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Old April 5th 05, 12:19 AM
billwender
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My 2 yeay old son moved my start bar to the right side of my screen. I would
very much like to move it back to the bottom where it belongs, but for the
life of me can not figure out how to do so;(
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Old April 5th 05, 12:34 AM
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In news billwender had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

My 2 yeay old son moved my start bar to the right side of my screen.
I would very much like to move it back to the bottom where it
belongs, but for the life of me can not figure out how to do so;(


They do that. Both the bar and kids... Right click and make sure it's
unlocked. Go to what's now the top of your taskbar, move your mouse around,
it should eventually show something like this -- (a double sided arrow)
and from there you should be able to drag it down and to the left back where
you wanted it.

Galen
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Old April 5th 05, 12:51 AM
billwender
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This did not work. I was able to expand the bar to half my screen size, but i
could not move it back to the bottom where it starts out.

"Galen" wrote:

In news billwender had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

My 2 yeay old son moved my start bar to the right side of my screen.
I would very much like to move it back to the bottom where it
belongs, but for the life of me can not figure out how to do so;(


They do that. Both the bar and kids... Right click and make sure it's
unlocked. Go to what's now the top of your taskbar, move your mouse around,
it should eventually show something like this -- (a double sided arrow)
and from there you should be able to drag it down and to the left back where
you wanted it.

Galen
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Signature changed for a moment of silence.
Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.



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Old April 5th 05, 01:11 AM
Galen
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billwender had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

This did not work. I was able to expand the bar to half my screen
size, but i could not move it back to the bottom where it starts out.

"Galen" wrote:


There... I had you grab the wrong section Unlock it, grab it down near
the clock and drag it. It should move now. I just did this now to see if it
worked. It does.

Galen
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Signature changed for a moment of silence.
Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.


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Old April 5th 05, 01:23 AM
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In news billwender typed:

My 2 yeay old son moved my start bar to the right side of my
screen.
I would very much like to move it back to the bottom where it
belongs, but for the life of me can not figure out how to do
so;(



Note that it's called the "Task" Bar, not the "Start" Bar.
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

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


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Old April 10th 05, 10:43 AM
Andrew Murray
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left-click an empty section of the task bar (i.e. not occupied by the
application buttons/groups), and drag it back to the bottom of the screen.
Or ask your two-year old to move it back!

"billwender" wrote in message
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My 2 yeay old son moved my start bar to the right side of my screen. I
would
very much like to move it back to the bottom where it belongs, but for the
life of me can not figure out how to do so;(



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Old April 10th 05, 10:44 AM
Andrew Murray
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that method just makes it wider/narrower it doesn't move the task bar.

"Galen" wrote in message
...
In news billwender had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

My 2 yeay old son moved my start bar to the right side of my screen.
I would very much like to move it back to the bottom where it
belongs, but for the life of me can not figure out how to do so;(


They do that. Both the bar and kids... Right click and make sure it's
unlocked. Go to what's now the top of your taskbar, move your mouse
around, it should eventually show something like this -- (a double sided
arrow) and from there you should be able to drag it down and to the left
back where you wanted it.

Galen
--
Signature changed for a moment of silence.
Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.



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Old April 10th 05, 10:44 AM
Andrew Murray
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Doesn't have to be 'near the clock' just any blank section, left-click and
drag the bar back to the bottom.

"Galen" wrote in message
...
In ,
billwender had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

This did not work. I was able to expand the bar to half my screen
size, but i could not move it back to the bottom where it starts out.

"Galen" wrote:


There... I had you grab the wrong section Unlock it, grab it down near
the clock and drag it. It should move now. I just did this now to see if
it worked. It does.

Galen
--
Signature changed for a moment of silence.
Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.



 




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