Windows 10: Minimize programs and restore

Another problem I'm finding with 10 is as follows. With 7 it was easy to minimize an open program. It disappeared to Explorer and could be clicked on and restored. Under 10 you can minimize, but only the first one is recognized. If you minimized a second program it supplants the first, the first disappears they don't stack up, the first is lost. Is there a way to stack up the minimized programs so they aren't lost. It takes time to have to go and retrieve the program from Google.

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Minimize, Maximize and Restore taskbar showing on the top of the screen in Windosw 10.

Original Title: How Do I get rid of the minimize,mazimize, restore taskbar showing on top of my windows

My cat touched my screen and a white bar that says minimize, maxize and restore on top and it even shows when I'm watching videos its really annoying and cat seem to remove it

 

Minimize, Maximize and Restore taskbar showing on the top of the screen in Windosw 10.

Hello Valerie,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused and will assist you in resolving the issue.



Before assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions:

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  Are you taking about the taskbar which is shifted to top of the screen?
  
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  Does the “white bar” show up when you hover your mouse over to the top of the screen?
  

If you are referring to the taskbar, whose location is now changed to top of the screen, it is because of the changed taskbar settings in the PC.



Method 1: I suggest you to follow the steps below to change the taskbar settings and check if the issue is resolved.

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  Hover the mouse to the location of the “white bar”, right-click and select
  Properties.
  
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  From the window, select Bottom under
  Taskbar location on screen option.
  
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  Click on Apply and OK
  to check if the changes are effective.
  

Method 2: If the issue persist, I suggest you to run
System Maintenance troubleshooter and check if the issue persist.



System Maintenance troubleshooter will find and clean up unused files and shortcuts present on the system, and perform maintenance tasks which will enhance the performance of the PC.

• 
  Press Windows logo key on the keyboard, type
  Troubleshooting and select the top most search result.
  
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  Select View all from the left side panel of the window.
  
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  Select System Maintenance from the listed options, click on
  Advanced option and check Apply repairs automatically
  option.
  
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  Follow the on screen instructions.
  
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  Close the window after the troubleshooting is complete and check if the changes are effective.
  

Write to us with the answers to the above questions and the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.

 

Retrieve the program from Google? I'm not sure what you mean there at all. Minimising programs should minimise them to the taskbar, just hover over the icon (they will stack) and choose whichever window you want to maximise again.

 

When you talk of Retrieving them from Google, I take it you mean having to Search for your pages all over again, as when you minimize a Window it just supplants the first one, that you were looking at and disappears.

Here is the way that I do it.

(1) Get the programme on the Screen that I want to look at (but don't Click: the minimise dash-)

(2) Instead of Clicking: the minimise dash- (Click: the Three dots ...) At the Top right hand side of the Screen (Click: New Window)

(3) New Window Opens and the First One disappears (But not for long!)

(4) In this New Window, I can now open another Programme or do a New Search for a Web Page and I can just 'Rinse and Repeat' doing this as many times as I like.

(5) Now when I hover the mouse pointer over the Edge Browser, both of those Windows appear (or however many I had open)

(6) If I click on one of those Windows, I can bring it up Full Screen.

(7) If I want to look at a different one then I (Do not Minimise it) I just go back and hover my mouse pointer over Edge and all of the Windows I opened, will be there for me to Select from.

I don't know about other Browsers but it really works great with Edge.

 

Thanks Cyber, I'm going to copy this and try it out. OK, Cyber, I tried it and it indeed works. It is cumbersome and not as nice as 7 was. Anyway thanks for the help. Cyber, another problem. When I try and stack the programs up in Edge I am stuck at two. When I try and put the third in, one of the prior two disappears. I have tried and can't get it to stack three or four. What am I missing?