Did Windows 1809 mess with the taskbar?

I ask because after having recently upgraded to 1809, I have noticed that
the taskbar that I keep at the bottom of the screen is taller than it used
to be. I ues the small taskbar buttons, and before the buttons just fit
between the top and bottom of the taskbar. Now, there is room enough for an
extra row of buttons below the ones I have, and the taskbar refuses to
shrink any smaller. Help!

On 02/13/2019 09:55 AM, lonelydad wrote:
I ask because after having recently upgraded to 1809, I have noticed that
the taskbar that I keep at the bottom of the screen is taller than it used
to be. I ues the small taskbar buttons, and before the buttons just fit
between the top and bottom of the taskbar. Now, there is room enough for an
extra row of buttons below the ones I have, and the taskbar refuses to
shrink any smaller. Help!

I can set my XFCE taskbar size anywhere from 16 to 128 pixels, in single
pixel increments, with a slider bar, and the buttons automatically
follow, one pixel at a time, to fit.

On 2/13/19 11:40 AM, rabit wrote:
On 02/13/2019 09:55 AM, lonelydad wrote:
I ask because after having recently upgraded to 1809, I have noticed that
the taskbar that I keep at the bottom of the screen is taller than it
used
to be. I ues the small taskbar buttons, and before the buttons just fit
between the top and bottom of the taskbar. Now, there is room enough
for an
extra row of buttons below the ones I have, and the taskbar refuses to
shrink any smaller. Help!

I can set my XFCE taskbar size anywhere from 16 to 128 pixels, in single
pixel increments, with a slider bar, and the buttons automatically
follow, one pixel at a time, to fit.


So can I. My host system is Fedora 29/Xfce. But this is not a
Linux group and your answer is not helpful.

T wrote in :

On 2/13/19 11:40 AM, rabit wrote:
On 02/13/2019 09:55 AM, lonelydad wrote:
I ask because after having recently upgraded to 1809, I have noticed
that the taskbar that I keep at the bottom of the screen is taller
than it used
to be. I ues the small taskbar buttons, and before the buttons just
fit between the top and bottom of the taskbar. Now, there is room
enough for an
extra row of buttons below the ones I have, and the taskbar refuses
to shrink any smaller. Help!

To clarify: The toolbar is not locked, and I have already set the small
icons on.

If it wasn't 1809, then it must be my installing the nvidia graphics card,
but I can't find any settings anywhere that would affect the tool bar.

I know that things are different because where the icons in the notify area
used to be in a single line, they are now in two lines.

On 02/14/2019 7:15 PM, lonelydad wrote:
T wrote in :

On 2/13/19 11:40 AM, rabit wrote:
On 02/13/2019 09:55 AM, lonelydad wrote:
I ask because after having recently upgraded to 1809, I have noticed
that the taskbar that I keep at the bottom of the screen is taller
than it used
to be. I ues the small taskbar buttons, and before the buttons just
fit between the top and bottom of the taskbar. Now, there is room
enough for an
extra row of buttons below the ones I have, and the taskbar refuses
to shrink any smaller. Help!

To clarify: The toolbar is not locked, and I have already set the small
icons on.

If it wasn't 1809, then it must be my installing the nvidia graphics card,
but I can't find any settings anywhere that would affect the tool bar.

I know that things are different because where the icons in the notify area
used to be in a single line, they are now in two lines.


Did you try going back to large Icons, Cold booting and then try the
small Icons again.

Rene

"lonelydad" wrote in message
.28...

If it wasn't 1809, then it must be my installing the nvidia graphics card,
but I can't find any settings anywhere that would affect the tool bar.

I know that things are different because where the icons in the notify area
used to be in a single line, they are now in two lines.

If the Nvidia card and driver installation was at fault the likely cause
would be a resolution change of the entire screen, not just the task bar

Look elsewhere, i.e. what's on the task bar like multiple toolbars which can
prevent resizing(they need/use space, even if not shown)
If you have 3 columns of dots somewhere on the task bar, there is a good
chance that is a toolbar. Right click those rows and close toolbar, or right
click task bar and uncheck whichever toolbar you have open from the Toolbars
option. Then resize the task bar, and add the toolbar again.
Why...because in some cases the task bar can't be resized if the minimum
space is already in use when one or more toolbars is open


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"...winston" wrote in
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"lonelydad" wrote in message
.28...

If it wasn't 1809, then it must be my installing the nvidia graphics
card, but I can't find any settings anywhere that would affect the
tool bar.

I know that things are different because where the icons in the notify
area used to be in a single line, they are now in two lines.

If the Nvidia card and driver installation was at fault the likely
cause would be a resolution change of the entire screen, not just the
task bar

Look elsewhere, i.e. what's on the task bar like multiple toolbars
which can prevent resizing(they need/use space, even if not shown)
If you have 3 columns of dots somewhere on the task bar, there is a
good chance that is a toolbar. Right click those rows and close
toolbar, or right click task bar and uncheck whichever toolbar you
have open from the Toolbars option. Then resize the task bar, and add
the toolbar again. Why...because in some cases the task bar can't be
resized if the minimum space is already in use when one or more
toolbars is open


That did it! Thank you very much. I knew that someone would have an
answer to my problem. Again, thank you.

lonelydad wrote:
T wrote in :

On 2/13/19 11:40 AM, rabit wrote:
On 02/13/2019 09:55 AM, lonelydad wrote:
I ask because after having recently upgraded to 1809, I have noticed
that the taskbar that I keep at the bottom of the screen is taller
than it used
to be. I ues the small taskbar buttons, and before the buttons just
fit between the top and bottom of the taskbar. Now, there is room
enough for an
extra row of buttons below the ones I have, and the taskbar refuses
to shrink any smaller. Help!

To clarify: The toolbar is not locked, and I have already set the small
icons on.

If it wasn't 1809, then it must be my installing the nvidia graphics card,
but I can't find any settings anywhere that would affect the tool bar.

I know that things are different because where the icons in the notify area
used to be in a single line, they are now in two lines.


Did you unlock taskbar then grab with top edge of the bar and drag to
resize width?

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Take care,

Jonathan
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LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

On 15/02/2019 01:15, lonelydad wrote:
T wrote in :

On 2/13/19 11:40 AM, rabit wrote:
On 02/13/2019 09:55 AM, lonelydad wrote:
I ask because after having recently upgraded to 1809, I have noticed
that the taskbar that I keep at the bottom of the screen is taller
than it used
to be. I ues the small taskbar buttons, and before the buttons just
fit between the top and bottom of the taskbar. Now, there is room
enough for an
extra row of buttons below the ones I have, and the taskbar refuses
to shrink any smaller. Help!

To clarify: The toolbar is not locked, and I have already set the small
icons on.

If it wasn't 1809, then it must be my installing the nvidia graphics card,
but I can't find any settings anywhere that would affect the tool bar.

I know that things are different because where the icons in the notify area
used to be in a single line, they are now in two lines.

hover your mouse over the top line of the toolbar and it will change to
two arrows pick what you want, up or down.

On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 17:55:45 GMT, lonelydad
wrote:

I ask because after having recently upgraded to 1809, I have noticed that
the taskbar that I keep at the bottom of the screen is taller than it used
to be. I ues the small taskbar buttons, and before the buttons just fit
between the top and bottom of the taskbar. Now, there is room enough for an
extra row of buttons below the ones I have, and the taskbar refuses to
shrink any smaller. Help!

You can set it to be any height you like and separately, you can lock
it so it doesn't change size. Try unlocking, restoring it to your
desired height, and then locking it. (Right-click on the taskbar).
Not sure how it would have changed with the upgrade, but you should be
able to fix it..

lonelydad wrote:
I ask because after having recently upgraded to 1809, I have noticed that
the taskbar that I keep at the bottom of the screen is taller than it used
to be. I ues the small taskbar buttons, and before the buttons just fit
between the top and bottom of the taskbar. Now, there is room enough for an
extra row of buttons below the ones I have, and the taskbar refuses to
shrink any smaller. Help!

Check the Settings : Personalization : TaskBar for
a "small taskbar buttons" setting.

https://i.postimg.cc/YqKwykh4/small-button.gif

Paul

lonelydad wrote:

I ask because after having recently upgraded to 1809, I have noticed that
the taskbar that I keep at the bottom of the screen is taller than it used
to be.

If you right click the taskbar, is "lock the taskbar" ticked? If so
untick it, can you now drag the top edge of the taskbar up and do to
make it taller or less tall?