One of the changes was the possibility of changing the arrangement of icons in the System Tray. To resolve the Grief, Microsoft reversed the Windows 11 taskbar to its previous state.

The Redmondians recently released Windows 11 build 22616 for the Dev and Beta category insiders, but that didn’t make much difference. Microsoft fixed a bug in Build 22581 due to changes to improve the Windows 11 touch experience.

Currently, in the available versions of Windows 11 and Windows 10, you can easily change the layout of the icons in the System Tray. Still, after building 22581, Microsoft insiders published reports in the FeedbackHubb app about the inability to change the layout of the icons.

A few days later, a Microsoft engineer responded to the feedback by announcing that replacing the System Tray icons was no longer possible due to changes made to improve the touch performance of the Windows 11 taskbar!

After this, a massive flood of criticism went to the Redmondians, and users believed that the world software giant was trying to put more restrictions on the personalization of Windows 11. Criticism that was not previously mentioned was the possibility of changing the location of the taskbar

However, after increasing the volume of criticism, Microsoft has reversed its decision and is returning the changes to the pre-build 22581 states.

The company says in the article introducing Build 22616:

Following the recent feedback from Windows Insiders, we decided to roll back the changes made to build 22581, which was created to improve the performance of the System Tray for touch screens.

The System Tray Returns To Windows 11

Now, as before, you can change the layout of the hidden icons in the System Tray by dragging and dropping. Not all new features in the Dev and Beta categories may make it to the final and stable version of Windows and may be removed. We hope to be able to bring the last changes back to future builds after applying the changes and user feedback.

In addition to fixing the taskbar problem, Microsoft introduced a new game bar in Build 22616. Using this bar, users can access the games installed on their Windows 11 much faster than before and use their controller to run the game.

In light of recent events, Microsoft has become a little more cautious about making changes to Windows 11 to reduce users’ sensitivity to the issue of operating system personalization.

 The company is also trying to add new gaming features to help make Windows 11 more popular with gamers.

What do you think about the recent changes to the Insider version of Windows 11? Is Microsoft aiming to develop Windows based on user feedback, or is it just trying to use that slogan as leverage for Apple and its closed ecosystem?

• Click the Start or Search icon in the TTaskbar.
• Type cmd, right-click on Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator
• Copy and paste the following: explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
• Press Enter
• Select “Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar.”
• Click OK

If the checkbox “Always show all icons …” is greyed out, I’m not sure what fixed it yet, but it appears that changing the EnableAutoTray value in the Regedit helped.

To do so, open Regedit, go here:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]

Then set EnableAutoTray to 1

It seems this needs to be done on every boot, so you could create a shortcut on your Desktop using right-click, New, Shortcut, and the command above.