limit to only 1 row in taskbar

[liu]

I set my my monitor resolution set to 1650 x 1050 for a while, but I
found it harder to read lately (aging?). So I changed it to 1280 x
800. The annoying part is that the task bar:
1. it does not show up on the desktop anymore.
2. I have to increase the height to 2 times of the old at1650 x 1050
in order for it to show up at the lower resolution.
3. Now, all the open folders, applications keep expanding to multiple
rows (sometime 4 to 5) that only the first one appears on desktop.

So how can I limit it to the top row and not to expand down to
multiple rows?

Thanks,

 

[pjp]

Try 1280x1024 for res as believe that's become the de-factor standard most
people use although that was with crt monitors and likely doesn't hold true
for the new wide-screen lcd's.

 

[Tim Meddick]

Try using the external controls, located on your monitor - nothing to do
with your computer itself - to adjust things like; HORIZONTAL SIZE and
POSITION, VERTICAL SIZE and POSITION plus also SHAPE controls to make the
new screen resolution fit better to the visible edges of your monitor.

I'd guess that 95% of all monitors made in the last 15 years have such
controls located as 3-5 buttons on the front of the monitor body...

One button will bring up a menu - superimposed onto the monitor screen -
and the others will give you up / down selection and then increase /
decrease the value of the selected feature.

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[liu]

Try using the external controls, located on your monitor - nothing to do
with your computer itself - to adjust things like; HORIZONTAL SIZE and
POSITION, VERTICAL SIZE and POSITION plus also SHAPE controls to make the
new screen resolution fit better to the visible edges of your monitor.

You're right. It's the monitor that expands it over the actual visible
area. The monitor is ViewSonic VG2030wm. Somehow it does not like 1280
x 800. The auto adjust always put the vertical size larger than the
actual physical space so that the bottom task bar disappears into a
space I can't see. This does not happen to other resolutions.
Strangely this monitor only allows adjustment of horizontal size not
the vertical size so I can shrink to the area I can see. The next
option with the same proportion is 1440 x 900 (1.6:1) but the text all
look distorted in tis resolution.

Thanks for your suggestion.

 

[liu]

Now, to the original poster: do you have "Group similar taskbar

buttons" turned on in Taskbar and Start Menu Properties?
Is your Taskbar locked?

Group similar buttons => ON
Taskbar locked => Yes

As I mentioned, it's the monitor causing this. It does not display
1280 x 800 well. It's OK with others. Searched their web, and found
the following:

The LCD monitor does not have a vertical size setting built-in. If a
border exists at the top or bottom (or both) make sure the monitor is
running the native resolution and 60Hz refresh rate. If the problem
persists it may require warranty service.

So I can't use that resolution. Other working resolutions make images
out of proportion.

 

[liu]

Try 1280x1024 for res as believe that's become the de-factor standard most
people use although that was with crt monitors and likely doesn't hold true
for the new wide-screen lcd's.

Images appear out of proportion at that resolution (eg. square becomes
rectangle) on wide-screen LCDs.