Windows 10: My task bar is 4 or 5 lines deep. It just opened that way. I want to change it to 1 or 2

My task bar is 4 or 5 lines deep. It just opened that way today. I want to change it to 1 or 2 lines.

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Windows 10 lost my pinned OneDrive file links on the task bar

First, my files are not missing, I simply cannot access them the same way I did with Windows 8 and 8.1

Correct behavior from Windows 8.1:

1) Open Windows Explorer

2) Find and open Notepad file "Notes.txt" located in a OneDrive folder

3) Notepad is pinned to the task bar

4) Right-click on Notepad icon in task bar

5) List of recent files appears, including files recently opened on OneDrive

6) Right-click on "Notes.txt", left-click on Pin To This List

7) "Notes.txt" is now quickly accessible from the list of files in the Notepad list on the task bar

Under Windows 10, step 5 is broken. Files located on OneDrive never appear in the list of recent items for a pinned application on the task bar. This behavior is duplicated on the Start Menu Jump List.

Under Windows 8.1, I had many pinned documents connected to applications on my task bar. As soon as Windows 10 booted the first time, these links disappeared. Links to documents on the desktop or in my local Documents folder, remained linked to task bar
applications.

Has anyone else seen this behavior, or is it just my computer?

 

Task Bar Problems

Hi Tracy,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

We understand that you are facing multiple problems on your Windows 10 system. We’ll certainly help you with this.

Which Windows update caused the Start menu to stop working? Please let us know the KB number of the Windows update.

To find the KB number of the Windows update please follow the steps below:

1. Press Windows + I key.

2. From the window select Update & Security.

3. Click on Windows Update.

4. Click on Advanced Options.

5. Click View your update history.

To fix the issue related to Task bar, I would suggest you to terminate explorer.exe
and then restart it.

1. Press and hold Ctrl + Alt + Delete and open Task manager.

2. Search Windows Explorer and right click on it.

3. Click on end task. Now, the screen will go blank.

4. Click on File and select Run new task.

5. Type explorer.exe and click OK.

To fix the issue related to Internet connections, refer the following link and try the suggestions provided by one of the
Community user, jtelliott94 on March 25, 2015.

windows socket registry entries missing according to diagnostics and internet no longer working at all

Hope this will help you. If the issue persist, please post back with the required information. We’ll be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

task bar

Hi Simon,

I'm Stefano an Independent Advisor here to help you.

If you aren't seeing the taskbar, please try to restart Explorer:

1. Press Ctrl+shift+esc (open task manager)

2. Find Explorer on the process list

3. Right click on Explorer

4. Click on Restart

Please check that task bar isn't hidden ( nove the cursor on the lower part of the display and see if task bar appear)

If this way the taskbar doesn't appear, please check your filesystem:

1. Type "cmd" in windows search bar

2. Right click on "Command Prompt"

3. Select "Run as Administrator"

4. Type "sfc /scannow" without quote and press ENTER

Then :

1. Type "cmd" in windows search bar

2. Right click on "Command Prompt"

3. Select "Run as Administrator"

4. Type "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth" without quote and press ENTER

5. Type "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth" without quote and press ENTER

6. Type "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" without quote and press ENTER

You can also perform a clean boot:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135...