Taskbar Glitch

[James]

I'm trying to help a neighbor who has an eMachine running WinXP [home]. I'm
not overly familiar with XP [I use Win2000]. Suddenly, her Taskbar is too
wide - like two rows wide. She has only about 5 [little] icons in the
SysTray [aka: Notification Area] - and 4 small icons in Quick Launch.

Problem is: the only way to get the Taskbar 'width' back to the normal one
row, is to remove the Quick Launch icons. When I regain the normal width,
and put the 4 Quick Launch icons back, the Taskbar gets double-wide. This
occurs with no programs minimized - only the SysTray icons and the Quick
Launch icons present.

Observations: When QL icons are present, the SysTray icons are 'bunched
up' - not spread out. When QL icons are removed, SysTray icons are spread
out as normal. I've right-clicked on taskbar and gone to 'Properties' and
tried all sorts of things. No matter what I do, I'm unable to get her
taskbar back to 'normal.'

Help!

James

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Try setting the icons in Quick Launch to small.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[James]

Try setting the icons in Quick Launch to small.

Did that.

James

 

[David Candy]

Each toolbar must be adjacent to each other. Not on top.

 

[James]

:
Each toolbar must be adjacent to each other. Not on top.

Would you please expand on this? I'm not sure I know how to differentiate
'adjacent to 'on top.'

James

 

[David Candy]

All toolbars must be in one row how whatever height. You have two rows which is why the minimun height is 2 x ! toolbars minimun height.

 

[David Candy]

I'm going out to take pictures of sunrise so someone else will have to field followup questions.

 

[James]

:
All toolbars must be in one row how whatever height. You have two rows which
is why the minimun height is 2 x ! toolbars minimun height.

This might be the problem. Forgive my ignorance - how to I correct this?

James

 

[David Candy]

I thought I had escaped this thread by going out. Where are the other lazy pricks. I left my effing camera at home. A mole, for the second time in 13 hours, ran me off the footpath. Next one gets her head kicked in (guys don't behave this way).

Right click taskbar on a blank spot, make sure it's unlocked. Drag the handle (on left hand edge of toolbar) of the toolbars so all are in one row. Then you can resize it.

 

[James]

:
A mole, for the second time in 13 hours, ran me off the footpath.

Right click taskbar on a blank spot, make sure it's unlocked. Drag the
handle (on left hand edge of toolbar) of the toolbars so all are in one row.
Then you can resize it.

You must have big moles in your neck of the woods. I dinked more with
neighbor's eMachine. Fixed it - but don't know how. That's also
frustrating - no logic involved.

Thanks,

James