Oct 18 2021 02:08 PM
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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Nov 07 2021 09:15 PM - edited Nov 07 2021 10:51 PM
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.
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Feb 03 2022 02:32 PM
@OakRoseStudio same. If I wanted to own an Apple product, I would have bought one. Bring back my Windows functionality and stop making decisions on my behalf.
Feb 03 2022 02:37 PM - edited Feb 03 2022 02:42 PM
There's a company out there that makes ridiculous decisions that have nothing to do with customer experience; it's the company that removes headphone jacks from their phones, obsoletes biometric login features in favor of ... more biometric features. I didn't think Microsoft was that kind of company - to make dumb decisions that force all users into the same box based on their "all knowing" ego. But the evidence now points to things falling apart under Satya Nadella's leadership and arrogant, worthless decisions creeping into their 'new vision.'
Chief Product Officer, Panos Panay should be fired. How do you let a basic function like task bar location get removed from the software - and how on earth do you approve the launch of the software with such a major issue?
Apr 15 2022 07:00 AM - edited Apr 15 2022 07:03 AM
Microsoft, please return the ability to move taskbar to the side of the screen. I've always had mine on the right side and having it locked to the bottom is quite annoying. I'll be reverting to Windows 10 until corrected...
Apr 15 2022 08:28 AM
@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!
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Dec 17 2022 07:57 AM
@microsoftFeedback
I have been well known in my career to be the one with the "weird"->"where is you taskbar" setup
But I am willing to educate myself by the experts.
What I want to learn from Microsoft directly (hopefully in this forum ) is ..
.. was there a focus group /technical reason for removing the feature
.. will the feature be coming back and if not why not
Now I wait for Microsoft to respond concisely and directly answering all these questions.
In regard to the community .. Windows is built to do data harvesting while using a computer. The user is consenting to share data upon install and committing to have read the privacy policy. The feature helps nothing in that endeavor.
Windows 11 is out for a while .. this has not been fixed as of yet (date: 12/17/2022 10:49 EST)
My take on it .. sharing opinions is a forum is great .. making an app in the app store that anchors to any point on the screen and allowing you to add shortcuts while selling it for $1 potentially will make you a millionaire. (I would buy it) .. coders get cracking !