General Enable or Disable Always Keep Open Notification Center and Quick Settings in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to keep the Notification Center and Quick Settings open always on top once opened until manually closed for all users in Windows 11.

Windows 11 puts notifications in the Notification Center (Win+N) on the taskbar corner where you can view them instantly from the flyout. You will also see the calendar flyout under the Notification Center flyout.

Quick Settings (Win+A) gives you quick access from the taskbar corner to commonly used settings and apps like Volume, Brightness, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, Rotation lock, Battery saver, Accessibility, Night light, Mobile hotspot, Nearby sharing, Cast, and Project. Directly above your Quick Settings, you will see media playback controls when playing music or videos in Microsoft Edge or streaming music in apps like Spotify.

When you open the Notification Center or Quick Settings, it will automatically close by default when you click/tap on anything else.

You can change this default behavior to have the Notification Center and Quick Settings stay open always on top once opened until manually closed.

You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable keep Notification Center and Quick Settings open always on top once opened until manually closed.

EXAMPLE: Notification Center keep open always on top





Here's How:

1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.





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This is the default setting

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4 Save the REG file to your desktop.

5 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.

6 Double click/tap on the downloaded REG file to merge it.

7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

8 You can now delete the downloaded REG file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink