Windows 8.1 U1 hiding taskbar in multi-monitors setup bug.

Well, the bug is with incorrectly disappearing taskbar - taskbar "hides" not in the bottom of the screen, but "taskbar height pixels" higher (see the images in onedrive folder below). It hides in such a way only when you go to start screen with visible taskbar, wait until it disappears and return to desktop in any way (by pressing the win key, by selecting desktop on startscreen or by clicking the windows logo in the lower left corner);  this bug only appears with two monitors setup and heavily depends on monitors position - the secondary monitor lowest point should be below primary monitor lowest point. The bug didn't appear before Update 1; I can't confirm whether it is reproduceable only on my PC at the moment.

This bug is really annoying - when it happens, you need "to cast some magic" - move the mouse to the bottom of the screen, activate/deactivate several applications, etc. in order for taskbar to reappear properly, let alone the fact that it looks unaesthetic.

Will be grateful for any suggestions about how to fix it (without changing monitor positions, of course :).

http://1drv.ms/1lARAZb - skydrive folder with bug screenshots

P.S. By the way, the forum UI seems to be VERY user-unfriendly :( When I wrote the post and clicked submit, it redirected me to live.com's login page, and then again to the "Ask a question.." page with blank forms. It's great that my browser had cached all the text, so I was able to find it when I clicked back for a couple of times.



April 22nd, 2014 2:24pm

Hi,

Did you use the third party Themes or UI altering applications?

If you could please save your system information to a file using MSInfo32 (System Information) and upload it to a service like OneDrive and link it here in this thread so we can look over what input devices are recognized by your system. To open system information, enter MSInfo32 while on the Start Screen and select the result on the right below the search field. In the System Information window, select File, then Save.

Regards,

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April 23rd, 2014 3:09am

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