vertical status area

[Guest]

My question is about the status area in the lower right corner of my screen.
I have WinXP with a horizontally aligned taskbar at the bottom. In addition,
my open programs also display horizontally across the bottom of the screen.
I've always had a quicklaunch toolbar as well. The status area icons (5 of
them) have always displayed horizontally.

All of a sudden, the status area icons are displaying in 2 vertical columns,
taking up twice as much vertical space as before. However--if I close the
quicklaunch toolbar and drag downward the horizontal line, above the "start"
button, THAN the status area returns to its normal horizontal display. But
this means I cannot display the quicklaunch toolbar any more. Can someone
help me return my screen to normal??

 

[NewScience]

Once you drag-down the horizontal line, you should be able to right click on
some clear area of the taskbar, go into Toolbars, and select Quick Launch.

 

[Dave M]

The taskbar, like most features of XP, is totally customizable...

http://www.coolnerds.com/XP/Taskbar/xpTaskbar.htm

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply, and I have tried that. When I do as you suggest,
quicklaunch reappears, but the status area also returns to its vertical
alignment. ??

 

[NewScience]

Have you tried left click on top of taskbar and push it down and then
release. Make sure Taskbar is not locked.

 

[Guest]

BINGO!! Thank you so much! I had to drag the one of the "fill handles" up and
then everything straightened itself out. I've been puzzling about this all
evening. Thanks again!