Karina
December 5th 03, 01:52 AM
>-----Original Message-----
>I was attempting to change the view of my taskbar to add
>more shortcuts to my Quicklauch toolbar.
>I right-clicked the taskbar, and using the toolbar
>functions, attempted to add the quicklauch and desktop
>tool bars. I then tried to re-size the toolbars by
>sliding the dividers back and forth
>to maximize the space available to show open & minimized
>programs. I then noticed that the
>active windows were no longer showing on the taskbar. I
>have several icons in my "Quick Launch"
>toolbar and I can no longer slide that toolbar to the
>left and hide particular Icons. It's all or nothing.
>When I removed the "quicklaunch" toolbar, the whole
>taskbar dissappeared and became irretrievable. I was
>able to access the taskbar properties through the
control
>Panel and re-add the quicklaunch toolbar so
>I could access the taskbar again. I have tried re-
>booting, but no luck. I've tried adding, removing, and
>moving different toolbars around the task bar, but the
>task bar will only appear when I have at least one
>toolbar checked (Address, Links, Language Bar, Desktop,
>quicklaunch). If no toolbars are checked, the whole
>taskbar still dissappears, and I cannot view my power
>status, start-up programs, system clock, startmenu,
etc.
>I tried removing all the icons from the Quick-launch
>toolbar, in case it was just over-loaded and that was
>causing problems... I also removed the power
>status symbol, but still no luck. Like I said, If I
>remove the Quicklaunch toolbar, the whole taskbar will
>dissappear (the same goes for any other toolbar).
>
>Right now I'm looking at my start menu button, the empty
>quick-launch toolbar space, and my start-up programs
and
>system clock. I cannot see any active window buttons.
>
>How can I fix this, so the taskbar will behave properly
>again, and so I can see the windows that are open, or
>minimized, as well as my special toolbars (desktop,
>quicklaunch)?
>
>I really don't think I did anything peculiar to cause
>this to happen. Any advice?
>
>This really isn't like me.. I usually have no problems
>with simple windows tasks like these.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>.
>Right click the star menu, then click properties, you
will see start menu and taskbar.
Try also system recovery, right before this happened.
Karina
>I was attempting to change the view of my taskbar to add
>more shortcuts to my Quicklauch toolbar.
>I right-clicked the taskbar, and using the toolbar
>functions, attempted to add the quicklauch and desktop
>tool bars. I then tried to re-size the toolbars by
>sliding the dividers back and forth
>to maximize the space available to show open & minimized
>programs. I then noticed that the
>active windows were no longer showing on the taskbar. I
>have several icons in my "Quick Launch"
>toolbar and I can no longer slide that toolbar to the
>left and hide particular Icons. It's all or nothing.
>When I removed the "quicklaunch" toolbar, the whole
>taskbar dissappeared and became irretrievable. I was
>able to access the taskbar properties through the
control
>Panel and re-add the quicklaunch toolbar so
>I could access the taskbar again. I have tried re-
>booting, but no luck. I've tried adding, removing, and
>moving different toolbars around the task bar, but the
>task bar will only appear when I have at least one
>toolbar checked (Address, Links, Language Bar, Desktop,
>quicklaunch). If no toolbars are checked, the whole
>taskbar still dissappears, and I cannot view my power
>status, start-up programs, system clock, startmenu,
etc.
>I tried removing all the icons from the Quick-launch
>toolbar, in case it was just over-loaded and that was
>causing problems... I also removed the power
>status symbol, but still no luck. Like I said, If I
>remove the Quicklaunch toolbar, the whole taskbar will
>dissappear (the same goes for any other toolbar).
>
>Right now I'm looking at my start menu button, the empty
>quick-launch toolbar space, and my start-up programs
and
>system clock. I cannot see any active window buttons.
>
>How can I fix this, so the taskbar will behave properly
>again, and so I can see the windows that are open, or
>minimized, as well as my special toolbars (desktop,
>quicklaunch)?
>
>I really don't think I did anything peculiar to cause
>this to happen. Any advice?
>
>This really isn't like me.. I usually have no problems
>with simple windows tasks like these.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>.
>Right click the star menu, then click properties, you
will see start menu and taskbar.
Try also system recovery, right before this happened.
Karina