Windows 10: Why can't Microsoft sort out the windows 11 taskbar functionality to be as good or better...

I can't believe that an organisation as well resourced as Microsoft can't fix this terrible artefact of creating windows 11.The task bar can be top or bottom, and left or right in a vertical orientation in windows 10. This is a major user preference flexibility which many people use in their professional and consumer work and play.To reduce that flexibility after 10 years of windows 10, is incomprehensible in itself, but to be unable to respond to the many requests for what seems to the user a very very simple adjustment, makes you wonder what kind of an organisationMicrosoft has become? I for

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Microsoft Selects Dolby Audio for Windows 10

it would've been great if microsoft added HEVC decoders, LAV filters along with other codecs with Windows 10, and developing WMP to be better than VLC, KMPlayer and such sorts of media players.

Nevertheless, this is good step for microsoft, by far.

 

Who was the person that thought it was a good idea to lock the taskbar position on windows 11?

Hello! My name is Mostafa; I will assist you today.

Please elaborate more about your concern so we can assist you better.

To revert the Windows 11 taskbar to the Windows 10 style follow the steps below:

Open Settings (Win+I) > Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviours.

To the right of the Taskbar alignment, click Center and, in the drop-down menu, choose Left.

This is user to user community forum, where we help each other, you may send feedback or suggest a feature to Microsoft thru this link:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/send...

Thank you.

 

Can't move taskbar on windows 11

Hi Mads,

I am Sumit here to assist you with this question.

Moving the Taskbar is not supported, yet.

List of Changed or removed features/functionalities in Windows 11

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Move the Taskbar: Moving the Taskbar to any part of the screen and resizing it is not supported yet.

Microsoft is tracking collection of this in the Feedback, I suggest you to vote for the same in the Hub.

Something like ExplorerPatcher may help in the meantime.

Improve Windows 11 Taskbar functionality using these tools

https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2021/09/restor...

ExplorerPatcher

ExplorerPatcher is a 3rd party tool that aims to bring the older Windows 10 styled functionality in the Windows 11 Taskbar by adding DLL files in 3 specific directories of WIndows. Because the older code is still present in Windows 11, the Windows 10 styled taskbar is enabled by putting the DLL file. Some of the functionalities the developer claims is restored are below:

Restores Windows 10 styled taskbar menu.

Restore Windows+X context menu.

Show app list by default in Start menu.

Ability for start menu and search to align left and many more

How to use ExplorerPatcher

Download the Software from this GitHub Repository:

https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/rele...

Hope that helps.

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