You can turn the auto-hide taskbar feature in the built-in Settings app in Windows. Though that you might consider adding “Automatically hide taskbar” in the context menu to access this feature more frequently on your Windows 11 or 10 PCs. Once you add “Automatically Hide Taskbar” to the right-click menu, you can use allow or block this from the desktop. No need to dive into the Settings app anymore.
In this risewindows article, we will guide you on how to add “Automatically hide taskbar” to the context menu in Windows 11 or 10.
How to Include “Automatically Hide Taskbar” to Context Menu in Windows 11 or 10?
Follow these steps to add the “Automatically hide taskbar” option to the context menu in Windows 11 or 10:-
Step 1. Open Registry Editor.
Step 2. Browse to the following key in the left sidebar of the Registry Editor window:-
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell
Step 3. Right-click on the
Step 4. Name the new key to
Step 5. Right-click on the
Step 6. Name the newly created REG_SZ to
Step 7. Similarly, create three more String Values under this
After done, it will look like the below screenshot:-
Step 8. Next, double-click on the
Step 9. Hit
Step 10. Double-click on
Step 11. Click on the
Step 12. Double-click on the
Step 13. Press
Step 14. Leave the SubCommands “Value data” blank. You don’t need to set its “Value data.”
Step 15. Now, right-click on the
Step 16. Name the new key as a
Step 17. Right-click on the
Step 18. Right-click on the
Step 19. Name this newly created REG_SZ to
Step 20. Double-click the
Step 21. Pick the
Step 22. Right-click on the
Step 23. Name the newly created key as the command.
Step 24. On the right side of the
powershell -command "&{$p='HKCU:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects3';$v=(Get-ItemProperty -Path $p).Settings;$v[8]=3;&Set-ItemProperty -Path $p -Name Settings -Value $v;&Stop-Process -f -ProcessName explorer}"
Step 25. Choose
Step 26. Again, right-click the
Step 27. Name this key to
Step 28. Right-click on the 002flyout key to choosing
Step 29. Name this new REG_DWORD to
Step 30. Double-click the
Step 31. Hit
Step 32. Again, right-click on the
Step 33. Name this newly created REG_SZ to
Step 34. Double-click the
Step 35. Click on the
Step 36. Right-click the
Step 37. Name this newly created key as the
Step 38. On the right sidebar, you will see a (Default) REG_SZ. Double-click on the (Default) REG_SZ and set its “Value data” to the following:-
powershell -command "&{$p= 'HKCU:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects3' ;$v=(Get-ItemProperty -Path $p).Settings;$v[8]=2;&Set-ItemProperty -Path $p -Name Settings -Value $v;&Stop-Process -f -ProcessName explorer}"
Step 39. Hit
Step 40. After that, reboot your PC to apply the changes.
After finishing, the above steps, right-click on the free space on the
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