XP taskbar unstable

[Jun Hogyu]

For several months, I've been having a problem with the taskbar and its
refusal to stay the way I set it up in XP home. I have it set with a group
of quick launch icons, then the taskbar windows, then the MS Office voice,
IME and pen controls and then the whatchamacallits next to the time display
at the right. Seemingly randomly, after time periods ranging from a few days
to a few weeks, the voice and IME controls wander toward the center of the
bar, sliders appear and often if I make a slip of the mouse and expand the
bar to two rows high, it won't go back to a single row again. It makes no
difference, it seems, if the taskbar is locked or not. The problem occurs in
the administrator's setup and in a user profile as well. Virus checker is
updated automatically; Spybot and AdAware come up clean, and there are no
symptoms of malware.
From Kelly's Korner, I downloaded a registry patch that resets the bar to a
default state. It works fine, but correcting the problem involves changing
the registry, stopping and restarting the explorer service and then setting
up the toolbars I want again.
While Kelly has the fix, does anyone know what might be the cause?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Kelly]

From Kelly's Korner, I downloaded a registry patch that resets the >bar to
a default state. It works fine, but correcting the problem >involves
changing the registry, stopping and restarting the explorer >service and
then setting up the toolbars I want again.

While Kelly has the fix, does anyone know what might be the cause?

Bug?

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

[Jun Hogyu]

An XP bug, you mean? I guess I wondered why you would write and post the
registry edit unless it were a problem you had seen many times before.
Wonder if Redmond's ever going to get around to fixing it?
(And sorry to add to your spam load. Clicked the wrong button and sent this
post to your e-mail address, not the group, the first time.)

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

It is a bug for 'some users' and yes, it is a very common complaint in the
XP groups; however, your post covers much ground. The issues that involve
the Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification area have different fixes and
issues.

As for stating which is an XP bug, it would point directly to the
Notification Area. Thus the reason for my writing the utility to include
all three. Good luck!