet endlessly. Most suggestions I found are 2 or 3 years old, and none have solved the problem. Help!

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Windows 10 Taskbar resizes after full screen game or attached to an external monitor

Hi,

Please follow the below steps and check if it helps:

• Right click on taskbar.
• click on properties.
• uncheck--use small taskbar buttons.
• uncheck--lock the taskbar.
• try to place the mouse pointer and then resize the taskbar.

Keep us updated.

 

taskbar resize WIN 10

Hi Frank,

Please follow the below steps and check if it helps:

• Right click on taskbar.
• click on properties.
• uncheck--use small taskbar buttons.
• uncheck--lock the taskbar.
• try to place the mouse pointer and then resize the taskbar.

Please keep us updated.

 

Primary monitor blacks out after disconnecting from external

Hi Oscar,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community forums.

• Are you aware of any changes that happened on the computer prior to this issue?
  

This issue could be due to the display setting corruption that only affected the primary display when disconnected from the secondary.



I suggest you to try the steps listed below and check if it works for you:

• Press ‘Win + R’ keys on the keyboard together to open the Run dialog box and type the following into the Run box:
  appwiz.cpl
  
• Uninstall Intel HD Graphics Drivers and exit
  Programs and Features.
  
• Right click the Windows icon on the taskbar and choose
  Device Manager.
  
• Expand Display Adapters and right click on
  Intel HD Graphics Display Driver.
  
• Click on Uninstall and check the box
  Delete the driver software for this device.
  
• With the external monitor connected, reboot the machine.
  
• Once the machine boots into the desktop, disconnect the external monitor and check if the issue persists.
  

Hope it helps.

Regards,