Taskbar won't Auto-Hide

[Guest]

I have my taskbar set on Auto-Hide, but recently it's stopped hiding when I
move the mouse away and stays visible all the time. I can go into the
Properties box, unclick the "Auto-Hide" box, click okay, and then go back and
click "Auto-Hide" again. Then it will hide itself, but when I mouse over it,
it pops up again and won't minimize.

 

[Guest]

Hi C,

Sorry, I do not have the answer for you. I have exactly the same problem. I
answered on your post in the hope that when someone answers I get the answer
aswell.

Some background information. I restyled XP back to the classical appearance.
I also have the similar taskbar buttons ungrouped.Furthermore I use the quick
launchbar. I have the problem the most when I have several programs running
and restarted a locked system.

Hope someone can help.
Michel

 

[Guest]

Hi C,

Sorry, I do not have the answer for you. I have exactly the same problem. I
answered on your post in the hope that when someone answers I get the answer
aswell.

Some background information. I restyled XP back to the classical appearance.
I also have the similar taskbar buttons ungrouped.Furthermore I use the quick
launchbar. I have the problem the most when I have several programs running
and restarted a locked system.

Hope someone can help.
Michel

 

[Stan Brown]

in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:

Sorry, I do not have the answer for you. I have exactly the same problem. I
answered on your post in the hope that when someone answers I get the answer
aswell.

Try this, which I figured out yesterday for the same problem:

1. Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up Task Manager.

2. On the Processes tab, find and terminate every instance of
EXPLORER.EXE. When you've got the last one, the taskbar will
disappear.

3. File ... New Task ... explorer.exe

4. Close Task Manager.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"Often Newton's commitment to religion is mentioned to rebuke
the widespread religious skepticism of today's scientists. I
reach a quite different conclusion from Newton's piety. The
fact that Newton and Michael Faraday and other scientists of
the past were deeply religious shows that religious skepticism
is not a prejudice that governed science from the beginning,
but a lesson that has been learned through centuries of
experience in the study of nature."
-- Steven Weinberg, in /Facing Up/ (2001)

 

[Guest]

in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:

Try this, which I figured out yesterday for the same problem:

1. Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up Task Manager.

2. On the Processes tab, find and terminate every instance of
EXPLORER.EXE. When you've got the last one, the taskbar will
disappear.

3. File ... New Task ... explorer.exe

4. Close Task Manager.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"Often Newton's commitment to religion is mentioned to rebuke
the widespread religious skepticism of today's scientists. I
reach a quite different conclusion from Newton's piety. The
fact that Newton and Michael Faraday and other scientists of
the past were deeply religious shows that religious skepticism
is not a prejudice that governed science from the beginning,
but a lesson that has been learned through centuries of
experience in the study of nature."
-- Steven Weinberg, in /Facing Up/ (2001)

I experience the same problem on at least 2 systems, both XP Pro Sp2, fully
updated, different hardware. I ususally have multiple explorer windows open
and minimized, and set to relaunch on reboot. Killing the explorer.exe
process does, in fact, make autohide work again, and it continues to work
after reopening several explorer windows. On subsequent reboots, the problem
recurs on occasion and can be cured this same way. Unfortunately, this
process cures the symptoms but doesn't find the solution. I would appear to
be related to the explorer.exe process, and I've scoured the registry for
settings that might relate, but thus far have come up short. Any ideas for a
more fruitful approach would be appreciated.