Windows 10: Taskbar Auro-resizes Even When Locked

This is strange; it occurred shortly after the last update, but not immediately after it, so I don't know it that's related or not. Also I am kind of shooting in the dark as to where best to post this, so please forgive it this is not the right place.

My Taskbar is two lines deep. When I set it for that, lock, and then Restart, it becomes all on one line, nearly unreadable. I can not adjust its size while it's locked, so at least part of locked is working or seems to be. It's also nearly impossible to find a place to click in order to resize it back because it's so crowded.
Finally discovered that if I set the Taskbar to one line more than it needs to display (eg 3 lines), when I restart it becomes 2 lines. Then I can unlock it and grab it and resize it back to 3 lines again in anticipation of the next Restart.
Right now I have given up on locking the Taskbar since it doesn't change anything and is always an extra step in getting hold of the Taskbar to raise it with my mouse.
I can NOT find ANY way to fix this, or even figure out why it's happening. I've cleaned the registry and run AV and malware detectors many times with no success, looked thru godmode, all Settings, Control Panel, etc. Oh, and nothing else on the computer seems to be having any problems.

I don't think it's the Update since I have 3 other machines in the house and the other two do NOT have this issue; one is another desktop and the other is alaptop, all Dell machines.

I sincerealy h ope someone here has an idea; after awhile this becomes really frustrating.

Thanks in advance for any advice.



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Task Bar growing in size

You should be able to resize the Taskbar the same way you resize windows (hovering the mouse over the edge and dragging the edge to where you want it); however, if the Taskbar is locked you will have to right-click on the Taskbar and unchecking "Lock the
taskbar" first.

 

Taskbar increases one size on session unlock

Taskbar grows one size after unlocking a previously locked session. Occurs even when taskbar is locked. (yoga 2 pro) Unable to find anyone with the same issue. Very odd bug. Unable to reproduce on other systems. Still occurs on fresh install.

Anyone else out there with a similar issue? It is really annoying to have to unlock the taskbar and resize it every time a open my laptop.

Thanks

 

As for the unreadable part mention it may help to know what the monitor is and what resolution you are using. Personally I like 1440x900 pixels on my 19", 20", 21.5" and 27" screens.

 

Thanks for your response.

 

Hi twayne916 ,

You are not alone - I have the exact same problem after the last update. I will follow your thread to see if somebody finds the solution

Thanks

 

Thanks, at least I know I'm not alone. And I DO think this began after the last update. MS at its "best" again, using customers for Alpha/Beta testing!

Thanks again,

 

Same issue occurs with every restart on my two Windows 10 Version 1703 PC's. Started immediately after Creators Update install on both.

 

Yes, I agree, it did start after one of the updates. I didn't notice it right away because I figured it was my own klutzy fingers so it took me a day or so to figure it out.
IFF MS is listening, it might be taken care of in a future update, but the last one I received didn't fix it. It's irritating and a PIA to contend with.