Re: Start Menu Location

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From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/11/04 

Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 15:04:19 -0400

Hi Bill,

Are you left-handed? If so, I would imagine you have your mouse setup in
reverse, so you would want to right-click and drag. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2b45701c46778$f2663ee0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi Rick,
>
> This is my first time using "Newsgroups" for information,
> and I didn't think my first posting ever got posted
> (besides I didn't realize it was only 3:52 am when I sent
> it!).  I did another posting on the same subject, but it
> is just as well.  I tried your suggestion, and I could
> not get the start menu to move (with "lock the taskbar"
> unchecked) to the top of the screen or anywhere.  Every
> time I left click on the start button it opens the menu,
> but I can't grab it to drag it even in a blank area?  Am
> I doing something wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >
> >Right-click the taskbar, make sure "lock the taskbar" is
> not checked (if it
> >is, click on it to uncheck it). Then left-click and drag
> from a blank area
> >back to the bottom. You may find it easier to instead
> drag it to the top of
> >the screen, then to the left side and back to the bottom.
> >
> >-- 
> >Best of Luck,
> >
> >Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> >"Bill" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:2a6d001c46735$24ef0bb0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Somehow, yesterday, my Start Menu button is now on the
> >> top of the far right hand side of my screen (the task
> bar
> >> goes from right to left across my screen when moved).
> >> The "tray" is on the bottom right and moves from right
> to
> >> left, also, when the task bar is expanded.  I can't
> drag
> >> and drop the taskbar to the bottom of my screen where
> it
> >> was before, even though that is enabled.  Can anyone
> tell
> >> me how to move it back to the bottom of my screen so
> that
> >> when it is expanded it goes from the bottom to top of
> the
> >> screen.  Thanks.
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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