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After setting my taskbar height at four lines and locking the taskbar; on
reboot, taskbar height is reduced in height to two lines. Etc., Etc. ...... Help would be appreciated. |
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WindowsXP default determines that four (4) lines is not necessary,
thus defaults to 2 lines. Locking it would only put it where you want it, not the number of lines. Why would anyone want four lines, it would cover a lot of your screen view??? -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. If you find this response helpful, rate it below. "Steve" wrote: After setting my taskbar height at four lines and locking the taskbar; on reboot, taskbar height is reduced in height to two lines. Etc., Etc. ...... Help would be appreciated. |
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Click on A to Z he http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm
Click T and check through the different Taskbar solutions. -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://basconotw.mvps.org/ Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "Steve" wrote in message ... After setting my taskbar height at four lines and locking the taskbar; on reboot, taskbar height is reduced in height to two lines. Etc., Etc. ...... Help would be appreciated. |
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Brian, one thing I can't find, or don't know the proper keyword, is how to
have a file (or SC) on the SysTray without having it open when the computer is rebooted. Can you help with that? Thanks, Don Brian A. wrote: Click on A to Z he http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm Click T and check through the different Taskbar solutions. |
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A bit more detail would be nice to be sure of what you're asking, but I'll take a
stab at how I understand it as you wrote it: Right click on the programs icon in the systray to see if there is an option to disable it from loading on boot. Open the program/s in question and check their options to see if they have one to disable it from loading on boot. Remove any entries from the Startup folder that you do not want to load on boot. Look in the Registry under these keys to either remove the entry or comment it out to disable it from loading on boot: Start Run, type in: regedit and hit enter. Navigate to the following keys (not all keys may be present): hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\windows\curre nt version\run hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\windows\curre nt version\RunOnce hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\run hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunOnce hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunOnceEx hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunServices hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunServicesOnce Remove the entire entry in a key by right clicking in the right pane on the data name in the Name column, click Delete in the popup menu, confirm deletion and close regedit. Always backup the registry or any key(s) before making any changes so that you may import the keys back in should anything go wrong. Haphazardly removing keys in the registry is very dangerous and can render your system useless. Be 100% sure of what you are doing and what you remove can be safely done. How to back up, edit, and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/en-us Description of the Microsoft Windows registry http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/en-us -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://basconotw.mvps.org/ Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "Don Smith" wrote in message ... Brian, one thing I can't find, or don't know the proper keyword, is how to have a file (or SC) on the SysTray without having it open when the computer is rebooted. Can you help with that? Thanks, Don Brian A. wrote: Click on A to Z he http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm Click T and check through the different Taskbar solutions. |
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Sorry Brian I thought it was clear. But to be a little more specific, but
wordy: I have a program EditPad Pro, I'd like to see in the System Tray after a reboot. But when I put that program's short cut in the Start Up folder the program opens as well. I don't want it to open but to simply place a Short Cut in the System Tray. Ergo, the program's icon is not currently in the System Tray so I can't click on it. HTH Don Brian A. wrote: A bit more detail would be nice to be sure of what you're asking, but I'll take a stab at how I understand it as you wrote it: Right click on the programs icon in the systray to see if there is an option to disable it from loading on boot. Open the program/s in question and check their options to see if they have one to disable it from loading on boot. Remove any entries from the Startup folder that you do not want to load on boot. Look in the Registry under these keys to either remove the entry or comment it out to disable it from loading on boot: Start Run, type in: regedit and hit enter. Navigate to the following keys (not all keys may be present): hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\windows\curre nt version\run hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\windows\curre nt version\RunOnce hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\run hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunOnce hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunOnceEx hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunServices hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunServicesOnce Remove the entire entry in a key by right clicking in the right pane on the data name in the Name column, click Delete in the popup menu, confirm deletion and close regedit. Always backup the registry or any key(s) before making any changes so that you may import the keys back in should anything go wrong. Haphazardly removing keys in the registry is very dangerous and can render your system useless. Be 100% sure of what you are doing and what you remove can be safely done. How to back up, edit, and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/en-us Description of the Microsoft Windows registry http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/en-us |
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You don't use the Startup folder, you select the check box "Show EditPad icon in
system tray" in EditPad Pro's Preferences. See the last graphic on bottom right he http://www.editpadpro.com/prefsgeneral.html -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://basconotw.mvps.org/ Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "Don Smith" wrote in message ... Sorry Brian I thought it was clear. But to be a little more specific, but wordy: I have a program EditPad Pro, I'd like to see in the System Tray after a reboot. But when I put that program's short cut in the Start Up folder the program opens as well. I don't want it to open but to simply place a Short Cut in the System Tray. Ergo, the program's icon is not currently in the System Tray so I can't click on it. HTH Don Brian A. wrote: A bit more detail would be nice to be sure of what you're asking, but I'll take a stab at how I understand it as you wrote it: Right click on the programs icon in the systray to see if there is an option to disable it from loading on boot. Open the program/s in question and check their options to see if they have one to disable it from loading on boot. Remove any entries from the Startup folder that you do not want to load on boot. Look in the Registry under these keys to either remove the entry or comment it out to disable it from loading on boot: Start Run, type in: regedit and hit enter. Navigate to the following keys (not all keys may be present): hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\windows\curre nt version\run hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\windows\curre nt version\RunOnce hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\run hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunOnce hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunOnceEx hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunServices hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\curr ent version\RunServicesOnce Remove the entire entry in a key by right clicking in the right pane on the data name in the Name column, click Delete in the popup menu, confirm deletion and close regedit. Always backup the registry or any key(s) before making any changes so that you may import the keys back in should anything go wrong. Haphazardly removing keys in the registry is very dangerous and can render your system useless. Be 100% sure of what you are doing and what you remove can be safely done. How to back up, edit, and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/en-us Description of the Microsoft Windows registry http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/en-us |
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Hmmm...guess I'd best contact them. I had that option selected but the icon
doesn't appear in the system tray unless it is run once. Don Brian A. wrote: You don't use the Startup folder, you select the check box "Show EditPad icon in system tray" in EditPad Pro's Preferences. See the last graphic on bottom right he http://www.editpadpro.com/prefsgeneral.html |
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Don Smith wrote:
I have a program EditPad Pro, I'd like to see in the System Tray after a reboot. Why? But when I put that program's short cut in the Start Up folder the program opens as well. Exactly. That's what the startup folder is. Any shortcut placed there automatically starts up. I don't want it to open but to simply place a Short Cut in the System Tray. Ergo, the program's icon is not currently in the System Tray so I can't click on it. It sounds like you want to have a handy shortcut icon so you can start the program whenever you want it. If so, you don't want to put a shortcut in the Startup Folder; just drag a shortcut to it to the Quick Launch Bar. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Ken,
I'd like to to reply to *the* newsgroup if you would kindly tell me which on is the *one* to reply to. ;-) Why should I go to the trouble of .. .. .. to get the SC to the SysTray every time I (re)boot? Seems like a lot of unnecessary work for such a simply task. There are currently more than a dozen items in the SysTray put there by programs (only 2 are not hidden, which I know is an option) so why can't an XP user do the same? Don __ Why ask why a person asks for help on an item? Ken Blake, MVP wrote: Don Smith wrote: I have a program EditPad Pro, I'd like to see in the System Tray after a reboot. Why? But when I put that program's short cut in the Start Up folder the program opens as well. Exactly. That's what the startup folder is. Any shortcut placed there automatically starts up. I don't want it to open but to simply place a Short Cut in the System Tray. Ergo, the program's icon is not currently in the System Tray so I can't click on it. It sounds like you want to have a handy shortcut icon so you can start the program whenever you want it. If so, you don't want to put a shortcut in the Startup Folder; just drag a shortcut to it to the Quick Launch Bar. |
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Don Smith wrote:
Ken, I'd like to to reply to *the* newsgroup if you would kindly tell me which on is the *one* to reply to. ;-) The list if them all is fine. But let me also add that most of us here follow all the groups on your crossposted list, so the crossposting isn't really necessary. Why should I go to the trouble of .. .. .. to get the SC to the SysTray every time I (re)boot? Seems like a lot of unnecessary work for such a simply task. No, I didn't at all suggest that you should. See below. There are currently more than a dozen items in the SysTray put there by programs (only 2 are not hidden, which I know is an option) so why can't an XP user do the same? As I tried to indicate in my previous message, you are misunderstanding what the system tray is and what it's for. It's a place for icons for some *running* programs. The icon is typically there to let you access the running program and set options for it. There are *no* shortcuts in the tray, and neither programs nor you can put a shortcut there. The tray is *not* a place for icons that you want to use to start programs. That's the purpose of the Quick Launch Bar. Unless I am misunderstanding what you want to accomplish, you should put and keep the shortcut there, on the Quick Launch Bar. Put it on the Quick Launch Bar and it will stay there--you don't need to put it back every time you reboot. As far as I can see, you are confusing the System Tray and the Quick Launch Bar. They are two very different things. Why ask why a person asks for help on an item? Because people often ask the wrong question. They want to accomplish A, they think they need to do B to accomplish A, so they ask how to do B. If we know that it's really A you want to accomplish, we can often give you much better help. Because I suspected that that was the case here (correct me if I'm wrong), I asked why. You want to accomplish A (have a shortcut on the task bar to let you start some program), think you have to do B (put a shortcut in the System Tray) to accomplish it, so you asked the wrong question entirely. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup Ken Blake, MVP wrote: Don Smith wrote: I have a program EditPad Pro, I'd like to see in the System Tray after a reboot. Why? But when I put that program's short cut in the Start Up folder the program opens as well. Exactly. That's what the startup folder is. Any shortcut placed there automatically starts up. I don't want it to open but to simply place a Short Cut in the System Tray. Ergo, the program's icon is not currently in the System Tray so I can't click on it. It sounds like you want to have a handy shortcut icon so you can start the program whenever you want it. If so, you don't want to put a shortcut in the Startup Folder; just drag a shortcut to it to the Quick Launch Bar. |
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