Taskbar
 

I need help with XP. Yesterday the little "chevron"
button in the taskbar disappeared and it would no longer
minimize and move back and forth. I gave up trying to fix
it last night and it was still missing this morning when
I turned the computer on. Two hours later it magically
reappeared and started working again.

Just a short time ago I adjusted the volume in the task
bar and the 'chevron' button went missing again and the
icons appear to be locked into place again.

I've gone into appearance, themes, customize and when I
click on the arrow to get a 'drop down menu' there IS no
drop down menu. The drop down menu should say something
like "always hide", "hide when inactive" but there's no
drop down menu there!!!! Can anyone help?

Taskbar
 

The chevron only appears if something active is hidden. Only running
programs appear next to the time. So no chevron means they are all showing.

Start - Control Panel - Taskbar & Start Menu - Taskbar - Customise
"Louise" wrote in message
...
I need help with XP. Yesterday the little "chevron"
button in the taskbar disappeared and it would no longer
minimize and move back and forth. I gave up trying to fix
it last night and it was still missing this morning when
I turned the computer on. Two hours later it magically
reappeared and started working again.

Just a short time ago I adjusted the volume in the task
bar and the 'chevron' button went missing again and the
icons appear to be locked into place again.

I've gone into appearance, themes, customize and when I
click on the arrow to get a 'drop down menu' there IS no
drop down menu. The drop down menu should say something
like "always hide", "hide when inactive" but there's no
drop down menu there!!!! Can anyone help?

Taskbar
 

Hi Louise,

For some users, setting the very first icon to Always Hide, restores the
arrow/chevron. Note: It does take time for it to become effective.

Icons are missing or disappear, reappear: This happens for most Auto-Logon
users.

Methods/workarounds: Log off and Log back on, password protect your account
or disable SSDP and uPNP Services.

Disable SSDP and uPNP Services (Line 156)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Or if you are running XP SP1 uninstall UPnP from Add/Remove Windows
Components.

Hide or Show Inactive Icons in the Notification Area (Line 53)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Remove Past Items From the Notification Area (Line 53)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Troubleshooting the Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_n.htm#na

Troubleshooting the Volume Control Icon
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_v.htm#volume

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All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm


"Louise" wrote in message
...
I need help with XP. Yesterday the little "chevron"
button in the taskbar disappeared and it would no longer
minimize and move back and forth. I gave up trying to fix
it last night and it was still missing this morning when
I turned the computer on. Two hours later it magically
reappeared and started working again.

Just a short time ago I adjusted the volume in the task
bar and the 'chevron' button went missing again and the
icons appear to be locked into place again.

I've gone into appearance, themes, customize and when I
click on the arrow to get a 'drop down menu' there IS no
drop down menu. The drop down menu should say something
like "always hide", "hide when inactive" but there's no
drop down menu there!!!! Can anyone help?