task bar wont hide in powerpoint in slideshow

Question

_{Saturday, March 18, 2017 9:21 PM}

Hi. When I go into powerpoint and click slideshow, my taskbar won't go away, even in presenter view, it just won't hide. it is very annoying. VERRY annoying, this is in WINDOWS 10 on SURFACE PRO 4 please reply anytime. Thanks

All replies (9)

_{Monday, March 20, 2017 8:57 AM}

Hi Kevin,

In PowerPoint, please go to Slide Show tab, in Set Up group, click Set up Slide Show, make sure your Show type is configured correctly (do not select Browsed by an individual window):

Additionally, please confirm if the Taskbar shows when using the Full Screen mode in other applications. If the issue only happens in PowerPoint, I suggest we can try to start it in safe mode for further testing:

Press Win+R to open Run in Windows, type powerpnt /safe, press Enter.

Any updates in your side, please feel free to post back.

Regards,

Winnie Liang

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_{Wednesday, June 14, 2017 2:15 AM}

Hi Winnie,

I'm having the same problem.  The Set Up Show settings are just as you show there, and the taskbar does disappear when Windows Media Player is in full screen mode.  I don't like the "automatically hide the taskbar when in desktop mode" because it drives me crazy.  What was the further testing you had in mind?

Thanks,

Sue

_{Wednesday, June 14, 2017 11:41 AM}

I installed some updates, restarted the computer and viola, no bar.  Posting the "solution" here in case anyone else is looking for help with this.  Thanks anyway!

_{Wednesday, October 17, 2018 5:00 AM | 6 votes}

I had the same problem, just open Task Manager, find Windows Explorer, and click Restart. Always the first thing I do when I encounter problems like this.

_{Thursday, October 25, 2018 12:56 PM}

This worked for me! Thank you.

_{Saturday, January 19, 2019 12:13 AM}

This works perfectly. Thanks!

_{Saturday, January 19, 2019 2:40 PM}

Click “Task Manager” from the menu; In the next window, right-click “Windows Explorer” in the Processes tab, and select “Restart” option; 

_{Saturday, April 13, 2019 12:13 PM}

Super that fix my problem, thank you very much!

_{Thursday, April 25, 2019 11:37 PM}

Simple

Open Powerpoint in slidemode

Right click on mouse

you will see menu 

click on Full Screen