Tim said:
download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
Bill in Co. said:Tim said:
That's what I mean.
LOL - if I wanted THAT kind of thing to happen, I'd ask for it, but I wouldn't.
More below..
download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
No, don't want TweakUI. I always prefer the selective registry editing
approach, which I have already used:
I tried changing that value once again (as I have before) to a high value like you
suggested, but it does NOT prevent it from happening once you reach around 8 or so
items on the taskbar. (You can try it for yourself and see what I mean).
It's very easy to test: make the change in regedit, and then keep clicking on
Explorer (to add more items to the task bar), and you'll see what I mean. After you
reach 8 or so items it may depend on what you already have in Quick Launch), that
stupid scroll bar appears, whether you want it or not, registry patch
notwithstanding.
Bill
Now THAT would be highly unlikely!!
At any rate, I'll try upping the value beyond the lower ones I've already tried in
the past, and give it a shot - thanks.
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
Tim said:
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
Bill in Co. said:Tim said:
That's what I mean.
LOL - if I wanted THAT kind of thing to happen, I'd ask for it, but I
wouldn't. More below..
download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
No, don't want TweakUI. I always prefer the selective registry
editing
approach, which I have already used:
I tried changing that value once again (as I have before) to a high value
like you suggested, but it does NOT prevent it from happening once you
reach
around 8 or so items on the taskbar. (You can try it for yourself and
see
what I mean). It's very easy to test: make the change in regedit, and
then keep clicking
on Explorer (to add more items to the task bar), and you'll see what I
mean.
After you reach 8 or so items it may depend on what you already have in
Quick Launch), that stupid scroll bar appears, whether you want it or
not,
registry patch notwithstanding.
Bill
Now THAT would be highly unlikely!!
At any rate, I'll try upping the value beyond the lower ones I've already
tried in the past, and give it a shot - thanks.
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
My Quick Launch toolbar only shows 3 icons. Can I make it bigger to
show
more buttons instead of clicking the arrow button to see the other
applications?
Yes, its size is variable. Drag the divider at its end to the right
and it will get bigger. Drag it to the left and it will get smaller.
If the divider won't drag, your Task Bar is locked, so first
right-click on a blank part of it and unlock it.
However if it resides on the Task Bar and you make it bigger, the Task
Bar gets smaller with less room for anything else.
Speaking of which, is there ANY way to completely disable that scroll
thing
when you have too many open apps? In other words, to disable the
limit of
the max number of items on the task bar, before that stupid scroll
thing
appears? I tried a registry patch to change the max limit number, but
that
didn't eliminate it from still appearing).
I don't want that scroller thing, no matter how small the areas on the
task
bar become.
Tim said:If you mean the reg value below - then set it to '2' and NOT to '99'
(Hex63)
- as when I first quoted that value I was thinking you wanted the opposite
of
what I now realize you want.
i.e. To get rid of the 'nasty' up /down arrow 'scroll things'...
You could make a reg file out of the following :
--------------- begin --------------
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\Advanced]
"TaskbarGroupSize"=dword:00000002
---------------- end ---------------
...Or, you could execute the following from a 'Command Prompt' :
reg ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
/v
TaskbarGroupSize /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
(The above command should be all on one line but may not appear so due to
line-wrap. Please ensure that the command begins with 'reg' and ends with
'/f')
But, in both cases, without the use of TweakUI - you MUST logoff / logon
to
see the change.
(Using the setting in TweakUI.exe 'refreshes' the setting without the need
for
logging off)
In fact, I really would advise you to download TweakUI - it's not a
'cheat' I
use a number of "Tweak" programs to get what I want out of XP - I would
definitely use the program in this case - simply because of the 'refresh'
issue - or I'd be forever logging off and logging back on....
Just in case you change your mind :
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
*Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a
backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
Bill in Co. said:
Bill in Co. said:I know how to use regedit pretty well (so I don't need to create a reg file to do
it), as I've been in there numerous times, so that's no problem. But I disagree
with using TweakUI, as I like to have specific issues addressed with specific
registry key changes that *I* make and document, and not have it all hidden under
the auspices of a program like TweakUI, but that's just me.
One of the two keys you mentioned earlier was non-existent, so that part was a
non-issue.
The only thing left was to set the other one (below) to have a value of 2, as you
said below, which I tried, but that didn't and doesn't solve the problem for me.
Bill
Tim said:If you mean the reg value below - then set it to '2' and NOT to '99' (Hex63)
- as when I first quoted that value I was thinking you wanted the opposite of
what I now realize you want.
i.e. To get rid of the 'nasty' up /down arrow 'scroll things'...
You could make a reg file out of the following :
--------------- begin --------------
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\Advanced]
"TaskbarGroupSize"=dword:00000002
---------------- end ---------------
...Or, you could execute the following from a 'Command Prompt' :
reg ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced /v
TaskbarGroupSize /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
(The above command should be all on one line but may not appear so due to
line-wrap. Please ensure that the command begins with 'reg' and ends with
'/f')
But, in both cases, without the use of TweakUI - you MUST logoff / logon to
see the change.
(Using the setting in TweakUI.exe 'refreshes' the setting without the need for
logging off)
In fact, I really would advise you to download TweakUI - it's not a 'cheat' I
use a number of "Tweak" programs to get what I want out of XP - I would
definitely use the program in this case - simply because of the 'refresh'
issue - or I'd be forever logging off and logging back on....
Just in case you change your mind :
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
*Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a
backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
Bill in Co. said:I didn't get it sorted. It never worked for me (that one registry key you
mentioned that may or may not exist did not exist in my registry), so no
matter what value I put in the other key, the scroll thing appeared. The
only thing I didn't try was to create that other key you mentioned.
Tim Meddick wrote:
Bill,
I did not read the lower side of the posts before sending my last post,
just the reply you sent to my erlier post.
But I am glad you got it sorted, and hope my explinations were of some
help... ==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
Well Bill,
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