Microsoft releases new updates for Windows 10 which also includes several improvements for UI. Talking about user experience, Microsoft in their bid to make the Settings or Windows Store Apps cleaner choose to hide the scrollbar by default which frankly is very annoying in my experience. The scrollbar only appears when you move your mouse cursor over a thin line at the right-hand side of the window. But don’t worry as Microsoft added the ability to allow the scrollbars to stay always visible in Windows Store apps in the April 2018 Update.
Although hiding scrollbar can be a good feature for some users but for the novice or non-technical users it creates confusion only. So if you’re also frustrated or annoyed by the hiding scrollbar feature and looking for a way to make it always visible then you at the right place. There are two ways using which you can always show scrollbars in Windows 10 Store Apps, to know more about these two methods keep on reading this article.
Enable Always Show Scrollbars in Windows 10 Store Apps
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Enable Always Show Scrollbars in Windows 10 Store Apps Method 1: Always Show Scrollbars in Windows Store Apps using Settings Method 2: Always Show Scrollbar in Windows Store Apps using Registry
By default, the option to always show scrollbars in Windows Store App is disabled. In order to enable it, you need to manually go to the particular option and then enable this feature. There are two ways using which you can always show scrollbar:
Method 1: Always Show Scrollbars in Windows Store Apps using Settings
To disable the hiding scrollbar option for Windows 10 store apps or settings app, follow the below steps: 1.Press Windows Key + I to open the Settings app or search for it using the Windows search bar.
2.From Settings page click on the Ease of Access option.
3.Select the Display option from the menu that appears. 4.Now from the right-hand side window, scroll down and under Simplify and personalize find the option to Automatically hide scroll bars in Windows.
5.Toggle off the button under Automatically hide scroll bars in the Windows option.
6.As soon as you disable the above toggle, scrollbars will start appearing under the Settings as well as Windows Store Apps.
7.If you wish to again enable the hiding scrollbar option then you can again turn on the above toggle.
Method 2: Always Show Scrollbar in Windows Store Apps using Registry
Apart from using settings app, you can also use the Registry editor to enable always show scrollbars in Windows Store Apps. The reason for this maybe you don’t have the latest Windows updates installed on your system or if the above toggle is not working in the Settings app. Registry: The registry or Windows registry is a database of information, settings, options and other values for software and hardware installed on all versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. To use the Registry to enable always show scrollbars in Windows 10 store apps follow the below steps: 1.Press Windows Key + R then type regedit and hit Enter to open Registry Editor.
2.A confirmation dialog box (UAC) will appear. Click on Yes to continue. 3.Navigate to the following path in Registry: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility
4.Now select Accessibility then under the right-hand side window, double-click on DynamicScrollbars DWORD. Note: If you can’t find DynamicScrollbars then right-click on Accessibility then select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name this newly created DWORD as DynamicScrollbars.
5.Once you double-click on DynamicScrollbars, the below dialog box will open.
6.Now under Value data, change the value to 0 in order to disable the hiding scrollbars and click on OK to save changes.
Note: To again enable the hiding scrollbars, change the value of DynamicScrollbars to 1. 7.Reboot your PC to apply changes. After the computer restarts, the scroll bar will start appearing in the Windows Store or Settings App.
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Hopefully, by using any one of the above methods you will be able to Always Show Scrollbars in Windows Store apps or Settings apps in Windows 10.
