Taskbar in foreground

[Doug]

Hi,

This sounds like the hokiest question in the world, but somehow, I
managed to do something so that my taskbar shows up "over" all my other
things I got open. So now, if I have I.E. open for example, I can't
see the bottom of the I.E. screen as the taskbar hides it. I've tried
everything I can think of to make it go back to the way it was with no
luck. Any suggestions?

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [Doug]s message :

Hi,

This sounds like the hokiest question in the world, but somehow, I
managed to do something so that my taskbar shows up "over" all my other
things I got open. So now, if I have I.E. open for example, I can't
see the bottom of the I.E. screen as the taskbar hides it. I've tried
everything I can think of to make it go back to the way it was with no
luck. Any suggestions?

Right click Taskbar > Properties
Uncheck "Autohide taskbar" AND Tick "Keep taskbar on top of windows"



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[Doug]

That worked, but not like I expected. I used to be able to see the
taskbar and the bottom of I.E. at the same time. Doing what you
suggested gets rid of the taskbar altogether and I still can't see the
bottom of I.E. I don't want the taskbar to go away, I just want to be
able see it and the whole screen of whatever I'm working on.

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [Doug]s message :

That worked, but not like I expected. I used to be able to see the
taskbar and the bottom of I.E. at the same time. Doing what you
suggested gets rid of the taskbar altogether and I still can't see the
bottom of I.E. I don't want the taskbar to go away, I just want to be
able see it and the whole screen of whatever I'm working on.

Doing what i said does what you want..

Which options you unchecked ?

 

[Doug]

Auto-hide the taskbar is unchecked and so is Keep the taskbar on top of
other windows. However, now my taskbar is gone altogether if I'm
working in a window. I don't want that. I would like to have the
taskbar stay, but that the complete window can be seen as well. I
cannot for some reason see the bottom of a window that I'm working in.
For example, at the bottom of I.E., you usually see the little bar that
shows it's loading a page and other things (such as when you hover over
a link on a page it'll show you what the link's URL is) That's gone
and I would like to get that back as well as keep the taskbar visible.

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [Doug]s message :

Auto-hide the taskbar is unchecked and so is Keep the taskbar on top of
other windows.

Dont uncheck "Keep the taskbar on top". Read my first reply again :

Uncheck "Autohide taskbar" AND **Tick** "Keep taskbar on top of windows"


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[Guest]

Maybe you're talking about the Status Bar of the IE and you are mixing it
with Taskbar. If that is so, then in IE, click View menu and make a check
mark on Status Bar.

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[Doug]

The problem was specific to I.E. like in the previous post. I went
into View and switched it like he mentioned and it is working now. I
was sure it was a taskbar problem, never even crossed my mind that it
was specific to I.E.

I feel like a doofus...

Thanks to everyone for their tips!

 

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[Andrew Murray]

"Keep Task bar on top of other windows" - is that not exactly what is
happening and what you *don't* want?

If you doubleclick the application window (eg IE) in question, it will
resize/maximize so the lower edge is sitting just above the taskbar.