Solved Taskbar Disappears When Maximizing Any Window !!

Hi ...

I had this problem recently , when i open any window ( Windows Explorer, Firefox, IE ... etc ) my taskbar disappears without a reason. On the other hand when i minimize all the applications the taskbar appears again this is so annoying because i cant switch between my applications easily and i must press Alt+Tab to switch between them, besides i love the presence of the taskbar so i can see the time, in breif the absence of the sidebar makes me pissed off.

this is my normal view of the disktop ( When everything is minimized ) :



but when i maximize any window the taskbar disappears and the view SUCKS and looks like that:



Can anyone help me please with this as i tried everything possible, note that the Auto-hide the taskbar option is not enabled.

Thanks in advance.

Hi again, another thing i discovered now, maybe helpful for solving the problem i face.

please look at the view of the Media Player when running a movie in normal screen:



and this is the view in full screen:




The video is not centered and the black area is only at the top ( the picture is pushed down )

this is now a huge problem as i can not watch movies on my PC because of this problem. please provide help as soon as possible and would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Hello CityStars,

You might be in F11 full screen mode when you maximize the windows.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hello Shawn, i tried the F11 button and it was not the cause of problem.

Any other suggestions ?

Hi,

You could try going to start menu properties, autohide the taskbar, Apply, Ok.

Then go to start menu properties and deselect it , Apply, Ok.

Hope it helps

SIW2

In addition to SIW2's post above, you might check to see if you have taskbar always on top enabled.

Yep , I bet you're right Shawn, as usual:D

SIW2

LOL, as long as one of our suggestions helps, it doesn't matter.

Brink said:

In addition to SIW2's post above, you might check to see if you have taskbar always on top enabled.

Click to expand...

YES !! it works 100%, thanks Shawn. i think i am so stupid not to think about the always on top option although i saw that box unchecked, thank you Shawn again and for all the respected members who shared their time and knowledge.

PEACE !!

Hi,

Glad you got it sorted - easy to miss something like that, I did . LOL

SIW2:D

CityStars said:

Brink said:

In addition to SIW2's post above, you might check to see if you have taskbar always on top enabled.

Click to expand...

YES !! it works 100%, thanks Shawn. i think i am so stupid not to think about the always on top option although i saw that box unchecked, thank you Shawn again and for all the respected members who shared their time and knowledge.

PEACE !!

Click to expand...

You're welcome CityStars. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted out.

SIW2 said:

Hi,

Glad you got it sorted - easy to miss something like that, I did . LOL

SIW2:D

Click to expand...

Thanks SIW2, Best Wishes ...

Brink said:

CityStars said:

Brink said:

In addition to SIW2's post above, you might check to see if you have taskbar always on top enabled.

Click to expand...

YES !! it works 100%, thanks Shawn. i think i am so stupid not to think about the always on top option although i saw that box unchecked, thank you Shawn again and for all the respected members who shared their time and knowledge.

PEACE !!

Click to expand...

You're welcome CityStars. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted out.

Click to expand...

Thanks Shawn for all the help and attention you are the best