Open Up Hidden Icons and Right-Click Them If neither of those banishes the problem completely, it’s time to find the culprit. And restarting Explorer is much faster than restarting your PC. Sometimes when your taskbar refuses to auto-hide and you can’t find the reason, restarting Windows Explorer can make the problem go away-at least temporarily. While you’re at it, here’s one other thing to try. RELATED: How to Restart Windows' Explorer.exe (Along With the Taskbar and Start Menu) Sometimes, if you’re experiencing problems with your taskbar auto-hiding, just turning the feature off and back on again will fix your problem. Make sure that the “Auto-hide the taskbar” option is enabled. If you’re using Windows 8, 7, or Vista, you’ll see the “Taskbar and Start Menu Properties” window instead. If you’re using a tablet-or tablet mode on a touchscreen monitor-you can also decide if you want the corresponding tablet mode option enabled as well. Make sure that the “Automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode” option is enabled. In Windows 10, this brings up the “Taskbar” page of the Settings app. Just to make sure we’re on the same page, right-click your Taskbar and choose “Settings” from the context menu (or “Properties” if you’re using Windows 8 or 7). Verify Your Taskbar Settings (and Restart Explorer) You can usually fix the problem by restarting the problem application, or clicking on the icon to trigger whatever the hidden notification was. This problem is even worse when combined with Windows’ ability to hide system tray icons. It’ll trigger a notification in Windows to keep the taskbar open, but won’t display anything visible for you to close.
In some cases, though, an app just isn’t written quite right. RELATED: How to Use and Configure the New Notification Center in Windows 10įor the most part, these issues are by design, and are straightforward to solve-either give the app the attention it wants, or configure it to stop asking for your attention.
This scenario doesn’t really happen in Windows 10 because notifications go away on their own and you can view them later in Action Center. These are obviously easy to close as well, or you can customize the notifications to not display.
This often causes the taskbar to stay visible until you dismiss the message.
The second case happens mostly in Windows 8 and earlier versions when a notification balloon pops up. For example, the Slack app displays a small red dot on its regular icon to let you know when you’ve received a new message. The first is when you have a badge on the icon-or an actual icon change-indicating the app needs your attention. For background apps that have an icon in the system tray, two separate actions can cause your taskbar to stick around.
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