No; it just inconvenient....I guess I will just have to learn to live with it. Did not have this under Win10. I do notice that in win11 the task bar does go across the entire screen whereas I think in win10 there was a demarcation between the taskbar and the notification area which may have made this a non-issue back then. Again; thanks for the response!

If I could get mine to look like yours -- all would be great. I think your screen shot shows exactly what I am looking for -- the icons and information in the notification area  are on the same horizontal plane as the other icons to the left. I cannot seem to make "print screen" work for me in Win11 or I would include it here. Anyway; my notification area information is above the horizontal plane that the icons to the left are on. The left side icons are vertically centered on the taskbar and the notification area icons are along the top edge of the taskbar with the Time actually only showing the bottom half of the digits. Not the end of the world; just trying to make things look good. I truly appreciate your input and am not trying to be difficult here.

TThe snippet Tool works ---- rather neat. First time I have used it. Thanks! Here is my snippet. I am just going to live with it and not worry. Thanks so much for the input!

No it is an Hp laptop --17"  non-touchscreen. I have looked all over the Start11 app and do not find anything like "Force touch mode device" or "Force not touch mode device."

Outstanding!!!!! You the man! Thank you so much --- I changed it to Automatic and/or Not.... and PERFECT! I really appreciate you guys and your excellent (and obviously sincere) support. I am now all done tweaking Win11 and shall return to my mundane daily cruisin' of news and emails. THANKS GUYS!!