Windows XP PRO Task Bar

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janet-m

I keep the task bar locked, but I wanted to put a new item in the Quick
Launch section so I unlocked the Task bar and moved the little vertical
perforated line further to the right to enlarge the quick launch section.

The task bar that used to be 1/4" high' somehow grew higher to about an
inch and a quarter and this cover a good part of my screen.

I know how to position the mouse on the task bar until it becomes a dual
edge mouse and I drag the bar a little down to restore it to the 1/4" it
was. But for two days now I am trying this trick to no avail and all I get
is that the Task bar either become higher still or it goes down completely
and disappears at the bottom

I tried "System restore" few times but it refuses to restore anything. It
tells me " Your computer can't be restored to that date."

I'll appreciate any help
Thanks,
Janet
 
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Wesley Vogel

Read the whole thing.

Right click the taskbar then click to clear the Lock Taskbar option.

Move your cursor over the edge of the taskbar until it becomes a
double-headed arrow.

Left click and drag down to the single height.

Right click the taskbar then click Lock the Taskbar.

Now it can't be moved or resized unless the Lock Taskbar option is cleared
again.

If that doesn't work and you have Quick Launch...

Try small icons in Quick Launch and see what happens.

Right click the Taskbar | Select Lock the taskbar to unlock it | Right click
an empty area of the Quick Launch area and select View | Select Small icons

*View will not appear in the menu if the Taskbar is locked.

Also try placing all the toolbars,including the Quick Launch bar, on one
line then you can probably resize the Task Bar to one line.

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janet-m

Hi to Wesley Vogel
Your suggestion was known to me and I tried it but it didn't work BUT:

Someone told me about this site with almost 300 fixes for a variety of
window XP problems;

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

I went there and picked up one of the fixes (each is in one line) and
voila...It works.

Even stupid ""System restore"" did not help,
then I tried on my own, a bit shaking...to enter REGEDIT to find the problem
but found nothing.
This site is marvelous and I will send them a few bucks they ask for. They
are more then worth it for all those fixes that are on their site.

Many thanks and be well all
Janet
 
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Wesley Vogel

Hi Janet,

Glad you got it worked out.
I went there and picked up one of the fixes (each is in one line) and
voila...It works.
Click to expand...

To help others, and myself, it would be nice to know which fix, this one?
97. Decrease the Size of Taskbar Buttons - Undo

taskbaricons.vbs sets MinWidth to -285 here...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics
Value Name: MinWidth
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: Number of pixels
MinWidth specifies the width, in pixels, of a minimized window.

* Values entered in twips (minus values) are rounded to the nearest pixel
value. For instance, -17 converts to 1 pixel, and -28 converts to 2 pixels.
* The registry also accepts values in pixels (0 to 50); however, any values
entered in Control Panel will be converted to twips in the registry.

Sizes here, having a minus sign before them, are in twips. A twip is
1/1440th of an inch, 1/567th of a centimeter and 1/20th of a point. As it's
an absolute measurement, it can't be converted exactly to pixels.

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janet-m

Hi Wesley
I forgot the number and I returned there now just for you but there are so
many there that deal with the task bar So I can't give you the number.

But I never delete such things and I kept a copy of it and here is its name:

<xp_taskbar_desktop_fixall> It is a .vbs file of 3 KB.

Too bad I can't attach it here so you will have to look for it yourself
there.

In fact before getting the right one I tried few of them that didn't work
for me and this one took exactly an eyebath and it was done after me
spending hours on trying the mouse that is supposed to change the registry
so it fixes it by itself.

I even emptied the quick launch folder just in case, then I unmarked the
Quick launch folder from appearing on the task bar, then I have un,marked
the ENTIRE task bar itself from appearing, NOTHING WORKED!!! Until this
tiny VBS file did it.

Janet
 
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Wesley Vogel

How many twips have you made to the twading post?

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Wesley Vogel

Hi Janet,

Thank you for posting back.

xp_taskbar_desktop_fixall.vbs is from..

164. Restore Taskbar to Default Functionality
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

xp_taskbar_desktop_fixall.vbs does a bunch of stuff. It deletes a several
registry keys, deletes a couple of values and sets a bunch of values to 0.
Maybe that's why Kelly and Doug call it fixall.

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janet-m

Hi Wesley
You amaze me with your theory about how many values it delete and how many
values it changes. As I mentioned it took that VBS file hardly a second to
do it. Before I finished pressing the button the task bar jumped to line.

So question to you:

How one can open this VBS file and read what is in it?

Please come back with a reply

Janet
 
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Wesley Vogel

Hi Janet,

Magic!

Right click any .vbs file and click Edit. .vbs file opens in Notepad so
that you can see what's in it instead of Windows Script Host (Wscript.exe)
actually running it.

There are two versions of the Windows Script Host: a Windows-based version
(Wscript.exe), which provides a property sheet for setting script
properties, and a command-prompt-based version (Cscript.exe), which provides
command-line switches for setting script properties. You can run either of
these by typing Wscript.exe or Cscript.exe at the command prompt.

Same for a .reg file, right click and click Edit. .reg file opens in
Notepad.

Same for .bat or .cmd files.

I am naturally curious and snooping in all of the file types mentioned above
allows one to learn lots of stuff. ;-)

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janet-m

Many thanks for the explanations Wes
Janet






Wesley Vogel said:
Hi Janet,

Magic!

Right click any .vbs file and click Edit. .vbs file opens in Notepad so
that you can see what's in it instead of Windows Script Host (Wscript.exe)
actually running it.

There are two versions of the Windows Script Host: a Windows-based version
(Wscript.exe), which provides a property sheet for setting script
properties, and a command-prompt-based version (Cscript.exe), which
provides command-line switches for setting script properties. You can run
either of these by typing Wscript.exe or Cscript.exe at the command
prompt.

Same for a .reg file, right click and click Edit. .reg file opens in
Notepad.

Same for .bat or .cmd files.

I am naturally curious and snooping in all of the file types mentioned
above allows one to learn lots of stuff. ;-)

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Wesley Vogel

Keep having fun, Janet.

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janet-m

Dear Curt
Long ago, when I was young and beautiful...I tried to learn the Adobe stuff.
I failed miserably and to this day Adobe and me aren't too friendly.
I guess Adobe is doing fine without me...and so am I...
So one can swear by WINDOW and the other wouldn't go near WINDOZ... Still,
Bill is doing fine without those WINDOZ crowd.
Janet
 

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