Vista desktop

[Jerry]

All has been well until yesterday after installing two updates it said I
must have. When I restarted the computer the desktop took up the entire
left side of the screen with no areas top or bottom to change size. My
quicklaunch and taskbar, which should be in the lower blue portion are now
in a a sidebar on the right side of the screen.
Everything is there, but not where I want it, and all my desktop icons have
been moved around from where I had them.

How can I get the quicklaunce back to the lower left side of the screen.
There is no room any longer to drag the toolbars, nor anything else down
there. I need to resize the entire desktop.

What do I do now?

Thanks,

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[Jerry]

I tried it but to no avail. I can move and resize the desktop left and
right but there is no place to move or resize it up or down. That's my
problem.

But thanks for the reply.

 

[JerryM]

Jerry, can you drag the side bar down to the bottom?

 

[JerryM]

Also if that doesn't work, try the following keys to rotate the screen:
Ctrl+Alt+the up arrow key.

 

[Jerry]

No, that's the problem. There is no 'bottom', since the desktop takes up
the entire screen with no area underneath it. The control alt up arrow
doesn't work either. I did manage to rotate the whole thing but it still
took up the entire screen and the current quick launch won't move anyplace
else except in the new sidebar I have to the right of the screen.

So far, nothing works to give me what I want. Even in the help screen it
explains that the quick launch is right next to the start button, but on my
screen it is at the top right of the screen and everything else is below it
in the sidebar. There is nust nothing that I have tried so far, including
a restore, that willl give me the conventional desktop.

I do appreciate the advice I am being given even though so far none of it
works.