Windows 10: Taskbar Does NOT Autohide While a Window is Maximized cannot access Taskbar in auto-hide mode

If the taskbar on your Windows desktop is not appearing when hovering your mouse over it in auto-hide mode, I have a solution to your problem! After hours of scouring the Internet about this exact issue, I finally found out what was happening. If you are experiencing not being able to pull up your taskbar on your main screen while a window is maximized, you may have an inactive program/app, running in the background, that is pinned to the taskbar and is requiring an action: 1. Click on the highlighted program/app from the taskbar to open it or close it; problem is resolved.2. If the program/ap

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Autohide Taskbar in Desktop Mode

Hi Niel,

In rare cases, you may be having an issue with Autohide Taskbar in desktop mode when you when you just recently did an upgrade on your PC. Autohide Taskbar Option might have got unchecked during the process. We would suggest you try the following steps to enable
Autohide taskbar and check if it makes any difference.

a. Right-click on the Taskbar.

b. Click on Properties.

c. Put a check mark next to ‘Auto-hide’ the taskbar.

d. Click on Apply and OK.

Update us with the result.

 

chrome + taskbar autohide problem

So i set my taskbar autohide. whenever chrome is in fullscreen, when i hover around the corner, the taskbar wont appear. It works with other browsers....

 

Auto-hide taskbar slows log-in

Auto-hide taskbar slows log-in....................................It's horrible.........................

10s for login with autohide on

1s with autohide off