Windows 10 resets taskbar height to single row after restart

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I set my taskbar to auto-hide and a height of two rows of icons/buttons. But each time I restart the PC the height is reset to one row. (Auto-hide is preserved.)
On another computer running the same Windows build (10.0.15063) the two row height is preserved between restarts.

Is there a fix for this, registry or otherwise? I already checked "Taskbar settings", but to no avail.

Best Answer

This is a well-known problem that has hit many people in all versions of Windows. Some workarounds that worked for some people are listed below:

  1. Some say that when the taskbar auto-hide is the cause of the problem, and that setting it to off fixes it. Sounds reasonable, but not what you are looking for.
  2. Others claim that setting the taskbar height to 3 rows and rebooting makes it stay as 2 rows. Strange, but maybe worth trying.
  3. Another advice is to set the taskbar to 2 rows, then use Group Policy Editor to navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Task Bar and enable Lock all Taskbar settings. This one looks like the best bet.

For Windows Home, the above can be done using regedit to navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and create a DWORD entry named TaskbarLockAll with the value of 1.

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