Task Bar's Gone to top of screen

I have XP installed on my machine which has been operating without any major
problems for years.
Suddenly, without warning, the task bar moved from the bottom of the screen
to the top. I must have inadvertently pressed some unknown key.
"Help" states that it can be placed top, bottom, left or right but blowed if
I can find how that is done.
I would just like to move it back to its "rightful" place at the bottom of
the screen and have tried everything I can think of to do so ... with no
success.
Can someone tell me what I should do

Thanks in anticipation

JDW

Grab the Task Bar with your mouse and drag it down to the bottom

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Peter

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"John WILD" wrote in message
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I have XP installed on my machine which has been operating without any major
problems for years.
Suddenly, without warning, the task bar moved from the bottom of the screen to the
top. I must have inadvertently pressed some unknown key.
"Help" states that it can be placed top, bottom, left or right but blowed if I can
find how that is done.
I would just like to move it back to its "rightful" place at the bottom of the
screen and have tried everything I can think of to do so ... with no success.
Can someone tell me what I should do

Thanks in anticipation

JDW

Thanks Peter but that doesnt work!
The top of the task bar appears, in fact is, anchored to the top of the
screen. Dragging the bar down with the mouse merely brings the bottom of the
bar down so the task bar ends up as thick as about half the screen. ( the
bottom of the task bar cannot be dragged down past about the halfway of the
screen). Can I "unanchor" the top of the task bar before dragging down ?

Cheers
JDW


"John WILD" wrote in message
...
I have XP installed on my machine which has been operating without any
major problems for years.
Suddenly, without warning, the task bar moved from the bottom of the
screen to the top. I must have inadvertently pressed some unknown key.
"Help" states that it can be placed top, bottom, left or right but blowed
if I can find how that is done.
I would just like to move it back to its "rightful" place at the bottom of
the screen and have tried everything I can think of to do so ... with no
success.
Can someone tell me what I should do

Thanks in anticipation

JDW

"John WILD" wrote in message
u...
Thanks Peter but that doesnt work!
The top of the task bar appears, in fact is, anchored to the top of the
screen. Dragging the bar down with the mouse merely brings the bottom of
the bar down so the task bar ends up as thick as about half the screen.
( the bottom of the task bar cannot be dragged down past about the halfway
of the screen). Can I "unanchor" the top of the task bar before dragging
down ?

Cheers
JDW


"John WILD" wrote in message
...
I have XP installed on my machine which has been operating without any
major problems for years.
Suddenly, without warning, the task bar moved from the bottom of the
screen to the top. I must have inadvertently pressed some unknown key.
"Help" states that it can be placed top, bottom, left or right but blowed
if I can find how that is done.
I would just like to move it back to its "rightful" place at the bottom
of the screen and have tried everything I can think of to do so ... with
no success.
Can someone tell me what I should do

Thanks in anticipation

JDW





If you can do that, the taskbar's not locked so you should be able to move
it. Rather than the edge, grab the *body* of the taskbar (a blank part, not
a running app's entry) and drag it back down. Nothing might seem to happen
right away, but wait till you get nearer the bottom/an edge of the screen -
it'll snap into place.

Then right-click an empty part of the taskbar and left-click on "Lock the
Taskbar" to stop this happening again.

I have just manged to do that trick for you. Right click on an empty space on
the taskbar - HOLD the button in the down position and drag it down towards the
middle of the screen - suddenly you will see the bar jump down into the bottom
of the screen - then let go the right mouse button. If you want to lock the bar,
right click again and choose the lock choice - a tick will show that you have
locked the bar in position.

B|rge in sunny Perth, Australia

"Olórin" wrote in message
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"John WILD" wrote in message
u...
Thanks Peter but that doesnt work!
The top of the task bar appears, in fact is, anchored to the top of the
screen. Dragging the bar down with the mouse merely brings the bottom of
the bar down so the task bar ends up as thick as about half the screen.
( the bottom of the task bar cannot be dragged down past about the
halfway of the screen). Can I "unanchor" the top of the task bar before
dragging down ?

Cheers
JDW


"John WILD" wrote in message
...
I have XP installed on my machine which has been operating without any
major problems for years.
Suddenly, without warning, the task bar moved from the bottom of the
screen to the top. I must have inadvertently pressed some unknown key.
"Help" states that it can be placed top, bottom, left or right but
blowed if I can find how that is done.
I would just like to move it back to its "rightful" place at the bottom
of the screen and have tried everything I can think of to do so ... with
no success.
Can someone tell me what I should do

Thanks in anticipation

JDW





If you can do that, the taskbar's not locked so you should be able to move
it. Rather than the edge, grab the *body* of the taskbar (a blank part,
not a running app's entry) and drag it back down. Nothing might seem to
happen right away, but wait till you get nearer the bottom/an edge of the
screen - it'll snap into place.

Then right-click an empty part of the taskbar and left-click on "Lock the
Taskbar" to stop this happening again.


Thanks Olórin
You are a genius!!! When previously nothing happened during the dragging
process I quickly went to trying something else. As you suggested when I
dragged then waited a while the taskbar snapped into place immediately so I
quickly locked it into place and, so far, everything is OK
Cheers
John W.

Thanks nesredep egrob
As you can see in the thread its now fixed
Cheers from
John W.
in Sunny Sydney!!!

"nesredep egrob" Long. -31,48.21 Lat. 115,47.40 wrote in message
...
I have just manged to do that trick for you. Right click on an empty space
on
the taskbar - HOLD the button in the down position and drag it down
towards the
middle of the screen - suddenly you will see the bar jump down into the
bottom
of the screen - then let go the right mouse button. If you want to lock
the bar,
right click again and choose the lock choice - a tick will show that you
have
locked the bar in position.

B|rge in sunny Perth, Australia

"John WILD" wrote in message
u...

"Olórin" wrote in message
...
"John WILD" wrote in message
u...
Thanks Peter but that doesnt work!
The top of the task bar appears, in fact is, anchored to the top of the
screen. Dragging the bar down with the mouse merely brings the bottom of
the bar down so the task bar ends up as thick as about half the screen.
( the bottom of the task bar cannot be dragged down past about the
halfway of the screen). Can I "unanchor" the top of the task bar before
dragging down ?

Cheers
JDW


"John WILD" wrote in message
...
I have XP installed on my machine which has been operating without any
major problems for years.
Suddenly, without warning, the task bar moved from the bottom of the
screen to the top. I must have inadvertently pressed some unknown key.
"Help" states that it can be placed top, bottom, left or right but
blowed if I can find how that is done.
I would just like to move it back to its "rightful" place at the bottom
of the screen and have tried everything I can think of to do so ...
with no success.
Can someone tell me what I should do

Thanks in anticipation

JDW





If you can do that, the taskbar's not locked so you should be able to
move it. Rather than the edge, grab the *body* of the taskbar (a blank
part, not a running app's entry) and drag it back down. Nothing might
seem to happen right away, but wait till you get nearer the bottom/an
edge of the screen - it'll snap into place.

Then right-click an empty part of the taskbar and left-click on "Lock the
Taskbar" to stop this happening again.


Thanks Olórin
You are a genius!!! When previously nothing happened during the dragging
process I quickly went to trying something else. As you suggested when I
dragged then waited a while the taskbar snapped into place immediately so
I quickly locked it into place and, so far, everything is OK
Cheers
John W.



You're welcome, and thanks for posting back with the outcome.