taskbar

[Jena]

I wonder how the change the taskbar size, of the tabs and
icons. And how to have the date along with the time on
the taskbar. I've looked everywhere I know to and can't
make the "START" the tabs, or the Icons in the taskbar
larger?????

Thanks for any help you may be able to provide.

Jena

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

In order to have the date appear along with the time, you need to double the
size of the taskbar. However the mouse over the upper edge of the taskbar,
when it becomes a double arrow (vertical) depress the left mouse button and
gradually move the cursor up. When you get to about double its current
width, the upper border will widen to about that distance and the date will
then be visible.

As to the tabs, there are faint dividers, as you hover the mouse across the
taskbar you will find them as you see the cursor change to a horizontal
double arrow. When that happens, depress the left mouse button and drag the
divider left or right to change position. The start button is fixed.

As to the Icon size in the taskbar, that cannot be changed but they will
change to some extent depending upon screen resolution. There might be a
registry hack that can do it but I don't advise it as there's no way of
knowing how it might effect other aspects of the display. The system level
large icon settings only work for the desktop icons and those on the start
menu.