Windows 10: why does auto hide start menu not pop up when i hover mouse over notification area in...

when auto hide taskbar is enabled the start menu auto hides itself and pops up whenever you hover the mouse over it, buuuut.... when i hover my mouse over the notification area most of the time it won't pop up, i have to hover the mouse over the center area of the start menu bar. and i wanna change the layout area of widgets and start bar icons, bought start11 stardock but... nope. microsoft is still doing the exact same thing. nothing ever changes, they give us features that we've asked for for years in windows 11 but nothing changes. still lack of control, experience etc, cannot customize ev

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Taskbar still showing up in 'Auto-hide' setting; Taskbar not showing on mouse hover in 'Auto-hide' setting; Start menu and Notification not showing when clicked.

1) Taskbar does not disappear even if I change my taskbar setting from 'auto-hide' to not and then back to 'auto-hide'. I have to restart everytime this happens.

2) Taskbar, when on 'Auto-hide', also not showing when I hover my mouse on the bottom of the screen. Taskbar is 'under' maximized applications (does not matter what application; Google Chrome, Sublime text, Adobe Reader, Microsoft Word, etc.). Have not
change taskbar settings from 'Auto-hide' to not then back to 'Auto-hide' for that taskbar to work normal again.

3) Start menu and Notification panel occasionally not showing up when clicked. Have tried the Powershell command solution; does not work. Have to restart computer to work properly again

Laptop: Lenovo B570

OS: Windows 10 Home, 64-bit.

 

Mouse pointer hides under Start Menu.

• Does the mouse respond when you click on the Start icon? Yes.
• Does the issue persist when you hover your mouse over Start menu tiles?
  You cannot see the mouse over the Start Menu tiles. It show up behind the tiles like a shadow.
• Do you face similar issue when you hover your mouse on other icons?No.

I will try your suggestions and report back.

 

Mouse pointer hides under Start Menu.

Hi,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We will assist you in resolving your issue.



Before assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions related to the query:

• Does the mouse respond when you click on the Start icon?
• Does the issue persist when you hover your mouse over Start menu tiles?
• Do you face similar issue when you hover your mouse on other icons?

Run the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• Type Troubleshooting in the search box next to
  Start button and select the top most search result.
• Click on View all from left side panel of the screen.
• Select Hardware and Devices, click on
  Advanced option and check Apply repairs automatically
  option.
• Follow the on screen instructions.

Please reply back to us with the above information and the result, we will be glad to assist you further on the issue you are facing with.



Thank you.