Windows 10: Taskbar no longer pops up when a window is open

Hi there,

I have am running Windows 10 Pro Version 1903. I have my taskbar set so that it disappears from view when not being used and reappears when i bring my mouse down to the bottom of the screen, where the taskbar is. This works fine on desktop view and had always worked for years when i had a window open in full word, browsers chrome, IE, folders window, settings window, any window, until, out of the blue, it didnt! From about a week or so ago, the task bar will no longer pop up when i take my mouse to the bottom of the screen, when I have any window open fully. This is very frustrating as I am having to close windows, every time I want to go from one application, to another for example from chrome to a word document - or to click on the start menu. I recall the ability to make some possibly word documents ‘extra large’, but I dont belive that it is related to this; it occurs with any application window. I’ve looked at and fiddled around with the taskbar settings, but this doesnt change anything. I can of course lock the taskbar so that it stays up perminantly, but I find this intrusive and encroeches on space; besides, I liked the way it was before, I dont understand why it changed its possible I accidently pressed the wrong button and how I can get it back. Having to close applications just to access the task bar is cumbersome and time consuming.

Is anyone able to offer up a possible solution, please! I’d be ever so grateful!
Best wishes,

Ben.

:)

 

Search and taskbar keeps popping up

Hi Sazmo,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused.



Are you referring to taskbar preview window pop-ups?



If yes, there is no option to disable the taskbar window pop-ups when you hover the mouse, this is by design.

However you may Auto-hide taskbar by following the below steps and check if it helps.

• 
  Right click on the taskbar and select properties.
  
• 
  In the Taskbar tab, Place a tick mark for Auto-hide the taskbar.
  

You may provide your suggestions in the feedback app.

It will be directly referred by our developer’s team for further improvement.

Follow the steps:

• Go to Start, enter the phrase Windows Feedback, and then select Windows Feedback.
• See if someone else has given similar feedback by entering the topic, such as Microsoft Music.
• If you find similar feedback, select it, add any details, and then select Me too.
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• Enter your feedback (the more details the better!), add a screenshot if you can, and you're done.

Hope the information helps. Do reply if you need further assistance.

 

having a problem with Windows 10 taskbar. help needed,

It's still happening after i have done the above mentioned steps. I was running FireFox, I had 3 tabs open. 2 were Newegg.com, 1 was TPU. Closing them did NOT resolve the issue. Im starting to think that this is being caused by a windows process. notifications are entirely off too. FFS, this is really annoying.

***edit***
I tried This fix, and im Hoping it will work.
RAN=elevated PowerShell\Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}\Enter\fingers Crossed *Wink

I Also installed "start10" and customised the start Menu, and Added a proper start button. Still no frozen taskbar, and its been Far longer than it normally takes until it used to happen.

 

Help!, windows taskbar disapeared!!!

Try Ctrl+Esc.

If Recycle Bin is the only icon you can see, open it, from the explorer window navigate to Control Panel and find Taskbar settings there.