Is steam now taking itself off the taskbar when I minimize it?

[Fulano]

When I minimize the steam window I want it to stay on the task bar... but it seems lately it's been disappearing into the system tray instead.

Is this a new "feature" or is something weird going on with my computer?

[crunchyfrog]

Something weird going on with your computer. Only Windows is likely to do that.

It might well be you've filled your taskbar, or rather when you open Steam it goes over full, and then defaults to your system tray.

Try moving something else off your taskbar temporarily and see if it persists.

[Fulano]

Steam and a game are the only things I've got open, so it's not running out of room.

It's also doing the same thing on the kid's computer now.

So, I'll look into the Windows taskbar settings and see if I can make it stop.

EDIT:
It's only steam doing this, I suspect it's a great idea by the person who thought it was smart to make the close program X button do the job of the Minimize button....

[crunchyfrog]

Fulano の投稿を引用：

Steam and a game are the only things I've got open, so it's not running out of room.

It's also doing the same thing on the kid's computer now.

So, I'll look into the Windows taskbar settings and see if I can make it stop.

EDIT:
It's only steam doing this, I suspect it's a great idea by the person who thought it was smart to make the close program X button do the job of the Minimize button....

Well, I don't know what to tell you. I ahve a full taskbar as I have Win 10 setup, and only three things typically open at any given time, so it doesn't have to be just open stuff on there. Plus, Steam is one of those things, and I'm not getting this, so it can't be solely a Steam thing, nor a Windows thing or it would happen to me.

It might be a setting under Windows you have regarding the taskbar as you say - maybe someone has resized the Steam icon or something weird like that so it freaks Windows out.
Really hard to tell without more investigation and fiddling around.

[Ikurauta]

Having the same issue did you find the problem

[Fulano]

sheriffi Ikurauta の投稿を引用：

Having the same issue did you find the problem

I didn't, I just pinned it to the system tray for when it is disappearing.

The problem seems to come and go, and isn't happening right now, so I'm hoping they did some fixing. I was seeing it on four different computers.

[Perereco]

Hi, i know this been a long time since you had this issue, but did you solve it?
checked if it was Windows shuting the client down, but actually its stil open, the mini window shows up as i move the cursor over it on task bar

[Supafly]

Dony El Knox の投稿を引用：

Hi, i know this been a long time since you had this issue, but did you solve it?
checked if it was Windows shuting the client down, but actually its stil open, the mini window shows up as i move the cursor over it on task bar

When it happens try

unpin from the taskbar
Exit Steam
Load Steam
Pin to taskbar

I've had it 2/3 times in the last year and doing what I said above fixes it

[Perereco]

Supafly の投稿を引用：

Dony El Knox の投稿を引用：

Hi, i know this been a long time since you had this issue, but did you solve it?
checked if it was Windows shuting the client down, but actually its stil open, the mini window shows up as i move the cursor over it on task bar

When it happens try

unpin from the taskbar
Exit Steam
Load Steam
Pin to taskbar

I've had it 2/3 times in the last year and doing what I said above fixes it

Thanks, it worked apparently... need to check it after reboot next time

[Fulano]

It's still been coming and going for me, but I will try this suggestion next time it goes to see if it stays longer.

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