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Windows 11 bug - Cannot move the taskbar to the Side or top
We run hospitals and have 86,000 workstations that we will be upgrading to Windows 11. However, one HUGE stumbling block has been the broken Taskbar and that it will no longer move. We have clinical apps that have their own Taskbars at the top and the bottom so we HAVE to have the taskbar set on the Side. We have UEV that roams the setting.
However, with Windows 11 that functionality seems to be removed. It is very annoying that Microsoft is removing functionality and dumbing things down.
Can they please fix it. We have had Moving taskbars since Windows 95. I cannot believe they removed that feature.
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Hello,
How to move the taskbar to the top:
Open the registry editor and paste this:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects3
in the navigation bar
Find setting and open it to change 03 to 01 in the fifth column of the second row.After completion restart your computer.
If you want to move the taskbar to the side, there should be no solution at the moment.- We need Microsoft to fix this. It is not something that we are going to try and reg hack binary keys for 86,000 people. That isn't even doable with Group Policy preferences.
lforbes Hi
Win11 taskbar only at the bottom of the screen - it needs to be changed! - Microsoft Tech Community
I have been writing about this problem since July and unfortunately even in the Insider Program there is no test of the amendment to this change!
- I heard the registry workaround is bugged and makes edge and explorer crash. Dont want to get into this mess.
- No, I'm also using it now without any problems
- when using 16:9 screens it makes sense to keep taskbars on side to better use screen real estate. This is something we are used to since windows 7. Please being this feature back.
