start bar

[Guest]

hello all, i would like to know if there is a way (a command or otherwise) to
have the startbar (the one at the bottom of my screen) to pop up. Only the
start bar however. The thing is I have a program that runs in full sceen, but
i need to look at the start bar for progress in other programs. I, however,
have to push the windows key and it minimizes my whole program, and is very
slow in coming back up. If there is a way please let me know, Thank you.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

If you mean the Taskbar, the thing next to the Start button.

Try this...

Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Taskbar tab |
Check these two:
Lock the taskbar
Keep the taskbar on top of other windows
UNCheck: Auto-hide the taskbar |
Click Apply | Click OK

Auto-hide the taskbar
[[Hides the taskbar. To redisplay the taskbar, point to the area of your
screen where the taskbar is located. If you want to be sure that your
taskbar will be visible whenever you point to it, select the Keep the
taskbar on top of other windows check box and also select the Auto-hide the
taskbar check box.]]

Keep the taskbar on top of other windows
[[Ensures that the taskbar is always visible, even when you run a program in
a maximized (full-screen) window.]]

Lock the taskbar
[[Locks the taskbar at its current position on the desktop so that it cannot
be moved to a new location and also locks the size and position of any
toolbar displayed on the taskbar so that it cannot be changed.]]


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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