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Windows 11 multi-monitor taskbar issue
I just upgraded from win10 Pro this morning, also installing all updates. I'm running 3 monitors on an HP Omen - 1=laptop, 2=left, 3=right. I have taskbar on for all monitors in settings. If I dis...
I found a workaround solution. Basically if you right click where the taskbar is supposed to be it will appear. Until MS rolls out a patch it's the best solution.
Bullprun, that's not a bad workaround once it becomes second nature. I've become accustomed to auto-hide task bar through all the previous versions, and it feels uncomfortable to go without it.
I'm still working with MS (Level 3 escalation tech) regarding this issue. The last support session was on 12/28/2021, and their most recent notification of "no further updates" was on 12/30/2021.
To date, I have done the following (and more that I'm likely forgetting at the moment) with no success:
- Changed resolutions
- Changed connection methods (direct to my laptop vs. my Kensington USB 3.0 2X Video Dock)
- Removed (including removing driver option) and reinstalled all 3 monitor drivers
- Removed current display adapter software and reinstalled the laptop manufacturer's (HP) NVIDIA GTX 1070 Laptop Display Adapter software (so far, they only support Windows 10)
- Removed current display adapter software and reinstalled NVIDIA's GTX 1070 Laptop Display Adapter software that DOES support Windows 11
- 5 remote support sessions with MS running diagnostics, collecting logs, etc. - for up to 2 hours each
- Changed the various taskbar related options
- Full image backup of my laptop, deleted/recreated/formatted the OS partition and performed a brand spankin' new Windows 11 installation
- Added an additional admin user to determine changes in taskbar behavior under another profile
- Shifted monitor orientation
- Shifted Main Monitor assignment
- Tried all the suggested "workarounds offered in this and one other thread I'm following
(Sigh) Why is it such a problem for them? They have an excellent working reference in Windows 10, so why don't they scrap the Win11 taskbar code and splice in the Win10 taskbar code - at least as a test???
- Got a call from MS Level 3 Tech Support on Jan 8. She said that they still do not have a solution and to possibly expect it in some future update.
So, I guess the "GREAT" Microsoft machine continues to remain stumped on this seemingly trivial issue.
My biggest issue with this is that they have a working solution already in the Windows 10 code - so, why don't they just "splice" that in to Win11 as a patch until a Win11 native solution can be hammered out? MS - and many others are notorious for building new "versions" on older code...- I experience exactly the same problem. Thank you so much for all this effort.
Microsoft is really disappointing here.
- I have just experienced this issue today, some searches later I found this thread, It's really shameful, something so simple yet so essential and they leave it for this long with no solution.
