Re:Microsoft explains why you can't move Windows 11 Taskbar
by wolpoli on Monday April 11, 2022 @08:32PM
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The Windows 11 taskbar was rewritten from scratch, with what it looks like a few bits from the Win32 version bolted on. Hence it never supported putting the taskbar/menu on the side.
Th ExplorerPatcher utility, on the other hand, re-enables the Windows 10 taskbar. It also disables the Snap layouts. I expect that the Windows 10 taskbar will slowly break.
Perhaps alternative taskbars [1] will become popular at some point.
the menu buttons on the bottom is what mobile has been doing for more than a decade i think
what doesnt quite add up is:
"When it comes to something like actually being able to move the taskbar to different locations on the screen, there's a number of challenges with that," said Roth (via Neowin). "When you think about having the taskbar on the right or the left, all of a sudden the reflow and the work that all of the apps have to do to be able to understand the environment is just huge."
This didnt seem to be too much of an issue, previously, but something fundamental has changed, to make this a challenge
>> i took a look around and found this:
https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher
not sure if it still work or for how long but it claims to patch in a win10 taskbar