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Windows 11 multi monitor taskbar not working properly
The Windows 11 multi monitor taskbar is not working properly. The taskbar is visible on the secondary monitors but seems to have little functionality or is "broken". Tested this on multiple systems.
If using: "When using multiple displays, show my taskbar apps on" has no effect with any setting.
This is a "known" issue with the release. It's noted on the release notes.
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/06/28/announcing-the-first-insider-preview-for-windows-11/ (near the bottom of the page).
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- Just wanted to add that I am having the same issue the taskbar shows on the 2nd monitor but nothing appears on it.
PeteGomersall yeah, same here. though as some others have said, most likely will be changed in the coming months, maybe even weeks considering how small of a change it is.
what I'm thinking is happening, horribly over-simplified, is that the space for the taskbar is loading perfectly fine, and the translucency effect for it is also loading, but the taskbar itself along with everything else it has is failing to render.
while we're on the topic of taskbar goofs can we also bring back the task manager in the taskbar? cus right now all I'm getting when I rightclick it is taskbar settings. one time I tried opening task view and it crashed the taskbar, but that could be a bug with my computer
yeah, win11 has a decent amount of bugs so far with the taskbar, hopefully they're fixed
Triangulum598If you right click the start icon you can access task manager from there. Since I am rolling with the centered icons that's perfect because that's the muscle memory that I had from right clicking in windows 10. The Multiple monitor task bar thing is a minor annoyance at the moment but will get use to it quick till they fix it. No rush, would rather them get it done right the first go around.
This is a "known" issue with the release. It's noted on the release notes.
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/06/28/announcing-the-first-insider-preview-for-windows-11/ (near the bottom of the page).
December 2024, the issue is still there 😁
Should not be
It was resolved quite a number of updates ago.Have not seen the issue on a single machine in ages
PhilSmith5 is it still listed? because it is still a problem in the full release officially launched and installed via windows update.
PhilSmith5 Unfortunately, it was never fixed for the global release. Glad to see this issue reported months ago and nothing was done about it!
- Also, I am not able to move my taskbar to the top and there is no option for "small" icon size. Quite annoying.
- I am facing the same trouble.
Can confirm I'm also facing this problem.
- I am using window 11 build 22000.51 with two displays, using second display for extended screen. When i choose to show taskbar on multiple screen, taskbar showing on primary screen, but on second screen, a section appears in bottom but no icons are showing. To overcome this issue i used third party software "object dock", https://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/. while using this software, make taskbar show only on first screen, so that bottom portion of second screen not waste.
I am not doing any promotion, i just want to give temporary solution to those guys who want to use window 11 (not want to go back to window 10) but facing this issue. I have search alot to find this temporary solution. If it help, give a like.- You can turn off the taskbar on other displays in settings. No need for a third party app just for that.
- This is just a preview version. So this kind of issue will always be present. It probably might just be a bug and will get fixed in future builds. This is the reason they are testing the build before releasing it to everyone. So don't worry 🙂
- NO THESE BUGS WITH TASKBAR HAVE LASTED 25 YEARS!
- I created an account and logged in just to point out that this isn't an answer. It's a meaningless statement that doesn't actually address the issue. "Yeah that's a thing" is not helpful to anyone.
Nikyxj sir windows 11 taskbar still not working on muliMonitor am using Version 21H2 (OS Build 22000.318) on my thinkpad with ryzen 5 on NVME with 16GB ram its very unresponsive and persnoly it has some glassie effect but as a perspective of performance its far-bihand from win 10 it was fun to work with windows 10
