Windows 10: Taskbar now has a scroll arrow, why?

I moved my taskbar to the left side a couple months ago, today it added a scroll arrow to it and displays 3 icons in the "other column. If I expand the taskbar it does not place the 2nd column in the expansion. There is plenty of room in a single column for all the icons and the hidden task can no longer be accessed.
I want my previous arrangement back. If I did something to precipitate this I am clueless.

FYI, I rebooted and it came back. I just love the way W10 takes these side trips. Keeps my blood pressure up.

:)

 

Taskbar Scroll Bar Removal

Hi Nick,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Follow the below mentioned steps and check if it helps.

• Right-click on an empty area of the Windows taskbar. Click to clear the checkmark from the "Lock the Taskbar" option if needed.
• Then right-click an empty area of the taskbar, and then select "Properties."
• Click to place a check in the "Group Similar Taskbar Buttons" box. Click "Apply" followed by "OK" to confirm the changes. This option combines multiple instances of the same application into a single taskbar button. If this does not remove the scroll arrows,
  continue to the next step.
• Hover your mouse cursor over the border between the Windows taskbar and the desktop until a double-arrow icon replaces the standard pointer.
• Click the taskbar border and drag it upward to double the height of the taskbar. Any icons on the second row will be displayed, and the scroll arrows will vanish.

Keep us posted for any concerns with windows, we're glad to assist you.

 

Taskbar spacing

I am using Windows X. There is suddenly not enough room on the section of the taskbar that shows icons for pinned and open programs. I have to hit the scroll up or down arrows to see them all. There is space on the taskbar if I could expand this section.
There is a symbol in that section that shows left and right arrows when I hover over it, but dragging it does nothing.

 

Hello ruggb, *Smile

This sounds like when you have Always show all icons in the notification area turned off to have some of them in the expansion arrow menu instead. If this is the case, you can turn this setting on to see all notification area icons without the arrow.

Notification Area Icons - Hide or Show in Windows 10

 

thanks - but if this statement is correct:

If you choose to hide icons and notifications, you won't be notified about changes or updates for that app. To view hidden icons at any time, click the arrow next to the notification are on your taskbar.

W10 was just choosing to have a fit at my expense, because I could not view any hidden icon.

 

That would be for notices from the icon itself.

Do you have your settings set to always show all icons?

 

I think I do, Mine just shows each choice - I don't see one that is universal. But I never changed that either when it started or when I rebooted. So W10 just got lost.

 

Do you see the same setting like in step 4 of Option 2 below?

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...a.html#option2

 

OK, we got off track here. The issue was that when W10 went on vacation the TASKBAR icons would not all appear on the TASKBAR. It required a scroll to another "page" to see some. Also, the hidden icons in the SYSTEM TRAY would not appear at all when the arrow was clicked. It was not due to something I changed, as it reset itself upon a reboot. Unlike when an 'upgrade" puts Edge back in charge of PDF files, it did not require that I change something to fix it.

 

Ah, ok. I thought you were talking about the arrow you see in the taskbar notification area when you have Always show all icons in the notification area turned off.