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Subject: Windows 7 maximised apps overlap taskbar (apps are hidden *behind* the taskbar)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 11:17:28 +0100
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Ok, I know I should upgrade my Win 7 PC to Win 10. That would be a lot of 
effort, reinstalling and reconfiguring things *when* (not *if*) the upgrade 
process gets it wrong. Let's get that discussion out of the way first!

I've just noticed that the bottom of maximised windows (Firefox, MS Office 
apps, Windows Explorer etc) have started being hidden behind the taskbar 
(which is at the bottom, with auto-hide turned off). This never used to 
happen. I'm not aware of anything I've changed.

Just to reiterate: the taskbar is on top; a lot of the articles I've seen 
about this symptom have the app on top of the taskbar.

It's a nuisance if I hover over a web link in Firefox because the URL that 
pops up at the bottom is off the screen, and the tab names in an Excel 
spreadsheet are similarly off-screen.

I've tried right-clicking on the taskbar, changing its position from 
"bottom" to "top" and back again, which some people suggested might fix it. 
Not for me.

Any suggestions?