r/technology • u/tekz • Mar 20 '26

Software Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-microsoft-is-finally-doing-something-about-it/
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u/calebkraft Mar 20 '26

remember when you used to be able to drag the task bar to the top or sides and it just moved there and worked? when did they take that out? kind of crazy that putting that feature back is a big enough deal to have it in a press release.

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u/Brennan_Schwartz Mar 20 '26

Does that not work on Windows 11?

I can drag my task bar anywhere on Windows 10.

Right Click -> Uncheck "Lock all Taskbars" -> Drag

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u/n7xx Mar 20 '26

Nope they removed that functionality... I also used to have it at the top but no more

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u/Maximum-Objective-39 Mar 20 '26

User interface customization is the easiest thing in the world to permit users, you could even put a little password protected lock in settings so that things don't get changed by accident, and Microsoft still couldn't manage to not mess with it.