Task Bar Issue

My task bar went from one line at the bottom of my screen to 2 lines on the
left side of my screen with my Start and icons on the top line and open
applications on the bottom line. On the right side of the bottom of my
screen, I have 3 lines; time, day and date all on separate lines with icons
on each line as well.

How do I get back to just one line for everything?

Running XP Home Edition XP3 on a desktop.

John, orignally your Taskbar was not locked and somehow inadvertely it
moved. Just drag it to the bottom and once size is reduced rt click and
select lock taskbar.
"JohnK" wrote in message
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My task bar went from one line at the bottom of my screen to 2 lines on
the left side of my screen with my Start and icons on the top line and
open applications on the bottom line. On the right side of the bottom of
my screen, I have 3 lines; time, day and date all on separate lines with
icons on each line as well.

How do I get back to just one line for everything?

Running XP Home Edition XP3 on a desktop.

On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:21:16 -0600, "JohnK"
wrote:

My task bar went from one line at the bottom of my screen to 2 lines on the
left side of my screen with my Start and icons on the top line and open
applications on the bottom line. On the right side of the bottom of my
screen, I have 3 lines; time, day and date all on separate lines with icons
on each line as well.

How do I get back to just one line for everything?


Two issues:

1. Although by default the task bar appears on the bottom of the
screen, it can be on any of the sides you prefer it on. To move it
from any side to another, simply click on an unused part of it and
drag it where you want it. Be sure to click *within* it, not on the
edge; clicking on the edge and dragging will resize it, not move it.

If it won't move, it may be locked. In that case, right click on it
and uncheck "Lock the taskbar," then try again.

By the way, with today's wide-screen monitors, I prefer the task bar
on the left or right side of the screen. I think that makes a better
use of screen real estate than having it at the bottom.

2. The task bar is resizable, like a window. Put the cursor on the
edge and wiggle it slightly to make it turn into a double-headed
arrow. Then click and drag it to the size you want.

If it won't resize, it may be locked. In that case, right click on it
and uncheck "Lock the Taskbar," Then try again.

Also note that if you have toolbars on the task bar on multiple lines,
you won't be able to reduce the task bar size to fewer than that
number of lines. Put all the toolbars on one line first.

If you're still having trouble, read the following, quoted from MVP
Malke: "What happens is that the end "margin" of the Quick Launch
toolbar has gotten so far over to the right that it is now down below.
Unlock the Taskbar and then "grab" the dotted line on the bottom bar
(it will be a solid line if you are using the classic style) and drag
it up to immediately to the right of the Quick Launch icons. Now
you've successfully made the Quick Launch toolbar shorter and can
"grab" the top bar of the Taskbar and "push" it down to the regular
one-tier height."

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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