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Free App Restores Drag-and-Drop Taskbar Moving to Windows 11, Mimicking Windows 10 Behavior

Taskbar Location Options lets you click and drag the taskbar to any screen edge — a feature Microsoft buried in Settings after restoring it last month.

By Boot Sequence

The Computing Desk · (17 hours ago)

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Windows 11 taskbar being dragged to the left side of the screen
Windows 11 taskbar being dragged to the left side of the screenPhoto via Windows Central

Windows 11 finally lets you move the taskbar again. Microsoft restored the option last month after years of complaints, but changing the position still means opening Settings, navigating to Taskbar settings, and picking a location from a dropdown. A free app called Taskbar Location Options puts the old click-and-drag behavior back on the desktop.

Right-click the taskbar and choose top, left, right, or bottom. Or just drag it there. The app comes from developer Michał Łeptuch and is hosted on GitHub with installation instructions. Windows Central reported the release Thursday.

Installation is not a one-click affair. You download a certificate, unblock the file, run it with PowerShell, then install the app itself. Łeptuch says the process will be smoothed out in future updates. For now, it works. The inability to move the taskbar was one of the loudest regressions when Windows 11 launched in 2021.

Microsoft's eventual fix arrived buried in a settings menu. Taskbar Location Options restores the muscle memory: grab the bar, drop it where you want it. Faster for anyone juggling multiple monitor layouts or switching between desktop setups. The tool is free and open source.

Get it from the project's GitHub page.

TopicsWindows 11Windows 10customizationopen sourceGitHubtaskbar

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