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Windows 10 toast notification issue

I've tried using the registry changes to move the windows 10 toast notification thing, but when I went in, there was no "DisplayToastAtBottom"(Mind you, they already appear at the bottom)

No registry entry.

But toast still appears at bottom of screen

Very sorry if this isn't the right place to ask! :s

Solution

  • In this question on the Microsoft answers site, a Microsoft rep tries to smooth things over, but then later replies and basically says you can't:

    The Toast notification which you receive at bottom is by design in Windows 10. This cannot be changed.

    In this article, the author walks readers through the DisplayToastAtBottom registry edit for Windows 10. The comments section is rather telling:

    MDJ: Sadly this no longer works on Windows RTM version. This trick was kind of urgent for me as notification bottoms sometimes get cut by the taskbar.

    Rasool: Please update this to build 10240 and later

    Sergey Tkachenko (author): It does not work in the RTM build.

    Rasool: Is there probably any other way?

    Sergey Tkachenko (author): I have not found it.

    From this and other articles, I get the feeling that this registry value was originally created for Windows 8 notifications. It was carried over into Windows 10, until build 10240 or so, at which point Microsoft decided to stop allowing users to decide via registry entries.