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How To Hide Taskbar In Windows 10?
For a while, Google Chrome had a problem – while watching a video in full-screen mode, the Windows taskbar was not hidden.
Officially, the problem was fixed by updating the browser, but there are still users who are experiencing this problem. What to do for in this case?
Content of The Article:
1 The taskbar is displayed in full screen mode – how to remove?
2 Force fullscreen on Chrome
3 Restarting the explorer process
4 Black Boxes When Browsing Pages in Chrome
The taskbar is displayed in full screen mode – how to remove?
When you turn on the video on YouTube and switch to full screen, then, of course, you expect that no panels and other elements will block it and interfere with viewing.
But as a result, it turns out that some users have full-screen mode not working properly, especially in Windows 10.
The taskbar is still displayed on top of the video being viewed, hiding its bottom part.
Google a few months ago officially fixed this error in Chrome with the release of one of the updates.
But it still turns out that there are users who still have this problem, despite the browser update.
If you are also among those users who do not hide the taskbar when watching a video in full screen, then perhaps the following tips will help you solve this problem.
Forcefully enable fullscreen mode in Chrome
The first method is more of a way to bypass the problem, so a backup way to ensure the correct functionality of the system when an emergency condition occurs, rather than fixing it.
It is different from those that offer video players on sites.
To do this, go to the page with the video you want to play (for example, on YouTube), launch it, then, as usual, switch the view to full screen using the icon on the player.
Then, when the video or movie opens to full screen, but with the taskbar displayed, press the F11 key on the keyboard.
Turns on the entire contents of the browser in full screen, but without an additional interface.
This feature hides the elements of the browser interface, as well as the Windows taskbar.
When you finish viewing, just press F11 again to return to the normal viewing mode.
Restarting the Explorer process
The taskbar is sometimes not hidden when switching to full-screen viewing mode through problems with Windows 10 after updating the Anniversary Update.
Consider how you can remove the taskbar when watching a video that has ceased to disappear after installing the above update.
This error occurs through the Explorer.exe process, and the solution is to restart Explorer, that is, the Window interface.
It is very simple and does not require restarting the computer, and you can do it in a couple of seconds.
- Right-click on the taskbar and select Task Manager.
- In the new Task Manager window, click “Details” to display all the processes.
- In the process list, find the Windows Processes tab. In it, you will find the process “Explorer.exe.” Click on it with the right mouse button and select “Restart.”
The taskbar for a second disappears and appears again.
Now, when you go to Chrome on YouTube or another video service and turn on full-screen mode, the taskbar will no longer be displayed during video playback.
If the browser problem persists again, simply restart Windows Explorer.
Black squares when viewing pages in Chrome
Sometimes after installing the Anniversary Update update and solving the above problem in Chrome, black squares appear when browsing pages.
This error is associated with the display of the site and, in particular, indicates a lack of hardware acceleration in the browser. See how you can fix it?
For starters, you can try the simplest solution, clear the cache memory. Do not worry, and cleaning will not affect your passwords and bookmarks.
Click on the Chrome menu in the upper right corner of the window, and then go to the following path:
“Advanced Tools> Clearing Browser Data.”
In the window that opens, select the data to be deleted.
Please note that you should not mark the following items, such as download history, passwords, data for autofilling – these elements should not be deleted.
It is important that the following two items be marked, as indicated in the figure:
- Cookies, as well as other data sites and plug-ins;
- Images and other files saved in the cache.
Click the “Clear History” button, then restart your browser and check if the error is fixed.
1. The next step is to check if hardware acceleration is enabled. To do this, go to the Chrome menu and select “Settings.”
2. In the list of settings, click below on the link “Show advanced settings.”
3. Then find the “System” section and make sure that the “Use hardware acceleration (if available)” option is enabled.
4. If not, then it should be included. In turn, if the option was turned on, but black squares took place on the pages, then turn it off and check whether it will bring any effect.
In addition, installed extensions may affect the display of the page.
Open the browser menu, select “Additional Tools” – “Extensions” and check that there is no unnecessary add-on in the list.
You can also delete all add-ons that are not used.
If the above methods did not help, then you can reset the default settings. To do this, go to “Settings”> “Show advanced settings” and at the very bottom select the item “Reset settings.”
