Display new icons on Task Bar - How to?

Using WindowsXP Home 2002 SP2 on a new Sony laptop. Currently, the icons
immediately to the right of the Start Button are IE, Desktop and
WinMediaPlayer. I then see a graphic. I dragged/dropped a shortcut to
Windows Explorer onto the Task Bar, but it doesn't display. I can't get it,
or the Outlook icon, to display without clicking on the graphic
following the MediaPlayer icon. After clicking on the graphic, I then
see the hidden icons stacked above the graphic instead of causing the
Task Bar to slide wider to reveal the icons as is the case with the SysTray
icons on the right-side of the screen. Is there a way to cause the icon
area to slide wider to reveal the hidden icons, and to possibly keep them
revealed?

Thanks,

Nevermind. I found the answer by accident: Right-click on the Task Bar and
"unlock" it. But can someone tell me how and where I could have found the
answer in a HELP section somewhere? The answer to that question could
enable a lot of us to find answers to other questions as well.

Thanks,


"news.west.earthlink.net" wrote in message
nk.net...
Using WindowsXP Home 2002 SP2 on a new Sony laptop. Currently, the icons
immediately to the right of the Start Button are IE, Desktop and
WinMediaPlayer. I then see a graphic. I dragged/dropped a shortcut
to Windows Explorer onto the Task Bar, but it doesn't display. I can't
get it, or the Outlook icon, to display without clicking on the
graphic following the MediaPlayer icon. After clicking on the
graphic, I then see the hidden icons stacked above the graphic
instead of causing the Task Bar to slide wider to reveal the icons as is
the case with the SysTray icons on the right-side of the screen. Is there
a way to cause the icon area to slide wider to reveal the hidden icons,
and to possibly keep them revealed?

Thanks,

if you left click hold and drag the little dots next to your it will
slide the hidden buttons out,,but will take up alot of space on your taskbar

"Scot" wrote:

Nevermind. I found the answer by accident: Right-click on the Task Bar and
"unlock" it. But can someone tell me how and where I could have found the
answer in a HELP section somewhere? The answer to that question could
enable a lot of us to find answers to other questions as well.

Thanks,


"news.west.earthlink.net" wrote in message
nk.net...
Using WindowsXP Home 2002 SP2 on a new Sony laptop. Currently, the icons
immediately to the right of the Start Button are IE, Desktop and
WinMediaPlayer. I then see a graphic. I dragged/dropped a shortcut
to Windows Explorer onto the Task Bar, but it doesn't display. I can't
get it, or the Outlook icon, to display without clicking on the
graphic following the MediaPlayer icon. After clicking on the
graphic, I then see the hidden icons stacked above the graphic
instead of causing the Task Bar to slide wider to reveal the icons as is
the case with the SysTray icons on the right-side of the screen. Is there
a way to cause the icon area to slide wider to reveal the hidden icons,
and to possibly keep them revealed?

Thanks,