https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=e5d7bace-a4c1-49a2-a21e-0f838c60b574 DisplayFusion RSS: Seconary monitor hidden task bars are completely transparent regardless of task bar opacity setting. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:21:48 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=e5d7bace-a4c1-49a2-a21e-0f838c60b574 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/seconary-monitor-hidden-task-bars-are-completely-transparent-regardless-of-task-bar-opacity-setting/?ID=e5d7bace-a4c1-49a2-a21e-0f838c60b574#5 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:43:29 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/seconary-monitor-hidden-task-bars-are-completely-transparent-regardless-of-task-bar-opacity-setting/?ID=e5d7bace-a4c1-49a2-a21e-0f838c60b574#5 DisplayFusion The troubleshooting info definitely helps, so thanks for including it with your original question! Glad I could help ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/seconary-monitor-hidden-task-bars-are-completely-transparent-regardless-of-task-bar-opacity-setting/?ID=e5d7bace-a4c1-49a2-a21e-0f838c60b574#4 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:49:40 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/seconary-monitor-hidden-task-bars-are-completely-transparent-regardless-of-task-bar-opacity-setting/?ID=e5d7bace-a4c1-49a2-a21e-0f838c60b574#4 DisplayFusion Damn, you're good. It helps when you get the troubleshooter data, eh?

Windows 10 Settingstab had Customize Task Barcheck with the Taskbar Lookset to Transparent.

Setting to Opaqueor Glass(with a reasonable opacity) solves the problem. One wonders where that default value of transparent came from, or if anyone thought that made sense. During the upgrade from Windows 10, Windows 10 insisted I uninstall the version of Classic Start Menu I was running, so I installed the current version after the upgrade.

In any case, I guess this handles my issue.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/seconary-monitor-hidden-task-bars-are-completely-transparent-regardless-of-task-bar-opacity-setting/?ID=e5d7bace-a4c1-49a2-a21e-0f838c60b574#3 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:07:46 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/seconary-monitor-hidden-task-bars-are-completely-transparent-regardless-of-task-bar-opacity-setting/?ID=e5d7bace-a4c1-49a2-a21e-0f838c60b574#3 DisplayFusion Are you running Classic Start Menu? If so, can you see if the transparency or a custom colour is set on the Classic Start Menu Settings > Taskbar tab? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/seconary-monitor-hidden-task-bars-are-completely-transparent-regardless-of-task-bar-opacity-setting/?ID=e5d7bace-a4c1-49a2-a21e-0f838c60b574#2 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:53:20 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/seconary-monitor-hidden-task-bars-are-completely-transparent-regardless-of-task-bar-opacity-setting/?ID=e5d7bace-a4c1-49a2-a21e-0f838c60b574#2 DisplayFusion Here's the trouble shooter output. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/seconary-monitor-hidden-task-bars-are-completely-transparent-regardless-of-task-bar-opacity-setting/?ID=e5d7bace-a4c1-49a2-a21e-0f838c60b574 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:52:45 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/seconary-monitor-hidden-task-bars-are-completely-transparent-regardless-of-task-bar-opacity-setting/?ID=e5d7bace-a4c1-49a2-a21e-0f838c60b574 DisplayFusion Keith,
I just upgraded to Windows 10, so this may be some sort of update issue. I used settings to toggle multi-monitor task bars on and off. When I press "Reset All Taskbars", I get a proper unhidden task bar, but when I turn on auto-hide, the task bar goes transparent just as show in this picture below. I am use Beta 9 of version 8. ]]>