Windows 10: Taskbar will be in front of fullscreen games
I will start any video games. They are almost always in fullscreen or windowed fullscreen. Mostly later because I can alt+tab and look up meta-game info when necessary.
Ever since the windows 10 update like 3 or 4 weeks ago. I don't remember exactly when.
The problem started and there seem to be no sure fire way to fix this. Restart might resolve the issue for a little while before coming back. Alt+tab just move the window down and right as expect then back to the same issue again.
I can't be 100% sure where the cause is. But I strongly suspect it has to do with my old PC and how it interact with windows 10/current nvidia driver.
Now the issue is that the windows task bar that normally would disappear if I have a fullscreen application running will NOT hide. Instead it will treat the taskbar as click for taskbar instead of the fullscreen. It also block some button/info on the bottom which makes it impossible to play certain games that may depend on the area behind the task bar.
Here is an example screenshot from Dawn of War 3. IGNORE the low quality graphic I was just testing the tutorial and see if it runs at all.
That said there are plenty of games that will not suffer from it at all while other do.
My setup is black 1075t amd cpu.
Nvidia 660 GTX.
pc windows-10
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I will start any video games. They are almost always in fullscreen or windowed fullscreen. Mostly later because I can alt+tab and look up meta-game info when necessary.
Ever since the windows 10 update like 3 or 4 weeks ago. I don't remember exactly when.
The problem started and there seem to be no sure fire way to fix this. Restart might resolve the issue for a little while before coming back. Alt+tab just move the window down and right as expect then back to the same issue again.
I can't be 100% sure where the cause is. But I strongly suspect it has to do with my old PC and how it interact with windows 10/current nvidia driver.
Now the issue is that the windows task bar that normally would disappear if I have a fullscreen application running will NOT hide. Instead it will treat the taskbar as click for taskbar instead of the fullscreen. It also block some button/info on the bottom which makes it impossible to play certain games that may depend on the area behind the task bar.
Here is an example screenshot from Dawn of War 3. IGNORE the low quality graphic I was just testing the tutorial and see if it runs at all.
That said there are plenty of games that will not suffer from it at all while other do.
My setup is black 1075t amd cpu.
Nvidia 660 GTX.
pc windows-10
Have you tried right clicking the task bar and selecting auto hide? That might be a temporary fix at least
– Timmy Jim
May 7 '17 at 0:25
Yes that fix the "blocking" view. But it will show up as soon you try to hover over icon close to that edge. It is problematic if I try to reach those icon in the bottom right in that same screen shot. By problematic I mean that it will show itself up and block the clicks if I so much try to move there too quickly.
– Vyndicu
May 7 '17 at 0:40
Have you ended the windows explorer process and restarted it?
– Timmy Jim
May 7 '17 at 0:43
Yes I already tried. That temporarily fix it until the task bar finish loading and come back in front of the application again.
– Vyndicu
May 7 '17 at 3:45
This happens for full screen video playback as well for me. I fixed it by disabling aero from steps here. Disable Aero, Aero Peek
– Lore Friendly
May 7 '17 at 4:09
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I will start any video games. They are almost always in fullscreen or windowed fullscreen. Mostly later because I can alt+tab and look up meta-game info when necessary.
Ever since the windows 10 update like 3 or 4 weeks ago. I don't remember exactly when.
The problem started and there seem to be no sure fire way to fix this. Restart might resolve the issue for a little while before coming back. Alt+tab just move the window down and right as expect then back to the same issue again.
I can't be 100% sure where the cause is. But I strongly suspect it has to do with my old PC and how it interact with windows 10/current nvidia driver.
Now the issue is that the windows task bar that normally would disappear if I have a fullscreen application running will NOT hide. Instead it will treat the taskbar as click for taskbar instead of the fullscreen. It also block some button/info on the bottom which makes it impossible to play certain games that may depend on the area behind the task bar.
Here is an example screenshot from Dawn of War 3. IGNORE the low quality graphic I was just testing the tutorial and see if it runs at all.
That said there are plenty of games that will not suffer from it at all while other do.
My setup is black 1075t amd cpu.
Nvidia 660 GTX.
pc windows-10
I will start any video games. They are almost always in fullscreen or windowed fullscreen. Mostly later because I can alt+tab and look up meta-game info when necessary.
Ever since the windows 10 update like 3 or 4 weeks ago. I don't remember exactly when.
The problem started and there seem to be no sure fire way to fix this. Restart might resolve the issue for a little while before coming back. Alt+tab just move the window down and right as expect then back to the same issue again.
I can't be 100% sure where the cause is. But I strongly suspect it has to do with my old PC and how it interact with windows 10/current nvidia driver.
Now the issue is that the windows task bar that normally would disappear if I have a fullscreen application running will NOT hide. Instead it will treat the taskbar as click for taskbar instead of the fullscreen. It also block some button/info on the bottom which makes it impossible to play certain games that may depend on the area behind the task bar.
Here is an example screenshot from Dawn of War 3. IGNORE the low quality graphic I was just testing the tutorial and see if it runs at all.
That said there are plenty of games that will not suffer from it at all while other do.
My setup is black 1075t amd cpu.
Nvidia 660 GTX.
pc windows-10
pc windows-10
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Have you tried right clicking the task bar and selecting auto hide? That might be a temporary fix at least
– Timmy Jim
May 7 '17 at 0:25
Yes that fix the "blocking" view. But it will show up as soon you try to hover over icon close to that edge. It is problematic if I try to reach those icon in the bottom right in that same screen shot. By problematic I mean that it will show itself up and block the clicks if I so much try to move there too quickly.
– Vyndicu
May 7 '17 at 0:40
Have you ended the windows explorer process and restarted it?
– Timmy Jim
May 7 '17 at 0:43
Yes I already tried. That temporarily fix it until the task bar finish loading and come back in front of the application again.
– Vyndicu
May 7 '17 at 3:45
This happens for full screen video playback as well for me. I fixed it by disabling aero from steps here. Disable Aero, Aero Peek
– Lore Friendly
May 7 '17 at 4:09
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show 1 more comment
Have you tried right clicking the task bar and selecting auto hide? That might be a temporary fix at least
– Timmy Jim
May 7 '17 at 0:25
Yes that fix the "blocking" view. But it will show up as soon you try to hover over icon close to that edge. It is problematic if I try to reach those icon in the bottom right in that same screen shot. By problematic I mean that it will show itself up and block the clicks if I so much try to move there too quickly.
– Vyndicu
May 7 '17 at 0:40
Have you ended the windows explorer process and restarted it?
– Timmy Jim
May 7 '17 at 0:43
Yes I already tried. That temporarily fix it until the task bar finish loading and come back in front of the application again.
– Vyndicu
May 7 '17 at 3:45
This happens for full screen video playback as well for me. I fixed it by disabling aero from steps here. Disable Aero, Aero Peek
– Lore Friendly
May 7 '17 at 4:09
Have you tried right clicking the task bar and selecting auto hide? That might be a temporary fix at least
– Timmy Jim
May 7 '17 at 0:25
Have you tried right clicking the task bar and selecting auto hide? That might be a temporary fix at least
– Timmy Jim
May 7 '17 at 0:25
Yes that fix the "blocking" view. But it will show up as soon you try to hover over icon close to that edge. It is problematic if I try to reach those icon in the bottom right in that same screen shot. By problematic I mean that it will show itself up and block the clicks if I so much try to move there too quickly.
– Vyndicu
May 7 '17 at 0:40
Yes that fix the "blocking" view. But it will show up as soon you try to hover over icon close to that edge. It is problematic if I try to reach those icon in the bottom right in that same screen shot. By problematic I mean that it will show itself up and block the clicks if I so much try to move there too quickly.
– Vyndicu
May 7 '17 at 0:40
Have you ended the windows explorer process and restarted it?
– Timmy Jim
May 7 '17 at 0:43
Have you ended the windows explorer process and restarted it?
– Timmy Jim
May 7 '17 at 0:43
Yes I already tried. That temporarily fix it until the task bar finish loading and come back in front of the application again.
– Vyndicu
May 7 '17 at 3:45
Yes I already tried. That temporarily fix it until the task bar finish loading and come back in front of the application again.
– Vyndicu
May 7 '17 at 3:45
This happens for full screen video playback as well for me. I fixed it by disabling aero from steps here. Disable Aero, Aero Peek
– Lore Friendly
May 7 '17 at 4:09
This happens for full screen video playback as well for me. I fixed it by disabling aero from steps here. Disable Aero, Aero Peek
– Lore Friendly
May 7 '17 at 4:09
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1) Open the task manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc)
2) Select "Windows Explorer"
3) Click the "Restart" button in the bottom right corner of the task manager windows
1
Then it's behind games, even when they're in the background. This has been the case ever since creators update and is really annoying.
– riv
Oct 15 '18 at 20:26
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I used two simple options to hide windows task bar:
First one is to tap twice Win button on keyboard. It would call and then hide Start menu, which at same time would hide task bar.
Second one is to have other application window open on same monitor and use alt-tab to swap to it and back to full screen application.
P.S. Surprisingly non of above worked for me right now, but it still can be useful.
add a comment |
Go to taskbar settings and change the taskbar position. It instantly fixes it, and you can even put it back down if you want.
add a comment |
Some people claim that unpinning all the taskbar icons and then pinning them back fixes the issue.
I say "some people", because I haven't had this issue myself. I was looking the issue up though and this was suggested as a solution and a bunch of people replied that it worked for them and I didn't see anyone say that it didn't. Source
– Chippies
May 7 '17 at 1:39
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Right cliock on the desired app, click properties.
Go to compatibilty tab.
check Disable full screen optimization.
this worked for me for an app,the app still runs in full screen.
add a comment |
Already on bub. none of these have been helpful. Could we get somebody from Microsoft here. I have had 100s of issues with windows 10 and not one fix. I am seriously considering trying to open up a lawsuit out of my own pocket I am do mad at MS!
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- Right-click the taskbar
- select 'taskbar settingts'
- enable "automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode'
add a comment |
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1) Open the task manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc)
2) Select "Windows Explorer"
3) Click the "Restart" button in the bottom right corner of the task manager windows
1
Then it's behind games, even when they're in the background. This has been the case ever since creators update and is really annoying.
– riv
Oct 15 '18 at 20:26
add a comment |
1) Open the task manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc)
2) Select "Windows Explorer"
3) Click the "Restart" button in the bottom right corner of the task manager windows
1
Then it's behind games, even when they're in the background. This has been the case ever since creators update and is really annoying.
– riv
Oct 15 '18 at 20:26
add a comment |
1) Open the task manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc)
2) Select "Windows Explorer"
3) Click the "Restart" button in the bottom right corner of the task manager windows
1) Open the task manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc)
2) Select "Windows Explorer"
3) Click the "Restart" button in the bottom right corner of the task manager windows
answered Jun 4 '17 at 0:08
tocquevilletocqueville
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Then it's behind games, even when they're in the background. This has been the case ever since creators update and is really annoying.
– riv
Oct 15 '18 at 20:26
add a comment |
1
Then it's behind games, even when they're in the background. This has been the case ever since creators update and is really annoying.
– riv
Oct 15 '18 at 20:26
1
1
Then it's behind games, even when they're in the background. This has been the case ever since creators update and is really annoying.
– riv
Oct 15 '18 at 20:26
Then it's behind games, even when they're in the background. This has been the case ever since creators update and is really annoying.
– riv
Oct 15 '18 at 20:26
add a comment |
I used two simple options to hide windows task bar:
First one is to tap twice Win button on keyboard. It would call and then hide Start menu, which at same time would hide task bar.
Second one is to have other application window open on same monitor and use alt-tab to swap to it and back to full screen application.
P.S. Surprisingly non of above worked for me right now, but it still can be useful.
add a comment |
I used two simple options to hide windows task bar:
First one is to tap twice Win button on keyboard. It would call and then hide Start menu, which at same time would hide task bar.
Second one is to have other application window open on same monitor and use alt-tab to swap to it and back to full screen application.
P.S. Surprisingly non of above worked for me right now, but it still can be useful.
add a comment |
I used two simple options to hide windows task bar:
First one is to tap twice Win button on keyboard. It would call and then hide Start menu, which at same time would hide task bar.
Second one is to have other application window open on same monitor and use alt-tab to swap to it and back to full screen application.
P.S. Surprisingly non of above worked for me right now, but it still can be useful.
I used two simple options to hide windows task bar:
First one is to tap twice Win button on keyboard. It would call and then hide Start menu, which at same time would hide task bar.
Second one is to have other application window open on same monitor and use alt-tab to swap to it and back to full screen application.
P.S. Surprisingly non of above worked for me right now, but it still can be useful.
edited May 15 '18 at 17:50
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Go to taskbar settings and change the taskbar position. It instantly fixes it, and you can even put it back down if you want.
add a comment |
Go to taskbar settings and change the taskbar position. It instantly fixes it, and you can even put it back down if you want.
add a comment |
Go to taskbar settings and change the taskbar position. It instantly fixes it, and you can even put it back down if you want.
Go to taskbar settings and change the taskbar position. It instantly fixes it, and you can even put it back down if you want.
answered Jan 13 '18 at 8:40
EdhowlerEdhowler
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Some people claim that unpinning all the taskbar icons and then pinning them back fixes the issue.
I say "some people", because I haven't had this issue myself. I was looking the issue up though and this was suggested as a solution and a bunch of people replied that it worked for them and I didn't see anyone say that it didn't. Source
– Chippies
May 7 '17 at 1:39
add a comment |
Some people claim that unpinning all the taskbar icons and then pinning them back fixes the issue.
I say "some people", because I haven't had this issue myself. I was looking the issue up though and this was suggested as a solution and a bunch of people replied that it worked for them and I didn't see anyone say that it didn't. Source
– Chippies
May 7 '17 at 1:39
add a comment |
Some people claim that unpinning all the taskbar icons and then pinning them back fixes the issue.
Some people claim that unpinning all the taskbar icons and then pinning them back fixes the issue.
answered May 7 '17 at 1:37
ChippiesChippies
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I say "some people", because I haven't had this issue myself. I was looking the issue up though and this was suggested as a solution and a bunch of people replied that it worked for them and I didn't see anyone say that it didn't. Source
– Chippies
May 7 '17 at 1:39
add a comment |
I say "some people", because I haven't had this issue myself. I was looking the issue up though and this was suggested as a solution and a bunch of people replied that it worked for them and I didn't see anyone say that it didn't. Source
– Chippies
May 7 '17 at 1:39
I say "some people", because I haven't had this issue myself. I was looking the issue up though and this was suggested as a solution and a bunch of people replied that it worked for them and I didn't see anyone say that it didn't. Source
– Chippies
May 7 '17 at 1:39
I say "some people", because I haven't had this issue myself. I was looking the issue up though and this was suggested as a solution and a bunch of people replied that it worked for them and I didn't see anyone say that it didn't. Source
– Chippies
May 7 '17 at 1:39
add a comment |
Right cliock on the desired app, click properties.
Go to compatibilty tab.
check Disable full screen optimization.
this worked for me for an app,the app still runs in full screen.
add a comment |
Right cliock on the desired app, click properties.
Go to compatibilty tab.
check Disable full screen optimization.
this worked for me for an app,the app still runs in full screen.
add a comment |
Right cliock on the desired app, click properties.
Go to compatibilty tab.
check Disable full screen optimization.
this worked for me for an app,the app still runs in full screen.
Right cliock on the desired app, click properties.
Go to compatibilty tab.
check Disable full screen optimization.
this worked for me for an app,the app still runs in full screen.
answered Aug 6 '18 at 8:34
AbdullahAbdullah
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Already on bub. none of these have been helpful. Could we get somebody from Microsoft here. I have had 100s of issues with windows 10 and not one fix. I am seriously considering trying to open up a lawsuit out of my own pocket I am do mad at MS!
New contributor
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Already on bub. none of these have been helpful. Could we get somebody from Microsoft here. I have had 100s of issues with windows 10 and not one fix. I am seriously considering trying to open up a lawsuit out of my own pocket I am do mad at MS!
New contributor
add a comment |
Already on bub. none of these have been helpful. Could we get somebody from Microsoft here. I have had 100s of issues with windows 10 and not one fix. I am seriously considering trying to open up a lawsuit out of my own pocket I am do mad at MS!
New contributor
Already on bub. none of these have been helpful. Could we get somebody from Microsoft here. I have had 100s of issues with windows 10 and not one fix. I am seriously considering trying to open up a lawsuit out of my own pocket I am do mad at MS!
New contributor
New contributor
answered 1 min ago
Mark BodleMark Bodle
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- Right-click the taskbar
- select 'taskbar settingts'
- enable "automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode'
add a comment |
- Right-click the taskbar
- select 'taskbar settingts'
- enable "automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode'
add a comment |
- Right-click the taskbar
- select 'taskbar settingts'
- enable "automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode'
- Right-click the taskbar
- select 'taskbar settingts'
- enable "automatically hide the taskbar in desktop mode'
answered Sep 3 '18 at 15:34
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Have you tried right clicking the task bar and selecting auto hide? That might be a temporary fix at least
– Timmy Jim
May 7 '17 at 0:25
Yes that fix the "blocking" view. But it will show up as soon you try to hover over icon close to that edge. It is problematic if I try to reach those icon in the bottom right in that same screen shot. By problematic I mean that it will show itself up and block the clicks if I so much try to move there too quickly.
– Vyndicu
May 7 '17 at 0:40
Have you ended the windows explorer process and restarted it?
– Timmy Jim
May 7 '17 at 0:43
Yes I already tried. That temporarily fix it until the task bar finish loading and come back in front of the application again.
– Vyndicu
May 7 '17 at 3:45
This happens for full screen video playback as well for me. I fixed it by disabling aero from steps here. Disable Aero, Aero Peek
– Lore Friendly
May 7 '17 at 4:09