Task Bar Issues

I can not hide Task Bar

I am having a problem again with the Task Bar.  I can not hide it.  I have tried repeatedly and with no success.  Any ideas?

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Reply #1 Top

Love Start10 but I'm having the same problem with the task bar not hiding. It did for a while but now seems permanently on view. Anyone with an idea?

David

Reply #2 Top

I didn't mention that I am using Start10 and it keeps going back to Start8.  Should I remove Start8?

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Quoting pstoveland, reply 2

I didn't mention that I am using Start10 and it keeps going back to Start8.  Should I remove Start8?
End of pstoveland's quote

If you have Start10 there's no reason to have Start8 installed.

 

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I removed Start8, problem went away with Start10 V.99.  I download & installed Start10 V1.0 this evening and the problem returned.

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The task bar hiding problem isn't a Star10 issue for me, but to do with Windows 10 notifications. I had this problem on both my desktop machine and laptop after installing Windows 10, and it seemed to go away for a while after installing Start10 - I thought Start10 had fixed it, but it came back. 

 

On my machines, I finally discovered that the taskbar notifications stop it from hiding - if any of the apps on the taskbar, or in the hidden notification area menu, signal a notification, the taskbar won't hide. But you don't always see notifications, especially if they're on the hidden menu. I've found that by clearing the Action Centre notifications and clicking on every icon to check for notifications, the taskbar will hide again. 

 

By customising the notification area (Taskbar properties -> Notification area -> Customise) and making sure that only the icons I want notifications from are enabled, I don't get the problem so much, and it's easy to find a notifying icon that stops the taskbar hiding.

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thanks very much for the identifying the issue--it was driving me nuts, seemingly random but obviously not when you know whats happening

Scotie