"kc000000" wrote:

> I just finished "upgrading" to Windows Media Player 11, and within minutes I
> noticed a problem.
>
> I have "Auto-Hide the Taskbar" turned on to tidy up my screen, which makes
> the taskbar disappear during normal use, and only reappear by moving the
> mouse cursor to the bottom edge of the screen. However, this does NOT work
> with WMP 11 on the screen. While running WMP 11, the taskbar disappears, but
> will NOT reappear by moving the mouse cursor to the bottom edge of the
> screen. The taskbar only reappears by minimizing the WMP 11 window, so there
> is no way to switch instantly from WMP 11 to another program on the taskbar.
>
> Windows Media Player 11 is the only program I've found that fails to work
> properly with Auto-Hide the Taskbar, and it is a Microsoft program! Is there
> a way to fix this by changing a setting? If not, will there a "patch" to fix
> it?
>
> If there is no way to fix this, then I will be joining the other
> disappointed users who are trying to "downgrade" back to WMP 10...

I noticed the problem within seconds, really. Anyway...

Someone posted a reply to someone else's question and said that Ctrl M turns
on the "Classic" menu view, returning some functionality to the program
(while making the Player window look like garbage). The classic view also
allows Auto-Hide the Taskbar to function properly (while making the window
look like garbage). Thanks to whoever that was... but it's still not quite
right.