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"Old-style" taskbar?
Hi.
Is there any way I can have the taskbar behave like it used to do? I.e. I DON'T want grouping, and I DON'T want a new taskbar when the first one is full (having to switch between taskbars). I just want one crowded taskbar. The less I have to click in order to bring up the programs, the better. |
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Anon Y Mous wrote:
Hi. Is there any way I can have the taskbar behave like it used to do? I.e. I DON'T want grouping, and I DON'T want a new taskbar when the first one is full (having to switch between taskbars). I just want one crowded taskbar. The less I have to click in order to bring up the programs, the better. Right click the Taskbar and select Properties. Remove the check mark from the "Group similar taskbar buttons" option. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User |
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-----Original Message----- Anon Y Mous wrote: Hi. Is there any way I can have the taskbar behave like it used to do? I.e. I DON'T want grouping, and I DON'T want a new taskbar when the first one is full (having to switch between taskbars). I just want one crowded taskbar. The less I have to click in order to bring up the programs, the better. Right click the Taskbar and select Properties. Remove the check mark from the "Group similar taskbar buttons" option. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User . Thanks, but I still have "two" taskbars. When the first gets crowded, XP creates another taskbar and starts populating that. I have to scroll between the two. I just want *one* taskbar. |
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On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 04:40:30 -0700,
wrote: -----Original Message----- Anon Y Mous wrote: Hi. Is there any way I can have the taskbar behave like it used to do? I.e. I DON'T want grouping, and I DON'T want a new taskbar when the first one is full (having to switch between taskbars). I just want one crowded taskbar. The less I have to click in order to bring up the programs, the better. Right click the Taskbar and select Properties. Remove the check mark from the "Group similar taskbar buttons" option. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User . Thanks, but I still have "two" taskbars. When the first gets crowded, XP creates another taskbar and starts populating that. I have to scroll between the two. I just want *one* taskbar. Two taskbars? Are you really talking about the taskbar? The only thing I can think of with the taskbar is that its height could be set to two rows. If you are actually referring to the Start Menu, where it creates a second column, that is customizable. Right-click on the taskbar or start menu, choose customize start menu, go to advanced, and check scroll programs. HTH ---Atreju--- |
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"Old-style" taskbar?
Thanks for replying.
Right now, I have open 21 programs (which is quite normal for me; 2-3 chat windows, a mp3-player, a file manager, 2 browser windows, one newsgroup-reader, email, a finance app, a mp3-database app, etc - call me a power-user...) It will only have 17 or so apps on the first taskbar, and to the very right, there's now a arrow up and an arrow down. I have to click arrow down, to get to the second taskbar. I want all 20 apps on ONE taskbar (like it used to be in Win2000 and the others). And to the previous poster: no, I'm not talking about start-menu. -----Original Message----- wrote: Thanks, but I still have "two" taskbars. When the first gets crowded, XP creates another taskbar and starts populating that. I have to scroll between the two. I just want *one* taskbar. How many programs do you typically have open at the same time? -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User . |
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wrote | Thanks for replying. | | Right now, I have open 21 programs (which is quite normal | for me; 2-3 chat windows, a mp3-player, a file manager, 2 | browser windows, one newsgroup-reader, email, a finance | app, a mp3-database app, etc - call me a power-user...) | It will only have 17 or so apps on the first taskbar, and | to the very right, there's now a arrow up and an arrow | down. I have to click arrow down, to get to the second | taskbar. I want all 20 apps on ONE taskbar (like it used to | be in Win2000 and the others). | | And to the previous poster: no, I'm not talking about | start-menu. http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...ntry/58825.asp MinWidth |
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Seems dumb...you obtain WINXP but then want it to look like a previous
version. Duh...Okay -- Russ |
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"SignatureMan" wrote in message news:Wnn5d.261857$Fg5.128974@attbi_s53... Seems dumb...you obtain WINXP but then want it to look like a previous version. Duh...Okay NTFS is more stable than FAT32. I've never gotten a "bluescreen of death" with XP. -- Russ |
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"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote in message ...
It may be possible to resolve the problem by reducing the minimum width of the Taskbar minimized programs buttons. The default is "-2310". MVP Kelly has a utility that will reduce the minimum width to -285, which is considerably smaller. Go to her website at the following URL and scroll down to Line 97, left side. Click the link for "Decrease the size of Taskbar Buttons" to download the file. Double click the file to change the default setting, this will require a reboot. You will also want to download the "Undo" file on that same line which will revert the setting back to the default, if you do not like the results. Troubleshooting Windows XP, Tweaks and Fixes for Windows XP: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm That tweak doesn't decreases the minimum width of the taskbar buttons. It decreases the initial width, without having any effect on the minimum width. Unfortunately! I don't know if this will help or not, but I've noticed that with the Windows XP theme my taskbar goes to a second line on the 21st button (buttons are 52 pixels left edge to next left edge), while with the Windows Classic theme my taskbar goes to a second line on the 27th button (buttons are 42 pixels left edge to next left edge). This difference is interesting... unless it is ALL explained by the extra pixels needed to draw XP-style rounded buttons instead of simple rectangular ones -- and noting that in the Classic theme the buttons are spaced 3 pixels apart instead of the single pixel spacing in the XP theme -- there must be a setting to control it *somewhere*. Any ideas? Also, does anyone know how to make the screen displayed during Alt+Tab switching show *all* running programs, rather than just 21 at a time? Thanks, SF |
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Thanks again, but this still does not solve my problem (as
noted in the post by S Fisher). At least we're now talking about the same thing! I tired different values for this key, but nothing happened. As stated, this key does not change the minimum width. S Fisher also have an interesting point in why alt+tab only shows the 21 first apps, and not ALL. Any further ideas? P.S. As for my machine - without revealing too much I can definitely say that my RAM is maxed out all the time, and I'm still running 32-bit XP. -----Original Message----- wrote: Thanks for replying. Right now, I have open 21 programs (which is quite normal for me; 2-3 chat windows, a mp3-player, a file manager, 2 browser windows, one newsgroup-reader, email, a finance app, a mp3-database app, etc - call me a power-user...) It will only have 17 or so apps on the first taskbar, and to the very right, there's now a arrow up and an arrow down. I have to click arrow down, to get to the second taskbar. I want all 20 apps on ONE taskbar (like it used to be in Win2000 and the others). And to the previous poster: no, I'm not talking about start-menu. That is a bunch of programs. Youmust have plenty of RAM and a high end processor. It may be possible to resolve the problem by reducing the minimum width of the Taskbar minimized programs buttons. The default is "-2310". MVP Kelly has a utility that will reduce the minimum width to -285, which is considerably smaller. Go to her website at the following URL and scroll down to Line 97, left side. Click the link for "Decrease the size of Taskbar Buttons" to download the file. Double click the file to change the default setting, this will require a reboot. You will also want to download the "Undo" file on that same line which will revert the setting back to the default, if you do not like the results. Troubleshooting Windows XP, Tweaks and Fixes for Windows XP: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User . |
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wrote | Thanks again, but this still does not solve my problem (as | noted in the post by S Fisher). At least we're now talking | about the same thing! | | I tired different values for this key, but nothing | happened. As stated, this key does not change the minimum | width. Value must be in multiples of 15. | S Fisher also have an interesting point in why alt+tab only | shows the 21 first apps, and not ALL. Tweakui for XP General Alt+Tab If TweakUI is not installed on your system, then download it from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp Note: V2.10.0.0 needs Windows XP SP 1 If you do not have SP1, the earlier version of TweakUI can be found at http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe |
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wrote | Thanks again, but this still does not solve my problem (as | noted in the post by S Fisher). At least we're now talking | about the same thing! | | I tired different values for this key, but nothing | happened. As stated, this key does not change the minimum | width. Value must be in multiples of 15. | S Fisher also have an interesting point in why alt+tab only | shows the 21 first apps, and not ALL. Tweakui for XP General Alt+Tab If TweakUI is not installed on your system, then download it from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp Note: V2.10.0.0 needs Windows XP SP 1 If you do not have SP1, the earlier version of TweakUI can be found at http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe |
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