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Windows 11 movable taskbar edges closer to general release

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Preview also brings compact icons, Start menu sizing, and the final shove for WMIC

Windows 11 has moved one step closer to matching Windows 10 after Microsoft slid a movable taskbar into the Release Preview Channel.

The feature allows the Windows taskbar to be positioned at the top, left, or right of the screen, as well as at its default location along the bottom. Users have long requested its return after Microsoft dropped the capability from Windows 11. After floating around the Windows Insider Program for several months, the feature reached the Release Preview Channel late last week.

Other taskbar tweaks in Release Preview include a compact option with smaller icons and reduced height, freeing up more of the desktop.

Microsoft has not said when the enhancements will reach general availability, but their arrival in Release Preview suggests a wider rollout may be only weeks or months away.

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