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My Windows 11 taskbar is set to hide automatically, however if there is a notification it will not hide until I have opened the program the notification came from (typically, an MS Teams message, or a new unread mail in Outlook):

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This is a real 'pita' when I work remotely, because the fat taskbar overlaps anything that's full screen, and in the case of e.g. a VMWare session running Windows 10 the quick tray icons in there are almost impossible to access. The bottom part of the screen changes from:

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into:

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I have to go the program with the notification to stop this, interupting my workflow.

These are my current task bar settings (in Dutch):

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I disabled the second setting for the badges, but the taskbar behavior stays the same, it just does not have the number:

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(How) can I force 'hide the taskbar' regardless of notifications?

Keeping the taskbar visible is not an option, because it takes away too much screen real estate.

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  • Try setting your VMware to a window that is almost but not quite full screen. Then ensure that the VMware window does not cover the Windows 11 task bar. I have VMware here and what I describe works.
    – anon
    Commented Dec 20, 2022 at 13:24

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I noticed this issue has remained unresolved for over a year.

I encountered the same problem on Windows 11 and found a solution.

Go to Windows Settings > Personalization > Taskbar Behaviors and disable the option "Show flashing on taskbar apps."

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  • Let me test that.... ;-)
    – Jan Doggen
    Commented Apr 29 at 11:52

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