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  1. Speed Up Windows 11 Taskbar: Enhance Auto-Hide Performance

    If you’ve ever found yourself impatiently waiting for the Taskbar to appear or disappear while using Windows 11, you’re not alone. The auto-hide feature can sometimes feel sluggish, making you wish for a little extra pep in its step. Thankfully, you don’t have to settle for a lagging Taskbar...
  2. Windows 7 Is there any way I can disable the "auto-show" of the task-bar while in "auto-hide" mode ?

    This is a bit tricky to explain, but here I go. Link Removed I have my taksbar on "auto-hide". That means, that it's hidden unless I get my mouse cursor to the bottom of the screen or I press the "Windows" key. I want it NOT to show when I get my cursor to the button of the screen. To be...
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    Windows 7 Something keeps turning on "Auto-hide the taskbar" in my Control Panel

    At random times, usually daily, something goes into my Contol Panel in "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" and checks the box,"Auto-hide the taskbar". I notice this when suddenly my taskbar disappears while I am doing other work. I go into the Control Panel and uncheck it, but hours or maybe...
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    Windows 7 How to stop ALL notifications to Systray (icons)?

    I have setup my TaskBar with auto-hide. So it hides after 3 seconds. Fine. But lot of programs sent notifications on certain events to their icon in Systray. This makes the TaskBar automatically always re-appear and forces users to click on the corresponding icon which is very annoying. How...
  5. Windows 8 Revamped Taskbar

    Here, just tossing this out, for no more reason than just for shits n giggles. I revamped, tidied, the Taskbar, just mucking about; normally, it Auto-hides. And, this is w/out (any) Gadgets or Sticky Notes showing. Picture is arbitrary. I may leave it like this, try it out, for a while...
  6. The desktop stops responding for some time after you resume the display on a computer that is runnin

    Fixes an issue in which the desktop does not respond to mouse or keyboard input for some time after you resume the display in Windows 7. This issue occurs when you enable the "Auto-hide the task" option together with turning off the display for some time. More...
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    Windows 7 Task bar does not auto hide

    I just received my new computer with win7 and so far so good. One thing that is troubling is that the task bar will not auto-hide, even though it is selected. If I deselect it, apply, then select it and apply, it will drop down and come right back up. With programs like media player and...
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    Windows 7 Start Button Invisible - but still works

    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Fairly often while using this OS on my new laptop, I notice that the Start button has become invisible. The taskbar is fine otherwise, and the button still works if you click the blank space where it used to be--it's just invisible. (I have the taskbar on the top...
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    Windows 7 Can't keep Taskbar 'down'

    My Taskbar doesn't always recede (automatically hide) out of site. It seems to have something to do with what programs are open or what state they're in - but I can't figure out the pattern. Could someone help me by telling me what to do to hide my taskbar when I want it hidden. Thanks...........
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    Windows 7 Taskbar auto-hide option keeps unchecking

    Hi, I have a laptop Asus UL80VT, I have checked the option auto-hide in the taskbar properties. Sometime the taskbar is staying on all the time, so I look into the same properties window and I can find the case unchecked. I noticed that this happens expecially after wake-up from a long time...
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    Windows 7 How to Stop the Taskbar from Reappearing

    Hello, I am using the auto-hide feature for the taskbar and every time when there's a change to one of my programs (for example somebody sent me an instant message on my messenger or a program has been downloaded on firefox) the taskbar will automatically appear with the icon of the program...
  12. Windows 7 What makes a vertical taskbar become narrow?

    I keep my taskbar on the right side of my screen, usually with auto-hide on, and I've noticed that after a while (maybe a day or two?) the taskbar becomes narrow. I really like it narrow like this. It's just barely wide enough to show the time, not wide enough to show the date, and the orb is...
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    Windows 7 Control Panel assistance needed

    To say hello. My first time here. I used and do use the CP a fair bit and need it to be at the top of the Destop[screen] in it's 'glory' that is, 'auto-hidden, no text and always on top'. I am not able to place or keep the CP to have it at the top of the DT. I could do thus in XP but not in 7...
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    Windows 7 disappearing taskbar icons

    Greetings, Every time I start Windows7 the only thing visible on the taskbar is the start button.No icons,no clock,no show desktop.Doesn't matter if the taskbar is set to auto hide or not.They will all show up if I select/unselect "use small icons" in the taskbar properties.This just started...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 desktop side toolbar

    In windows XP you could create a new toolbar in the taskbar and then drag it to the side or top of the screen , in Vista you could create a new folder on your desktop and drag it to the side of the screen creating a side toolbar . In windows 7 it seems there's no option for creating a desktop...