taskbar customization

Microsoft began testing a movable Windows 11 taskbar on May 15, 2026, in Experimental Windows Insider builds, letting users place it at the bottom, top, left, or right of the screen while also trying smaller taskbar buttons and related Start menu layout changes. The change sounds modest until...

Microsoft began testing movable Windows 11 taskbars in May 2026 through its Windows Insider Experimental channel, letting testers place the taskbar on the bottom, top, left, or right edge of the screen from the Taskbar behaviors section in Settings. The change is small enough to fit inside a...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider work restores the taskbar’s long-missing ability to sit on the right side of the screen while still supporting “Never combine” taskbar buttons and labels, a configuration newly highlighted in Paul Thurrott’s June 2, 2026 hands-on coverage. This is not merely...

Microsoft began testing a movable, smaller Windows 11 taskbar with Windows Insiders in May 2026, bringing back top, left, and right taskbar placement nearly five years after Windows 11 launched with the taskbar locked to the bottom of the screen. The change is not just a nostalgia concession for...

Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 taskbar setting that lets users place the taskbar at the bottom, top, left, or right of the screen, with the option appearing in Settings under Personalization, Taskbar, and Taskbar behaviors in preview builds in May and June 2026. The change looks small because...

Microsoft is testing Windows 11 taskbar placement on the top, left, right, and bottom of the screen in its Experimental channel, alongside new Start menu controls that let users hide sections, resize the menu, and reduce visible account information. That is a small sentence for a large...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider builds in late May 2026 put long-requested Start menu and taskbar customization back into testing, including Start menu sizing, section toggles, profile hiding, smaller taskbar buttons, and the ability to move the taskbar to the top, left, right, or bottom...

Microsoft began testing a substantially more customizable Windows 11 taskbar in Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493 on May 15, 2026, giving Windows Insiders options to move it to the top, left, or right edge of the screen and to make it genuinely smaller. This is not a cosmetic tweak hiding in...

Microsoft began testing movable Windows 11 taskbar positions on May 15, 2026, in Insider Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493, letting testers place the taskbar on the bottom, top, left, or right edge of the screen through Settings. It is a small setting with a large symbolic load: Windows 11...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider builds, highlighted this week by PCMag and backed by Microsoft’s own Experimental channel notes, are testing a movable taskbar, a genuinely smaller taskbar, quieter Widgets, more flexible Windows Update controls, Start search changes, new accessibility...

Microsoft is now testing a cluster of Windows 11 Insider features in 2026 that restore movable taskbars, shrink taskbar chrome, soften Widgets, expose feature flags, and dial back some Copilot branding before any likely broad release later this year. The headline is not that Windows 11 is...

Microsoft’s May 29, 2026 Windows quality update says new Insider builds are beginning to roll out taskbar and Start personalization, File Explorer fixes, accessibility improvements, touchpad controls, and driver-reliability work tied to the Driver Quality Initiative and Cloud Initiated Driver...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493, released to Insiders in mid-May 2026 for version 25H2 testing, restores official taskbar positioning and introduces a smaller taskbar mode after nearly five years of user complaints. The move is not merely a nostalgia play. It is...

Windows 11 still does not offer a native “Pin to taskbar” command for ordinary folders, drives, This PC, Recycle Bin, or classic Control Panel applets, but users can work around the restriction by creating shortcuts that launch those targets through Explorer or Control Panel commands. The...

Microsoft began testing long-requested Windows 11 taskbar customization on May 15, 2026, in Insider Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493, letting eligible testers move the taskbar to the top, bottom, left, or right edge and pair each position with alignment controls and smaller buttons. That...

Microsoft began rolling out movable and smaller Windows 11 taskbar options to Windows Insiders in the Experimental channel on May 15, 2026, letting testers place the taskbar on the top, bottom, left, or right edge of the screen through Settings. The change restores one of the most conspicuous...

Microsoft announced on May 15, 2026, that Windows 11 Insiders in the Experimental channel will begin testing a taskbar that can be placed on the top, bottom, left, or right edge of the desktop, alongside new Start menu controls. The practical news is simple: Microsoft is restoring a piece of...

Microsoft confirmed on May 15, 2026, that Windows 11 is bringing back the ability to move the taskbar to the top, left, or right side of the desktop, restoring a Windows 10-era customization option that users have demanded since Windows 11 launched in 2021. The reversal is small in code-facing...

Microsoft began testing movable and smaller Windows 11 taskbars on May 15, 2026, in Insider Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493, restoring the ability to place the taskbar on the top, left, right, or bottom of the screen. The change is small only if you have never watched a power user lose a...

Microsoft began rolling out Windows 11 Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493 on May 15, 2026, giving Windows Insiders the ability to move the taskbar to the top, left, right, or bottom of the screen. The change restores one of the most visible pieces of desktop agency that Windows 11 removed at...