Hide taskbar

I continually invoke "Automatically Hide taskbar ...." option. In some programs (e.g., Excel) the taskbar (TB) remains on the bottom even when the mouse cursor is moved away. In some cases I can drag the TB to one side or the top, but frequently this is difficult with a TB that is full of apps - it opens the app instead of hooking onto the TB. This is especially annoying with programs like Excel where the TB hides the bottom row of sheets.

How can I get my "hide" preference to stick?

I use a very simple AutoHotkey (v1) script to do this:

Code:

^PgUp::	; Use CTRL+PageUp keys together to toggle the taskbar on or off
if toggle := !toggle
   WinHide ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
else
   WinShow ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
return

When I press the CTRL+PageUp keys together the taskbar is hidden. When I press the CTRL+PageUp keys together again the taskbar re-appears.

(You can easily change the hotkey combo that triggers the script - see the Hotkeys documentation.)

I've been using this script for years with Windows 10 Pro (from 1809 through to 22H2).

I have the script running all the time, started automatically by saving the script (copy attached in ZIP file) in the main startup folder (which you can easily get to by opening File Explorer and entering shell:startup in the navigation bar). The only other thing you need to do is download/install AutoHotkey v1.1 (deprecated).

Hope this helps...

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