TASK BAR LOCATION

[Guest]

After allowing someone else use of my pc the task bar has moved from the
bottom of the screen to the top, and i cannot can it back to the original
postion of the bottom of the screen. I have tried unlocking the task bar by
right clicking and then draging it but this just makes to wider any
surgestions.

 

[HillBillyBuddhist]

| After allowing someone else use of my pc the task bar has moved from the
| bottom of the screen to the top, and i cannot can it back to the original
| postion of the bottom of the screen. I have tried unlocking the task bar
by
| right clicking and then draging it but this just makes to wider any
| surgestions.
| --
| JON

You're just not "grabbing" it right. If it's resizing instead of moving
you're grabbing the edge. Point to a blank spot in the middle (single
pointer instead of a double headed arrow) and click/drag.

--
Doug

I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
I was just trying to help.
Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
advice herein.
No warranty is expressed or implied.
Your mileage may vary.
See store for details.

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[Guest]

I have tried grabbing it in various places but not happens the only thing I
can get to to do is resize. What about a system restore would that cure the
problem?

 

[PopS]

The taskbar has to be unlocked to move it; perhaps that's the
problem? You should be able to "grab" it anywhere in any unused
area of the taskbar and drag it to the bottom of the screen.

If you have a slow machine or a zillion icons on the desktop, it
might just be slow; try dragging slowly and wait a sec to see if
it'll catch up to the cursor position.

You should also not have any windows open at the time.

Let the group know what happens.

Pop


:I have tried grabbing it in various places but not happens the
only thing I
: can get to to do is resize. What about a system restore would
that cure the
: problem?
: --
: JON
:
:
: "HillBillyBuddhist" wrote:
:
: > : > | After allowing someone else use of my pc the task bar has
moved from the
: > | bottom of the screen to the top, and i cannot can it back
to the original
: > | postion of the bottom of the screen. I have tried unlocking
the task bar
: > by
: > | right clicking and then draging it but this just makes to
wider any
: > | surgestions.
: > | --
: > | JON
: >
: > You're just not "grabbing" it right. If it's resizing instead
of moving
: > you're grabbing the edge. Point to a blank spot in the middle
(single
: > pointer instead of a double headed arrow) and click/drag.
: >
: > --
: > Doug
: >
: > I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
: > I was just trying to help.
: > Please use your own best judgment before implementing any
suggestions or
: > advice herein.
: > No warranty is expressed or implied.
: > Your mileage may vary.
: > See store for details.
: >
: > Remove shoes to E-mail.
: > http://spaces.msn.com/members/hillbillybuddhist/
: >
: >
: >

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

After allowing someone else use of my pc the task bar has moved from
the bottom of the screen to the top, and i cannot can it back to the
original postion of the bottom of the screen. I have tried unlocking
the task bar by right clicking and then draging it but this just
makes to wider any surgestions.

If you are resizing the taskbar instead of dragging it, you are clicking on
its edge. You need to click *within* it to move it.

When you drag it to the bottom of the screen, you may not see anything move
unrtil it arrives at the bottom. Don't give up when you're halfway there
because nothing has happened yet.

 

[Gene K]

I have tried grabbing it in various places but not happens the only thing
I
can get to to do is resize. What about a system restore would that cure
the
problem?

In your original, I get the impression that you are trying to right click
and drag the Taskbar. If so; the correct method is to LEFT CLICK a vacant
spot in the middle of the bar and hold the mouse button down and drag the
bar down or to the left or right side. You can then resize to your
preference.
Gene K

 

[Guest]

Hi, My Wife has just had a similar problem with a Windows XP Taskbar at work.
A colleague had managed to move the Task Bar to one side of the her screen.
Success!

I unlocked the Bar and dragged it down to the bottom of the screen. The
puzzle is that the Bar is double it's usual height. The double ended
re-sizing arrow appears but it will only increase the height not reduce it.
I've tried resizing with the Task Bar at the side of the screen - still no
effect. We also tried rebooting. Any ideas please?

Regards, David

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi, My Wife has just had a similar problem with a Windows XP Taskbar
at work. A colleague had managed to move the Task Bar to one side of
the her screen. Success!

I unlocked the Bar and dragged it down to the bottom of the screen.
The puzzle is that the Bar is double it's usual height. The double
ended re-sizing arrow appears but it will only increase the height
not reduce it. I've tried resizing with the Task Bar at the side of
the screen - still no effect. We also tried rebooting. Any ideas
please?

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.

 

[Guest]

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