Taskbar reimplementation loses position retention

[nx5314]

The Windows 10 ExplorerPatcher reimplementation will, upon a restart of explorer.exe, always return the primary taskbar to the primary monitor regardless of whether it was moved to a different monitor. Tested with three displays.

Win11 build 22631.4169
EP buid 22621.3880.66.6

[milesprower2293]

did you wait for a couple of minutes after relocating the taskbar?

[nx5314]

yeah it doesn't seem to make a difference how long after it is

[pyrates999]

Is there a setting in EP Properties application, that you set where you change what monitor the taskbar will be on? Or did you just right click on it, untick lock the taskbar, move it, and then reticked lock the taskbar?

Does it do the same thing if you reboot?

[nx5314]

Yes, this is by dragging the taskbar to a new monitor, then locking taskbar again. Doesn't make a difference locked or unlocked, and a full reboot results in the same.

[valinet]

I remember a talk about this back when I was enabling the disabled but still there Windows 10 taskbar back in the Windows 11 22000 days. It’s actually a bug/glitch that went on unresolved for so much time that people took it as a feature. I think I did something about it, reimplemented the bug or something, maybe the reimplemented taskbar needs that as well, although my memory is too vague now.

If I find the old thread where this is discussed, maybe it’s a good start for remembering what I actually did and see from there…

[milesprower2293]

found those threads related to the 10 taskbar on different monitors:
#171 and #14

[4yx]

Another thread related to this issue which may be helpful is #504, where the commit af20433 that provided a fix for a similar issue was first referenced.

From what I could find, the change was first introduced in prerelease 22000.348.40.0 on Dec 5, 2021.

The relevant code is still present on dllmain.c:

ExplorerPatcher/ExplorerPatcher/dllmain.c

Lines 8513 to 8597 in 92fce8c

	#pragma region "Remember primary taskbar positioning"
	BOOL bTaskbarFirstTimePositioning = FALSE;
	BOOL bTaskbarSet = FALSE;
	BOOL explorer_SetRect(LPRECT lprc, int xLeft, int yTop, int xRight, int yBottom)
	{
	BOOL bIgnore = FALSE;
	if (bTaskbarFirstTimePositioning)
	{
	bIgnore = bTaskbarSet;
	}
	else
	{
	bTaskbarFirstTimePositioning = TRUE;
	bIgnore = (GetSystemMetrics(SM_CMONITORS) == 1);
	bTaskbarSet = bIgnore;
	}
	if (bIgnore)
	{
	return SetRect(lprc, xLeft, yTop, xRight, yBottom);
	}
	if (xLeft)
	{
	return SetRect(lprc, xLeft, yTop, xRight, yBottom);
	}
	if (yTop)
	{
	return SetRect(lprc, xLeft, yTop, xRight, yBottom);
	}
	if (xRight != GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN))
	{
	return SetRect(lprc, xLeft, yTop, xRight, yBottom);
	}
	if (yBottom != GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN))
	{
	return SetRect(lprc, xLeft, yTop, xRight, yBottom);
	}
	bTaskbarSet = TRUE;
	StuckRectsData srd;
	DWORD pcbData = sizeof(StuckRectsData);
	RegGetValueW(
	HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
	L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\StuckRectsLegacy",
	L"Settings",
	REG_BINARY,
	NULL,
	&srd,
	&pcbData);
	if (pcbData != sizeof(StuckRectsData))
	{
	return SetRect(lprc, xLeft, yTop, xRight, yBottom);
	}
	if (srd.pvData[0] != sizeof(StuckRectsData))
	{
	return SetRect(lprc, xLeft, yTop, xRight, yBottom);
	}
	if (srd.pvData[1] != -2)
	{
	return SetRect(lprc, xLeft, yTop, xRight, yBottom);
	}
	HMONITOR hMonitor = MonitorFromRect(&(srd.rc), MONITOR_DEFAULTTOPRIMARY);
	MONITORINFO mi;
	ZeroMemory(&mi, sizeof(MONITORINFO));
	mi.cbSize = sizeof(MONITORINFO);
	if (!GetMonitorInfoW(hMonitor, &mi))
	{
	return SetRect(lprc, xLeft, yTop, xRight, yBottom);
	}
	if (lprc)
	{
	*lprc = mi.rcMonitor;
	return TRUE;
	}
	return FALSE;
	}
	#pragma endregion

ExplorerPatcher/ExplorerPatcher/dllmain.c

Line 10615 in 92fce8c

VnPatchIAT(hExplorer, "API-MS-WIN-NTUSER-RECTANGLE-L1-1-0.DLL", "SetRect", explorer_SetRect);

[milesprower2293]

@nx5314 i can confirm that this issue is present with ep_taskbar on Windows 10

[Solithe]

Updated Windows to 24H2 and have the same issue now.

[fdutheil]

Same issue here with same Win11/EP versions on 2 displays.
Restarting EP or reboot Win11 reset the primary taskbar to the primary monitor.