Windows 10: Taskbar hovering a centimetre above the bottom of screen

I've had this problem for months now: my taskbar is not at the bottom of the screen, it's hovering a centimetre or two up from the bottom. This is a problem because my apps only maximise to the taskbar, so I'm losing quite a bit of the screen. I've unlocked it and moved it about, and it sits at the left, right and top just fine, but at the bottom it's too high. Any ideas?

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Hovering over taskbar makes screen go black

My computer recently updated to Windows 10 version 10.0.15063.

After working for a few hours, when I hover over or click icons (of open apps), in the taskbar (with the exception of the start button and search) my screen will go black. I can click on the screen and it will intermittently return, and eventually I can
get back to whatever window I happened to click, but it effectively renders useless the ability to change between windows using the taskbar.

Some details:

If only one instance of a particular app is open, I can click it quickly and it works fine, but if I hover too long, black screen.

If multiple instances are open (normally would get a pop-up of choices), black screen at pop-up.

I can open apps that are not currently open.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?? It's really obnoxious.

 

Opening programs on a twin monitor setup

Hi,

To further assist you, we suggest for you to follow these steps:

• Hover to the open application on the taskbar.
• You'll get a miniature Preview screen of the said application.
• Hover your mouse over the Preview screen.
• Right click on Restore.
• Re-hover over the same Preview screen.
• Right click on Move.
• Use the arrow keys to move the application on your desired screen/position.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Taskbar bug: switching to another window -will not appear at the front


Follow either of these steps to fix the issue with the Active window hiding behind.

Method 1:
I suggest you to disable window by hovering over it with the mouse and check if it helps. To do so I suggest you to try the below given steps and check if it helps:

1. Press Windows key + X key and click on Control Panel.
2. Select or click Ease of Access.
3. Click or tap onEase of Access Centre.
4. Click on Make the Mouse Easier to Use was uncheck Activate Window by hovering over it with the mouse.
5. Check if issue is resolved.

Method 2:
I would suggest you to completely uninstall the touchpad driver and reinstall it. Kindly follow the below given steps.

1. Press “Windows key + X” and click on “Device Manager”.
2. In the list of devices, you should see the touchpad drivers.
3. Right click on the device and then select "Uninstall".
4. In the uninstall dialog, make sure you select the option to delete the driver package from the system. This causes the driver package installed earlier to be deleted.
5. In the Action menu of Device manager, select “Scan for Hardware changes” option. This will cause the device driver to be reinstalled. Once the driver is installed, close all windows and restart the computer.