Windows 10: Taskbar not working properly: permanently hidden

Hi, I have a surface pro 7+ with Windows 11. Recently my taskbar changed to hidden without me having changed anything in configuration. Now it's permanently hidden, despite the fact that the "automatically hide" option is off. How can I solve this? I want my taskbar not hidden, but permanently shown. Thanks

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Pesky Taskbar

Hi Watson,



This behavior of your Taskbar is part of the settings set on your computer.



To automatically hide your Taskbar, follow the steps below:

• Right click on the Taskbar.
• Select Taskbar settings.
• Toggle the switch to on for Automatically hide the Taskbar in desktop mode.

Note that it’s not permanently hidden, it’s just hidden if the pointer is away from it.

Hope this helps. Keep us posted for other concerns if you have any.

 

Hidden files not behaving properly

Sorry for the delay in responding; I had to deal with some other things along the way!

I ran Step 5 and got this:



Then I restarted Windows. When I got back into my folder, it looked the same as before and the hidden file was still invisible but this time, when I went into Folder Options, the "don't show hidden files, folders and drives" radio button was selected. I simply clicked the "show hidden files, folders and drives" radio button, clicked on Apply and my hidden file finally reappeared!

Thanks for your help with this!!

I'm still curious about why this functionality broke suddenly but I've got lots of other things on my plate so I think I'll get back to them.

Thanks again!

 

Taskbar not working properly on Windows 10

Hi EdJane,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand your query related to Toolbar on Windows not working properly, and I certainly appreciate your efforts in trying to resolve the issue by performing certain troubleshooting steps.



For further clarity on the issue, please respond to the questions below.

1. Which build version of Windows 10 are you using currently?
   
2. Are you aware of any changes made to the PC prior to which you weren’t facing this issue?
   
3. When you say, “Toolbar”, are you referring to the taskbar on Windows 10?
   

Refer the article Which version of Windows operating system am I running?



Assuming that you are referring to Taskbar on Windows 10, I would suggest you to try creating a new user account, as you have already tried using the PowerShell commands. Refer the article

Create a local user or administrator account in Windows 10 and see if the Taskbar is working fine.



Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator