I have long used Start 11.  I had the taskbar at the top of the screen.  That's why I GOT Start 11.  When I installed fences6 upgrade the tops of the fences were under the taskbar so I couldn't move them.  So I tried hiding the taskbar.  But then it vanished utterly.  I rebooted.  Then it will show only at the bottom and only in "hide automatically" mode. Yes, start 11 was set to be at the top.   If I took off "hide automatically, the taskbar is nowhere to be found.  Not even a power button that lets me restart the computer.  I had to turn the computer OFF with the button on the computer.  cold reboot. 

Rebooting didn’t help. Using the damn bottom of the screen self hiding toolbar, I was able to get to install/uninstall programs. 

So I uninstalled fences.  Still the problem.  I tried the “task bar on the side” and it showed up, but it isn’t useful there. Would NOT go to the top, even though I went back to “aligned top.”  Finally I set the whole of Start 11 back to “default” and THEN it would take the aligned top and it stays put. 

Bottom line: Fences opened hidden under Task Bar 11.  If you try to fix THAT the taskbar disappears. There is no WARNING that this will happen. 

Moved to Start Menu Products area