Windows 10: When I have a maximized window on my main display the task bar will no come reappear when I...

Its like this in several applications. Firefox, Spotify, Steam, Xbox, etc. Everything works as expected on my second display, but on my main one is where I having this issue. I've tried the restart windows explorer trick and it worked once and never again. I know about the shortcuts as well, but that's not really intuitive for me at this moment. Please offer me some kind of solution it is driving me nuts. Thank you in advance.

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Task-bar Blocked By Maximized Window

When working with a maximized window, I cannot get the task bar to reappear when I move the cursor to the bottom of the screen. Only started occurring after I upgraded to Windows 10. Have tried changing the settings but cannot get it work. Have to use
the "windows" key to get the Start Menu/Task Bar to pop-up. Am I missing a setting?

 

Task Bar Icons Disappear and Reappear

Hi this started shortly after installing windows 10, when i click on the volume or the network icon in the system tray, all the other icons in the system tray as well as the task bar disappear, when i mouse over were they are supposed to be they reappear,
its not a big deal, just kinda annoying.

Any suggestions with this would be appreciated

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Blank area at top of some programs when displayed in Maximized mode

I asked this question back on July 2020, but have updated it and am reposting in hopes that someone knows a solution. Others are experiencing the same problem.

The problem manifests itself as a blank area at the top of a maximized window. It occurs

• Only for certain programs (Notepad, Intel Graphics, Thunderbird, Firefox, Macro Exchange Pro32, VLC Media Player, Irfanview)
• Not for other programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Notepad++, PDFXchange Editor, Jarte, Mathcad, Visual Studio, Macrium Reflect)
• Only when the window is displayed in Maximized mode on whichever monitor is designated as primary on a dual-monitor system

When it occurs, clicking on the program's menu items does nothing, and if, for example, the X at the top right of the screen is clicked, it closes not the affected program, but rather any program underneath it.

The only way I've found to cure the problem temporarily is to reboot the computer. How long it takes before the problem recurs is variable. For example, I was free of the problem for over a month until 2 days ago. Now it's occurred 3 times in the span of 2 days.

I've seen various suggestions for curing the problem, but none have worked. For example, one person suggested using Task Manager to "end task" of dwm.exe. This works for an already-opened program, but if the program is closed and reopened the problem comes back.

This problem has been plaguing me (and others with dual monitors) for over a year. Any suggestions?

System: Windows 10 Home 2009 64-bit; Intel Graphics 630 card

[I wanted to reduce the size of these screenshots & display them side-by-side, but double-clicking them does not bring up a screen for adjusting size, as I was told. If someone can tell me how, I'll reduce them.]
Windowed_________________________________________________________________________Maximized