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Teligence1970
Iron Contributor
Oct 05, 2021

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...
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Teligence2
Copper Contributor
Sep 11, 2022

Temple-Fitzhugh 

1. Have you tried restoring from a slightly older restore point?

2. Also, 9/6 is  (an infamous) "Patch Tuesday", so if recovery from a restore point doesn't work, try manually uninstalling anything installed since the last time it worked.

3. Another thing to try is starting up in a "clean" mode. Open msconfig and temporarily disable any services or apps that automatically start, then reboot and check operation. If that resolves it, then while it's a pain in the A$$, enable one no-MS service/app at a time until you identify the culprit.

 

 

 

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Teligence2
Copper Contributor
Sep 11, 2022
If your Taskbar behavior has "Automatically hide the taskbar" enabled, try disabling it and see if the taskbar shows full time on all monitors.
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    Temple-Fitzhugh
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 11, 2022
    I could not delete this. It was 'Overscan' enabled on the monitor and nothing at all to do with Windows 11.
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      Teligence2
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      Sep 13, 2022

      Temple-Fitzhugh 

       

      So, If you disable "Overscan" did that resolve your trouble?

       

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        Teligence2
        Copper Contributor
        Sep 14, 2022

        Coincidental timing indicates that one of yesterday's updates reset the taskbar settings to disable "Automatically hide the taskbar" and also disable "Show my taskbar on all displays".

        Re-enabling these restored expected functionality without any issues - on my system, at least.

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