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‎05-31-2025 09:58 AM

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

On both of the above laptops the taskbar has stopped working correctly. I have it set to auto hide but when using either edge or chrome, when I open a full screen page, I cannot get the taskbar to open when I lower the mouse to bottom of desktop. I have tried all the Internet suggestions with no luck.

I wonder if this is a glitch with either Microsoft or HP....I look forward to any suggestions...It all started about 1 week ago. Thank You in advance...Mike

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‎05-31-2025 04:56 PM

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I think I found the culprit....Omen gaming hub...Stopping the service wasn't enough. Uninstall did the trick...Fingers crossed..

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‎05-31-2025 04:59 PM

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Yesterday morning I woke up to find my Pavilion with Windows 11 had updated. I had to reopen all my browsers. When My first browser was open to maximum dimensions (but technically not full screen), I discovered that I could not open my task bar (always has been set to auto hide) by hovering my mouse arrow over the bottom edge of the viewport. After some fiddling around, I learned that the taskbar still works, but for some reason my browser (any browser, Firefox, Edge, Chrome) is a layer above the taskbar. That means the browser is always in front of the task bar, so I can only hover or click the taskbar if I can actually see some of it. That means I have to lift the bottom edge of the browser out of the way, or even un-check "autohide taskbar" in settings.

 

That is not a solution. Now I've lost valuable screen real estate to an always-present taskbar. I call this a bug, not a feature.

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‎05-31-2025 05:02 PM

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Woot! Woot! It magically worked immediately after Settings -> Apps -> Omen Gaming Hub -> Uninstall.

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‎06-01-2025 08:08 AM

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I also have the same problem with my HP Envy. It began happening less than a week ago. Wondering if there might have been a recent update that screwed it up.

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‎06-01-2025 09:03 AM

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Im not 100% sure, but I think HP updated the Gaming Software a few days ago. Im sure a fix will be coming soon if you need that software. Otherwise, uninstall it.

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