Sometimes, when you hide the Taskbar feature on your desktop, it can help to free that additional space and arrange the icons of folders in a bit more organized way. However, if you suddenly face the issue of Taskbar won’t hide in fullscreen mode, then there can be multiple underlying causes.
When this problem occurs, the Taskbar can really act stubborn and won’t hide as the auto-hide option may be malfunctioning. To know more about this Taskbar not hiding error and figure out the actual reasons behind it, check out this article. Also, if you are looking for ways to troubleshoot this taskbar issue, follow this article for the right technical methods.
Before you go through the troubleshooting part to solve the Taskbar auto-hiding problem, you must know its causes. So first check out the main reasons and then apply the fixes to resolve them.
Now that you are aware of the causes of the auto-hiding feature not working for Taskbar, apply the following methods to resolve them.
To fix the issue of auto-hiding in Taskbar, you must ensure that the settings are correctly configured. So locate the Taskbar icon and right-click on it to select the ‘Settings’ option. There you will see the heading as ‘Select which icons appear on the taskbar’, so go through these preference options. You can select the notifications to turn on, based on the priority level.
Otherwise, you can turn off the alerts by clicking on the toggle switch. Also, for users who want to hide the Taskbar in Full-screen mode or in Tablet mode, you can choose ‘Automatically hide’ corresponding to these options.
Sometimes, there can be unresponsive programs that lead to Windows Explorer screen freezing. It also prevents the taskbar to hide when you need to do so. Hence, you can simply restart the Windows Explorer process and fix this problem. To do this, hit ‘Ctrl+Alt+Delete’ buttons simultaneously and open the ‘Task Manager’.
Then locate the process of explorer.exe under ‘Processes’ and right-click on it. After this, select ‘End Process’ from the drop-down options. Now, hit the ‘File’ button and choose ‘New Task’. In the Run box, type explorer.exe and click ‘OK’ to initiate the process of restarting the Windows Explorer.
If there are programs that need your attention but not displayed in the system tray, your Taskbar will refuse to hide. To resolve this problem, locate the up arrow on the left pane of the system tray window. It will then display the lists of all the icons that are currently hidden in your system. You can also check these programs in the ‘Control Panel’ section by clicking on the files that are hidden on your PC. So, you can go through this list and find apps that require attention. As there will be a sign of notification for these hidden apps, you have to manually check them to address the issues. In case you identify the app that needs your attention, you must add it to the system tray. It will not only resolve the issue but helps to locate the icon in case of future errors.
In a few exceptional cases, you can face this issue if there are programs running in the background but not visible on the Taskbar straightaway. So, in order to resolve this auto-hiding error, you have to personalize the Notification settings in the Taskbar.
To do this, go to ‘Notifications & actions’ under Taskbar ‘Settings’. Here, you can choose the icons that must appear so that you can select the corresponding actions to address them. You can hide the notifications from programs and other senders. Also, there is an option to turn off the alerts while duplicating the screen. So, if you want to disable the Taskbar notification, simply toggle the switches to ‘off’ position for each one of these notification settings options.
If you are getting this error in Windows 10, you can fix it with this simple trick. Just hit the Search or Cortana tab and click back on the screen without typing anything in the box. Make sure to click anywhere except the Start and Taskbar section on your desktop. It can hide the Taskbar if operating the system in full-screen mode.