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Can't change secondary taskbar location

Open TheEmbracedOne opened this issue 2 years ago • 13 comments

I have uninstalled ExplorerPatcher then reinstalled. I tried resetting to defaults, uninstalling then restarting the computer then installing again and a combination of these to no avail. I am simply unable to change the secondary taskbar's location. Any idea why this might be? Thank you

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TheEmbracedOne avatar Jun 18 '23 20:06 TheEmbracedOne

Try the following:

  1. uninstall explorer patcher
  2. delete the same registry key: "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ExplorerPatcher"
  3. reboot
  4. install explorer patcher
  5. verify you get a notification that symbols have been downloaded
  6. restart windows explorer using either the task manager or in the properties window of explorer patcher
  7. reapply the settings you set in explorer patcher.

pyrates999 avatar Jun 19 '23 06:06 pyrates999

In the end, what helped was to unlock all taskbars, then I was able to drag the taskbar to the right. Hopefully your comment @pyrates999 will be useful for someone who stumbles on this issue in the future, if what I did doesnt help!

TheEmbracedOne avatar Jun 20 '23 14:06 TheEmbracedOne

The setting is still bugged. Suggest reopen issue.

zzj0402 avatar Jul 02 '23 00:07 zzj0402

Reopened

TheEmbracedOne avatar Jul 02 '23 04:07 TheEmbracedOne

Did it work for you @TheEmbracedOne though?

pyrates999 avatar Jul 03 '23 00:07 pyrates999

Sorry @pyrates999 I didnt try - after unlocking all taskbars (right clicking on taskbard), I was then able to drag my taskbar on all monitors to the right, so I no longer needed a fix for this specifically. Hopefully someone for whom that doesnt work can verify whether your fix works in the future!

TheEmbracedOne avatar Jul 13 '23 19:07 TheEmbracedOne

Looks like the fix for this is to remove that option from explorer patcher then if windows allows you to change the taskbar position now.

pyrates999 avatar Jul 14 '23 10:07 pyrates999

I dont think Windows allows you to change the taskbar position. I think I was only able to drag it anywhere because of the patcher.

TheEmbracedOne avatar Jul 14 '23 15:07 TheEmbracedOne

Uninstall explorer patcher and reboot and then see if you can change where the taskbar is placed on screen.

pyrates999 avatar Jul 15 '23 13:07 pyrates999

Bump, any update?

PsycloneTM avatar Oct 20 '24 18:10 PsycloneTM

did you try the current release and pre-release of it first?

pyrates999 avatar Oct 20 '24 22:10 pyrates999

try reinstalling several times it might work ... I have tried reinstall the software 3 times and it works ... without restarting then check the properties in the taskbar then change the secondary

trainerx12345 avatar Jan 29 '25 12:01 trainerx12345

I solved by dragging the secondary taskbar to the location

ArcaDevEnvX avatar Mar 27 '25 11:03 ArcaDevEnvX

In the end, what helped was to unlock all taskbars, then I was able to drag the taskbar to the right. Hopefully your comment @pyrates999 will be useful for someone who stumbles on this issue in the future, if what I did doesnt help!

Works on 22631.5335.68.2 on Windows 26100.6584, thanks!

TylerTemp avatar Sep 29 '25 03:09 TylerTemp