Windows task bar disappearing act...

[Brennan Price]

Hello there, 

 

I have been having this problem for months on end now and it is really grinding my gears. I have this problem where my task-bar will disappear randomly and for no apparent reason other than the fact that it wants to p*ss me off. 

 

Generally, it will only happen in MS Edge Dev browser but it has happened within Google Chrome as well. Below is a screenshot. 

 

The task-bar will appear again only after i have pressed the Windows key and then it is gone again if I go back into Edge. It is fine in other applications (including with edge open in the background) but when I tab back into Edge it starts again. Edge is not full screen. 

 

I have tried the below settings with no effect whatsoever. 

If I turn on Automatically hide task-bar in desktop mode then it will never appear again even when I hover over it, once again only appearing when I hit the Windows key. 

 

Please help me regain task-bar functionality again, I may just switch from Windows entirely otherwise. (bit drastic I know but I am a keen Linux user also). 

 

Cheers, Brennan. 

[rcmaehl]

Oh boy. A metro issue. If you haven't already try resetting the metro apps:
 

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\camera\AppxManifest.xml 
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\FileManager\AppxManifest.xml
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\ImmersiveControlPanel\AppxManifest.xml

 

[Constantin]

46 minutes ago, Brennan Price said:

I have tried the below settings with no effect whatsoever. 

Lock the task bar must be OFF.

[Brennan Price]

14 hours ago, rcmaehl said:

Oh boy. A metro issue. If you haven't already try resetting the metro apps:
 

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\camera\AppxManifest.xml 
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\FileManager\AppxManifest.xml
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\ImmersiveControlPanel\AppxManifest.xml

 

Hiya, 

 

Thanks for the help... Although apparently 'C:\WINDOWS\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml' does not exist... So now I don't know what to do. 

 

Cheers, Brennan. 

[Brennan Price]

13 hours ago, Constantin said:

Lock the task bar must be OFF.

Locking the task-bar only prevents the movement of it though... 

[Constantin]

Just now, Brennan Price said:

Locking the task-bar only prevents the movement of it though... 

Just said that cause it was on my settings like that. 

[Brennan Price]

2 minutes ago, Constantin said:

Just said that cause it was on my settings like that. 

Ah I see, the weird part though is that if I do move my task-bar to another side, it will not disappear. Only when it is at the bottom does it disappear for me...