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Toolbar Expanded by Accident
I am running Windows XP SP2. Somehow, the toolbar on the bottom of my desktop
(and while on websites as well) doubled in height. First, can you tell what I might have done to cause this, and second, how to fix it. -- Don |
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Toolbar Expanded by Accident
"Don" wrote: I am running Windows XP SP2. Somehow, the toolbar on the bottom of my desktop (and while on websites as well) doubled in height. First, can you tell what I might have done to cause this, and second, how to fix it. -- Don Because you didn't lock your Taskbar, some website have the ability to change the taskbar if your browser configure to allow such or by accident as you mentioned. Place your Pointer/Cursor on the edge of the Taskbar until it double arrow ---- and Drag down to resize then right click and select Lock the taskbar and Hit F5 to refresh. HTH. nass ---- www.nasstec.co.uk |
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nass wrote:
"Don" wrote: I am running Windows XP SP2. Somehow, the toolbar on the bottom of my desktop (and while on websites as well) doubled in height. First, can you tell what I might have done to cause this, and second, how to fix it. -- Don Because you didn't lock your Taskbar, some website have the ability to change the taskbar if your browser configure to allow such or by accident as you mentioned. Place your Pointer/Cursor on the edge of the Taskbar until it double arrow ---- and Drag down to resize then right click and select Lock the taskbar and Hit F5 to refresh. HTH. nass ---- www.nasstec.co.uk That probably won't do it. I can't explain how to get it back, it involves finding and fiddling with the dotted vertical bars that change the width of the display window. It can be a real pain. When you get it back, lock the task bar. Dave Cohen |
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"Dave Cohen" wrote: nass wrote: "Don" wrote: I am running Windows XP SP2. Somehow, the toolbar on the bottom of my desktop (and while on websites as well) doubled in height. First, can you tell what I might have done to cause this, and second, how to fix it. -- Don Because you didn't lock your Taskbar, some website have the ability to change the taskbar if your browser configure to allow such or by accident as you mentioned. Place your Pointer/Cursor on the edge of the Taskbar until it double arrow ---- and Drag down to resize then right click and select Lock the taskbar and Hit F5 to refresh. HTH. nass ---- www.nasstec.co.uk That probably won't do it. I can't explain how to get it back, it involves finding and fiddling with the dotted vertical bars that change the width of the display window. It can be a real pain. When you get it back, lock the task bar. Dave Cohen Just in case here another fix try line 117 for restore taskbar and start Menu: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm HTH. Let us know. nass ----- www.nasstec.co.uk |
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Toolbar Expanded by Accident
Don wrote:
I am running Windows XP SP2. Somehow, the toolbar on the bottom of my desktop (and while on websites as well) doubled in height. First, can you tell what I might have done to cause this, and second, how to fix You mean the "Task Bar," I assume. The task bar is resizable, like a window. Put the cursor on the edge and 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. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
Don wrote: I am running Windows XP SP2. Somehow, the toolbar on the bottom of my desktop (and while on websites as well) doubled in height. First, can you tell what I might have done to cause this, and second, how to fix You mean the "Task Bar," I assume. The task bar is resizable, like a window. Put the cursor on the edge and 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. And finally, in case none of the good advice you got works because no one here can see your computer: Quicklaunch doubles - What happens is that the end "margin" of the QuickLaunch 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 and drag it up to immediately to the right of the QuickLaunch icons. Now you've successfully made the QuickLaunch toolbar shorter and can "grab" the top bar of the Taskbar and "push" it down to the regular one-tier height. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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Toolbar Expanded by Accident
My taskbar went from the bottom of the screen to the top. How do i get it
back to the bottom? -- mjc "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: Don wrote: I am running Windows XP SP2. Somehow, the toolbar on the bottom of my desktop (and while on websites as well) doubled in height. First, can you tell what I might have done to cause this, and second, how to fix You mean the "Task Bar," I assume. The task bar is resizable, like a window. Put the cursor on the edge and 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. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Toolbar Expanded by Accident
Mike wrote:
My taskbar went from the bottom of the screen to the top. How do i get it back to the bottom? Grab the center of it with the mouse pointer and drag it there - that's all there is to it. Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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