Windows 11 Taskbar stuck on left screen of nVidia Surround triple monitor setup


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Windows 11 Taskbar stuck on left screen in nVidia Surround mode with triple monitor setup.
Below screenshot shows Extended mode. Center screen is primary screen. Side screens are extended screens. Taskbar is placed on primary screen in this mode.
Big white numbers are visible when nVidia "Configure" dialog is open. Identification is incorrect. NVidia dialog shows 123, big white numbers are 312.
Numbers in dark squares are from Windows 11 Display Settings after clicking on "Identify".

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I suspect that nVidia has hidden sequence of screens somewhere, which is used in Surround mode. This sequence is not matching primary/extended screen setup of Extended mode.
Surround mode screenshot:

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Unchecking "Desktop -> Surround Displays -> Confine Taskbar to Single Display" makes taskbar span across whole Surround desktop.
Proper center primary screen in (a) nVidia panel and (b) Windows Display Settings did not help.
Hope somebody experienced such phenomena and found solution!
 

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Go to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar, then select the Taskbar behaviors option.
 

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You need to decide which display setup utility you would like to use and set everything up from there. Don't use all different utilities at the same time. They all have their own default settings. I just normally use Windows display settings and never bother with the GPU display control panel.
 

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FreeBooter said:
Go to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar, then select the Taskbar behaviors option.
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Please notice that I refer to nVidia Surround Triple Screen mode, not Extended mode. Did you experience such problem?
I do not find options related to taskbar position for triple monitor seamless screen setup.
For example, option "Show my taskbar on all displays" is disabled because system sees nVidia Surround mode as one display.

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badrobot said:
You need to decide which display setup utility you would like to use and set everything up from there. Don't use all different utilities at the same time. They all have their own default settings. I just normally use Windows display settings and never bother with the GPU display control panel.
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Are you sure about that? My experience is that changing primary screen in Windows Settings (System > Display) immediately affect nVidia Control Panel settings in real time. And opposite... change in nVidia Control Panel immediately affect opened Windows Settings dialog.
Please notice that I do not refer to Extended mode of display setup. In Extended mode a primary screen is where taskbar is located. However in nVidia Surround mode there is no primary screen. I suspect nVidia driver has own sequence based on something I do not know. Graphic card cable order?
Do you have nVidia Surround triple monitor seamless screen setup? Can you test that, if possible?
 

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mine lets me just click and drag them to rearrange them within nvidia surround setup...
 

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human_827364 said:
Are you sure about that? My experience is that changing primary screen in Windows Settings (System > Display) immediately affect nVidia Control Panel settings in real time. And opposite... change in nVidia Control Panel immediately affect opened Windows Settings dialog.
Please notice that I do not refer to Extended mode of display setup. In Extended mode a primary screen is where taskbar is located. However in nVidia Surround mode there is no primary screen. I suspect nVidia driver has own sequence based on something I do not know. Graphic card cable order?
Do you have nVidia Surround triple monitor seamless screen setup? Can you test that, if possible?
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Yes I do have Nvidia display utility like yours, but like I said, I never use it. I may have accidentally installed it while installing the driver but did not intend to use it. I can have a look tonight. But if you can set it up correctly with either of the utility and everything works how you want it, there is no need to bother with the other utility. I don't think it's a big deal.
 

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dacrone said:
mine lets me just click and drag them to rearrange them within nvidia surround setup...
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Thank you for the screenshot. I use the same option to rearranging screens in Surround mode.
But can you chack what happens with taskbar? In my case it always stick to left screen, even after I change HDMI cable order.
 

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mine is always on the center monitor (#2). didn't change when i applied surround. rearrange your nvidia layout to match your windows layout. in your screenshot, #1 and #3 are swapped. disable surround, reconfigure surround layout and then reapply surround and see if it fixes it.
 

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badrobot said:
Yes I do have Nvidia display utility like yours, but like I said, I never use it. I may have accidentally installed it while installing the driver but did not intend to use it. I can have a look tonight. But if you can set it up correctly with either of the utility and everything works how you want it, there is no need to bother with the other utility. I don't think it's a big deal.
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I think nVidia Control Panel is always there, even when not shown.
But my problem is not a tool itself, but the fact that taskbar is stuck to left screen in Surround mode, even after changing cable order in graphic card.
Could you please check behaviour of taskbar when in Surround mode? I'm fighting with this problem for long time already.
 

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dacrone said:
mine is always on the center monitor (#2). didn't change when i applied surround. rearrange your nvidia layout to match your windows layout. in your screenshot, #1 and #3 are swapped. disable surround, reconfigure surround layout and then reapply surround and see if it fixes it.
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So you do not experience the problem of taskbar on left screen. This is a good piece of information.

Surround mode disabled...
In Extended mode (1) Windows Display Settings dialog, (2) Windows Display Settings "Identify", (3) nVidia Control Panel Configure Surround PhysX info match... sequence is 1, 2, 3. But not nVidia big white numbers! They are visible when I check option "Span displays with Surround" in nVidia Control Panel and click "Configure" button to open "NVIDIA Set Up Surround" dialog but without actually applying surround mode (still extended mode).
I see big white numbers 3, 1, 2. Same as the first screenshot of my initial post (extended mode).

Surround mode enabled...
In Surround mode both (1) nVidia Control Panel and (2) nVidia big white identifying numbers match... 3, 2, 1.
Windows Display Settings does not show screens anymore.

What sequence does your (1) nVidia Control Panel and (2) big white numbers show in surround mode?
 

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mine is set in windows to 3-2-1. in nvidia i launch it (only to test your issue - i dont use it normally) i start with checking Span Displays > Configure and it launches to 2-1-3. i drag and rearrange the nvidia displays to 3-2-1 > apply surround and it keeps my settings (except now it is 1 large screen instead of 3 separate. same effect eyefinity has for creating display grids.

Q: does your mouse move properly from left to right when you apply your settings?
 

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dacrone said:
Q: does your mouse move properly from left to right when you apply your settings?
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Yes, but only when disabling Surround. When Extended mode appears I see sequence changing from 3-1-2 to 1-2-3 in the dialog.
Before pressing "Enabling Surround" button I have to change arrangement of screens as suggested by big white numbers 3-1-2.
If I do that, Surround mode will be correctly arranged. If I ignore big white numbers suggestion 3-1-2 when dialog is showing 1-2-3, then after enabling Surround left screen shows right part of desktop and I need to rearrange screens (1-2-3 -> 3-1-2) and reapply. Similar to your procedure.

Since physical position of screens is fixed, screen IDs in Surround and Extended mode do not match. NVidia driver should correct ID mismatch and show taskbar on center screen. Unfortunately it does not happen in my case. The only option I see is HDMI cable sequence change.

Cables rearranged (GPU card connection ports from left to right)
before: cable HDMI1, cable DP, cable HDMI2, empty DP
after: cable HDMI1, empty DP, cable HDMI2, cable DP

Surround mode shows 3-2-1 and taskbar is on center screen!
Disabling Surround mode...
Extended mode... Windows Display Settings still 1-2-3 (weird), nVidia Configure dialog 2-3-1, nVidia big white numbers 3-2-1
This is so weird.

Enabling Surround again... 3-2-1, taskbar still on center screen... very promissing

Restart... nVidia Surround still 3-2-1 and taskbar survived on center screen!
Hope Surround center screen taskbar will survive next days.
I guess this phenomena has something to do with cables.
Maybe the fact that one cable has active DP->HDMI adapter.
No idea what it is exactly.

Thank you @dacrone and @badrobot for suggestions.
 

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The default Nvidia control panel sequence is like this 1736461812040.webp
 

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human_827364 said:
Yes, but only when disabling Surround. When Extended mode appears I see sequence changing from 3-1-2 to 1-2-3 in the dialog.
Before pressing "Enabling Surround" button I have to change arrangement of screens as suggested by big white numbers 3-1-2.
If I do that, Surround mode will be correctly arranged. If I ignore big white numbers suggestion 3-1-2 when dialog is showing 1-2-3, then after enabling Surround left screen shows right part of desktop and I need to rearrange screens (1-2-3 -> 3-1-2) and reapply. Similar to your procedure.

Since physical position of screens is fixed, screen IDs in Surround and Extended mode do not match. NVidia driver should correct ID mismatch and show taskbar on center screen. Unfortunately it does not happen in my case. The only option I see is HDMI cable sequence change.

Cables rearranged (GPU card connection ports from left to right)
before: cable HDMI1, cable DP, cable HDMI2, empty DP
after: cable HDMI1, empty DP, cable HDMI2, cable DP

Surround mode shows 3-2-1 and taskbar is on center screen!
Disabling Surround mode...
Extended mode... Windows Display Settings still 1-2-3 (weird), nVidia Configure dialog 2-3-1, nVidia big white numbers 3-2-1
This is so weird.

Enabling Surround again... 3-2-1, taskbar still on center screen... very promissing

Restart... nVidia Surround still 3-2-1 and taskbar survived on center screen!
Hope Surround center screen taskbar will survive next days.
I guess this phenomena has something to do with cables.
Maybe the fact that one cable has active DP->HDMI adapter.
No idea what it is exactly.

Thank you @dacrone and @badrobot for suggestions.
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great to hear its working as it should. whenever you're satisfied, please mark thread as solved. thank you.
 

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The problem came back today after restart. I guess the problem is nVidia's driver stubborn approach to sequencing screens.
I fixed it again by changing cables' sequence, but this time taking into consideration physical gpu port sequence as shown by @badrobot above.
This means that center screen MUST always be connected to port 1. I guess this is the FINAL solution.
Will mark the thread as solved after a few days of observation.
 

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