Double High Taskbar won't go back to normal

[Homer S.]

Hello,

I'm having a small problem with my Start menu/Taskbar. I can't get it to
go back to its original default (single bar) height. Right now I can
'unlock the Taskbar' and drag it up to make it taller, even to the point
that it fills the entire bottom half of the Desktop. I can also drag it
down to double the normal height, but it just won't go to single height
- it simply jumps down to zero height without stopping at the normal
single height. Does anyone have any idea what's happening and how it can
be fixed?

Thanks In Advance

 

[Kerry Brown]

I'm having a small problem with my Start menu/Taskbar. I can't get it
to go back to its original default (single bar) height. Right now I
can 'unlock the Taskbar' and drag it up to make it taller, even to
the point that it fills the entire bottom half of the Desktop. I can
also drag it down to double the normal height, but it just won't go
to single height - it simply jumps down to zero height without
stopping at the normal single height. Does anyone have any idea
what's happening and how it can be fixed?

Something here might help:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Right click the taskbar then click to clear the Lock Taskbar option.

Move your cursor over the edge of the taskbar until it becomes a
double-headed arrow.

Left click and drag down to the single height.

Right click the taskbar then click Lock the Taskbar.

Now it can't be moved or resized unless the Lock Taskbar option is cleared
again.

If that doesn't work and you have Quick Launch...

Try small icons in Quick Launch and see what happens.

Right click the Taskbar | Select Lock the taskbar to unlock it | Right click
an empty area of the Quick Launch area and select View | Select Small icons

*View will not appear in the menu if the Taskbar is locked.

Also try placing all the toolbars,including the Quick Launch bar, on one
line then you can probably resize the Task Bar to one line.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

I'm having a small problem with my Start menu/Taskbar. I can't get it
to go back to its original default (single bar) height. Right now I
can 'unlock the Taskbar' and drag it up to make it taller, even to
the point that it fills the entire bottom half of the Desktop. I can
also drag it down to double the normal height, but it just won't go
to single height - it simply jumps down to zero height without
stopping at the normal single height. Does anyone have any idea
what's happening and how it can be fixed?

If you have toolbars on the task bar on multiple lines, you won't be able to
reduce the task bar size to fewer than that number of lines. Put all the
toolbars on one line first.

 

[Homer S.]

Something here might help:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Thanx for the info. This helped.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Thanx for the info. This helped.

You're welcome. www.kellys-korner-xp.com is a great site for tips on XP.