Taskbar completely messed up

[David]

From bad to worse. Is there a way to return to default
taskbar settings?

Latest horror is that when I expand the size of my
toolbar it will not let me resize it smaller -- to a 1
line row. I had expanded it to 4 lines. It would not
revert. Then I expanded it to about 8 lines. It takes
up half my screen. The only way I can see the screen is
to auto-hide it.

Previously, my program buttons were all stacked on the
right of my taskbar, and I had to click through the up-
down arrows to see what was running. There is no grabber-
thingy to expand the "open programs" tab. The only way
to see them all is to close the QuickLaunch and Desktop
toolbars.

Something is very messed up. I have run Norton
WinDoctor, all's well.

This is in my main user profile in XP. In another
profile the taskbar is fine. How do I fix it in my main
profile?

To reply by email, remove the bit after the dash. Thanks
for any help you can give.

 

[bill]

you must UNLOCK the taskbar first before you can move it.
right click and uncheck LOCK THE TASKBAR

 

[David]

DUH Bill, please don't shout when you haven't read the
message carefully. How could I increase the size of the
taskbar if it was locked? That solution was one of the
first I tried.

After hours of research and tinkering, the only thing
that worked was this swell little program, well worth the
$5 donation I paid after it worked.

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

 

[Kelly]

Thank you, David and glad to hear it! )



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