Taskbar won't shrink

[Guest]

Quick Launch Toolbar icons on bottom left of my Taskbar are causing a double
width - i.e minimised windows and active icons refuse to sit on the same
horizontal as the toolbars

It happened when I dragged the Quick Launch area to the right, but I can't
move the drag handles back. Both handles just seem stuck - although the
Taskbar is not locked.

If I remove Quick Launch, things go back to normal until i add the toolbar
back again. Have I overlooked something simple?

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, David.

Frustratin', ain't it? :>(

I had this problem several months ago and someone here gave me the answer.
I fixed my problem - and then forgot the answer. But since you asked, I've
played around with my QL/Taskbar a little and have managed to create the
problem and then fix it again. Maybe this will work for you...

My QL Toolbar has 12 icons, but I have the right border set so that only 7
of them show and the other 5 pop up if I click the chevrons near the right
divider. If I drag that right divider far enough to the right for all 12
icons to show, that forces some of my buttons for running programs off the
right end of the Taskbar, which expands to two rows to show them all. At
that point, I can't shrink the Taskbar to a single line. If I drag that
right divider to the left to show just 7 icons, the last 5 move to the
bottom line of the Taskbar. But, now I can drag the top of the Taskbar down
to a single line again and the 5 icons move back to the pop-up menu.

I can't fully explain it and I can't seem to make it work every time, but if
I just keep dragging that right divider, I can eventually get it back to the
way it should be. Why don't you just play with it for a while and see what
you can figure out?

Maybe whoever gave me the secret before will see this and post it again.

RC

 

[Guest]

RC,

Thanks, I followed your advice, played around a little and got my single row
taskbar back although the quick launch icons were sitting to the right, next
to the system tray.

This got me puzzled again: I had control over the divider to the left of the
QL but the other one just wouldn't budge. It remained in the LEFT corner of
the taskbar next to the start menu.

I've realised the problem begins when you drag a divider too far to the
right. I just checked it out and i'm back to square one again - two dividers
one above the other and a taskbar that won't shrink.

Theoretically I should be able to drag the bottom divider to the left until
it disappears off screen and appears again top right yeah? That's not
happening so I've quit for today and hope the magic solution finds its way to
this posting.
David

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, David.

Theoretically I should be able to drag the bottom divider to the left
until
it disappears off screen and appears again top right yeah?

Try this: Drag the right divider for QL to the left, then drag the left
divider for the main Taskbar to the right until it is further right than the
QL divider. Then use the mouse to reduce the Taskbar to one line.

RC

 

[Guest]

RC,

Thanks again for your help, I can now ruin my taskbar and restore it again!
Those dividers act in a very strange way, as you click and drag there are
some blind spots where you can't tell exactly where you are. Playing with
them was good advice - I hope this posting may be useful to other frustrated
users.

David

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, David.

Those dividers act in a very strange way

Agreed! ;^}

RC

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

RC,

Thanks again for your help, I can now ruin my taskbar and restore it
again! Those dividers act in a very strange way, as you click and
drag there are some blind spots where you can't tell exactly where
you are. Playing with them was good advice - I hope this posting may
be useful to other frustrated users.

David

I keep the QuickLaunch bar on the left side of my screen, set to Always on
Top and Auto-Hide.

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