Taskbar Doesn't Stay On 2nd Display After User Switching
Aug 9, 2015
I have a problem with my taskbar. I have 2 monitors and I like to keep the taskbar on the secondary display, vertically at the right hand side of the screen. My other half has a separate account on our PC and she has the taskbar the same way.
When she logs in to her account while I'm still logged in and then when I switch back to my profile, the taskbar is being moved from display 2 back to display 1 - however it stays vertically on the right hand side. I.e. Windows can't seem to remember which display the taskbar is on, but it can remember the location of the taskbar.
My system spec:
Operating System Windows 10 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5 4590 @ 3.30GHz
RAM Corsair Vengeance 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 800MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)
Display Acer X233H (1920x1080@60Hz)
AH191 (1440x900@60Hz)
Graphics 4 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (ASUStek Computer Inc)
Storage 256 GB Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB (SSD) (System drive) , 64 GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series (SSD) , 256 GB Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB (SSD), 1.5 TB Seagate ST31500341AS (SATA) , 1.0 TB Western Digital WD My Passport 0810 USB Device (SSD) , 3.0 TB WD MyCloud
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This is how it looks now, the problem started occurring like 3 months ago
This is how its suppose to look when i take a screen shot of it
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This worked in the past and I don't know what might have happened to make it stop working.
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Can I add the "Settings" and "All Apps" shortcut I would normally get left-clicking on the Start button to the Start button's "right-click menu"?
