Toolbar won't auto-hide

[Bob Newman]

Why is it that the auto-hide feature on my toolbar will not stay working
(XP, Vista, 7)? I'll set it and it will work for a few times and then stop
working. If I take it off and reset it the toolbar will usually auto-hide
for a little while and than the whole thing starts again. Am I doing
something wrong? Is Bill doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance... Bob

 

[Jim Wood]

Well, Bob...

It's almost as if no one is monitoring this group. How many MVPs are
represented here? My post is sitting there ignored as well.
What you are seeing may be related to my own problem with the
Notification Area, down at the bottom-right of the screen. Both with XP and
now with Vista, I can set my preferences, hit Apply and Okay (or whatever),
and, sure enough, the icons I wanted to get rid of disappear, but next time I
boot they may or may not reappear.
It seems to me that things stay stable until it's time for the next
Windows Update, after which the icons pop back into the tray. I'm pretty
sure I complained about this to the XP group a couple or three years ago, but
nothing definitive ever came of it. I feel your pain.

 

[Bob Newman]

Never heard of such behavior.
Once you set Toolbar to autohide, whether WindowsXP or Vista, it does
autohide on my multiple machines (HP laptop, Asus laptop, HP desktop).

Let me suggest that you're running a lot of softwares + even regular IE
when they call for attention, they BLOCK Windows taskbar from hiding
because they're calling for attention and show themselves "flashing" on
taskbar.

If that's your case, then toolbar will not autohide and for a good reason.
But it's rare, and not normal.

Are you saying "autohide toolbar" checkbox is cleared peridodically, by
itself?
Or does itt stay ON all the time, yettoolbar is not obeying this setting?

Which one of these two possibilities is happening on your machine?

It does stay checked all of the time. Others have also told me they have
the same problem & it is a know issue (unverified). BTW I am not sure if I
used the right word. I think I should have said Taskbar (where the start
button resides) and not toolbar.

Thanks... Bob