Win 10 Taskbar on Win 11?

Pocah · Mar 25, 2024

Those tiny icons in the bottom right of the Taskbar next to the clock?

The problem I have is that I use dual screens, and with Win11 those are absent on the second screen. This is a real nuisance. I often have an app on the primary screen that I is difficult to interrupt so I can't access those icons. I really need them on the second screen. Window 10 used to have them there. In other words, it completely duplicated the Taskbar on the second screen. Is there any app that does that?

AmericanPharaoh · Mar 25, 2024

Here's what I was able to find out. Basically, the taskbar may be enabled on all monitors, at the same time, for the 'notification area', it will only appear to the primary display.

Ghot · Mar 25, 2024

@Pocah

Apparently, MS decided that the System tray will "only" show on the primary monitor.

If it was me, I would make shortcuts for whatever was in the System Tray that I would need on the 2nd monitor.

This may or may not be helpful for you...

List of Windows 11 CLSID Key (GUID) Shortcuts Tutorial

This tutorial will show you a complete list of GUIDs from the CLSID key in the registry that can be used to create shortcuts to directly open items with in Windows 11. A CLSID is a globally unique identifier that identifies a COM class object. For more information about a CLSID key and the...

www.elevenforum.com

If you right click on your Desktop and choose: New > Shortcut ...and paste one of these CLSID key shortcuts in there...
Then give it it's common name. It will create a shortcut to that item, like so....

Sound ----> explorer "shell:::{F2DDFC82-8F12-4CDD-B7DC-D4FE1425AA4D}"

And it... works.

With a little creative shortcut-ing, you should be able to generate shortcuts for "Windows" things in the System tray.
Obviously creating shortcuts for 3rd party things is a lot easier.

Edwin · Mar 25, 2024

Pocah said:
Is there any app that does that?

StartAllBack

Try3 · Mar 25, 2024

Pocah said:
Win 10 Taskbar on Win 11?
with Win11 those are absent on the second screen

It was the same in Windows 10.

All the best,
Denis

Pocah · Mar 25, 2024

Try3 said:
It was the same in Windows 10.
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All the best,
Denis

No, it wasn't. I used to use the process all the time in Win 10. It changed for Win 11.

Pocah · Mar 25, 2024

Ghot said:
@Pocah

Apparently, MS decided that the System tray will "only" show on the primary monitor.

If it was me, I would make shortcuts for whatever was in the System Tray that I would need on the 2nd monitor.

This may or may not be helpful for you...

List of Windows 11 CLSID Key (GUID) Shortcuts Tutorial

This tutorial will show you a complete list of GUIDs from the CLSID key in the registry that can be used to create shortcuts to directly open items with in Windows 11. A CLSID is a globally unique identifier that identifies a COM class object. For more information about a CLSID key and the...

www.elevenforum.com

If you right click on your Desktop and choose: New > Shortcut ...and paste one of these CLSID key shortcuts in there...
Then give it it's common name. It will create a shortcut to that item, like so....

Sound ----> explorer "shell:::{F2DDFC82-8F12-4CDD-B7DC-D4FE1425AA4D}"

View attachment 91415

View attachment 91416

And it... works.
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With a little creative shortcut-ing, you should be able to generate shortcuts for "Windows" things in the System tray.
Obviously creating shortcuts for 3rd party things is a lot easier.

I am looking in to that, but I am not sure that it can do it. The problem is that it is an application, minimized in the notification area. I am not sure there is any way to "get at it" without actually clicking on the icon on the taskbar.

Ghot · Mar 25, 2024

Pocah said:
I am looking in to that, but I am not sure that it can do it. The problem is that it is an application, minimized in the notification area. I am not sure there is any way to "get at it" without actually clicking on the icon on the taskbar.

Which app are we talking about? It kind of hard to... guess.
If we knew what the app was, we may be able to offer other suggestions.

For example, I use TranslucentTB (to make my Taskbar clear), but it installs direct from the MS Store.
And MS doesn't mention, where it installed it.
It also runs minimized in the System Tray overflow area.
But REVO Uninstaller (free) has an option to show the "Install location"

And that information allows me to find the executable file, and create a shortcut from there...

Try StartAllBack as @Edwin mentioned.
If that doesn't do what you want... you can always use the "shortcut method".

Try3 · Mar 25, 2024

Pocah said:
No, it wasn't.

I posted a Windows 10 screenshot so you could see that the system tray was only shown on the main display in Windows 10.

I suggest you follow Edwin's advice in post #4 if that utility achieves what you want. Perhaps you used that utility in Windows 10 as well.

Denis

AmericanPharaoh · Mar 25, 2024

@ Pocah, I found this App 'Actual Multiple Monitors' not sure if it will work, but you can give it a try.

Actual Multiple Monitors: Extended Taskbar with Support of All Windows 7 Features on Each Display.

Actual Multiple Monitors is a software utility which offers the comprehensive solution to improve the functionality of Windows user interface for comfortable and effective work with multi-monitor configurations.

www.actualtools.com