Task Bar Problems

[Jeff]

I have two questions:

(1) Icons on the task bar for some reason are to the right
of a vertical bar which makes programs when they load up,
go the left of the vertical bar. This causes the size of
the programs that are loaded to be very small. How do I
get rid of the vertical bar, and move the icons to the far
left, so that when I load a program it will show up the
right of the icons?

(2) There are a number of icons on the far right of the
task bar that load when I boot up. How do I get review
some of these icons and get rid of ones I do not want?

Thank You

Jeff

 

[Dave Patrick]

Inline reply:

I have two questions:

(1) Icons on the task bar for some reason are to the right
of a vertical bar which makes programs when they load up,
go the left of the vertical bar. This causes the size of
the programs that are loaded to be very small. How do I
get rid of the vertical bar, and move the icons to the far
left, so that when I load a program it will show up the
right of the icons?

* TaskBar|Properties|Toolbars and uncheck "Quicklaunch" if you don't use it.

(2) There are a number of icons on the far right of the
task bar that load when I boot up. How do I get review
some of these icons and get rid of ones I do not want?

* Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced, then in the "Location" column, you'll find the path
to the "Startup" location either in the "Startup" directories or from the
registry's "Run" keys.

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want to run.