End of nightmare

[jackbrownii]

Oh, thank-you!

[peterkmx]

You are welcome :-) , I appreciate your comment ...

[peterkmx]

You are welcome… thanks for commenting :-)

[digidave]

Thank you! :)

[PSU Steve]

Why do I not have this setting under Settings > Easy of Access? Any ideas?

[peterkmx]

Perhaps Windows version difference or update history can explain this. FYI, the Windows version on my system is Win 10 x64 Pro, and the latest "Feature update to Windows 10, version 1903" was installed on 7th of August, 2019. There were also several other updates in the last 3 months … With everything up to date there should be no difference I guess. … And, while typing, I asked Google about this issue, and I got a better clue ... [windows 10 - Can't find "Automatically hide scroll bars" option - Super User](https://superuser.com/questions/1428044/cant-find-automatically-hide-scroll-bars-option)

[peterkmx]

Thanks, I appreciate your comment ...

[peterkmx]

Perhaps it leads a kind of "quantum life" … :-) - once we see it, once we don't, but in the last 2-3 months it annoyed me a lot, as it harms productivity, and only now I could solve the puzzle …

[PSU Steve]

Thanks. This is a government "standard image" for Win 10. Mine says Windows 10 Enterprise, Version 1709. OS Build 16299.1391. I am sure you are right that it's a version feature mismatch. ugh.

[Lost User]

They're redundant when you have a touch screen and can "swipe" to scroll content. In that case, a small "position marker" (the "collapsed" scrollbar) shows your position on the "page". The mouse wheel will also scroll the content. In any case, hovering will then show the scroll bar. Not so stupid after all, IMO, unless it's the "default setting" that one has a problem with.

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