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KellanWarner
Jun 04, 2025Iron Contributor
Windows 11 - Can't Change The Order Of Taskbar Icons
The title pretty much explains it all. I recently updated to Windows 11, and as I expected, I regret it, for numerous reasons. My biggest issue currently though is with my taskbar. I do tons of stuff with my PC on various apps, and I like to have those apps organized in a very specific way on my taskbar so they're easy to find. Well, ever since I upgraded, I can't move my taskbar icons.
I'm tech savvy, so yea, I did all the common sense things. I tried right-clicking an empty space on the taskbar to make sure it's unlocked. The only two items that pop up when I right click it are "Task Manager" and "Taskbar Settings". So after that, I went into taskbar settings, figuring the lock feature must've been moved into there. I went through every single item on my taskbar personalization settings at least eight times now. Opened all the drop-downs, even went to other places in settings to try and find it. There is no "unlock taskbar" option in my taskbar settings either.
I scanned everything on the drive with both "DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth" and "sfc /scannow". Neither found any issues.
Can someone take a screenshot of where the "lock taskbar" option is supposed to be found in "personalization > taskbar" now? I am curious as to where it's supposed to be, and if anything else is missing too.
But most importantly, can someone give me a suggestion to fix it? I hate to do system restores, as any time I did it in the past, it messed up multiple files of mine. Oh, and before you ask, this was an upgrade, not a fresh install. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is for extremely important things, let alone spend hours and hours completely reinstalling my OS, all apps, configuring it the way I want, etc. It'd easily take me half a day, which I do not have anytime soon. So, any suggestions where I don't have to spend hours and hours or jack up my hard drive to fix this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for you time.
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- Fire_StormCopper Contributor
So, I have the same issue. I am wondering if it is connected to the BIOS on my Gigabyte motherboard. I built my computer in 2020 and it's been absolutely amazing. I have an Aorus B450 Pro CF BIOS version F66d from 9-2-2024. My wife has an Aorus Elite B450 which I also built. When I upgraded her machine to a W11 her task icons work just fine, move about just fine and she has had no issues at all. Mine, however, was a different story. I upgraded mine and had the same problem as you and it's driving me nuts.
- DarnIron Contributor
Press Win + Tab to open the task view, in the task view, right click on any app icon and select Fix to Taskbar, by this way, you can rearrange the icons on the taskbar.