Re: Taskbar width

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In my case the taskbar was not locked. . . .

I just now tried to uncheck the Quick Launch, and the taskbar went back to a single width. But as soon as I put the Quick Launch back, the taskbar widened. Wes, you said you "worked with that for a while and got it working". How did you do that? What else can I try?

Joy

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uOMjFLmLGHA.740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Right click the taskbar then click to clear the Lock Taskbar option.

Move your cursor over the edge of the taskbar until it becomes a
double-headed arrow.

Left click and drag down to the single height.

Right click the taskbar then click Lock the Taskbar.

Now it can't be moved or resized unless the Lock Taskbar option is cleared
again.

If that doesn't work...

From Bill DeShawn...

Been there. Done that. It doesn't work. The double arrow appears, but the
bar remains at 3 lines. It will not reduce. Well, It's actually two. It
looks like three because the clock shows three lines. One for the hour and
minutes, one for the day of the week, and one for the date. But there is no
reason, even if I don't show the clock, the taskbar and quick launch bar...
wait a minute. This conversation prompted me to try something. The
quick-launch bar and the task bar did not want to share the same space. I
worked with that for a while and got it working. As soon as I did that, I
was able to reduce the task bar size. Thanks for your help.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:uytHkklLGHA.1088@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Joy <joymp2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Hi Andy,

Thanks for this info. I'll need more specifics, though, since I'm not
that knowledgeable. First of all, I'm not sure how to "open the
registry". Then once having found that key, how should I back it up
before deleting it?

Joy

"Andy Tan" <AndyTan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4C66D426-3A97-4E6B-B77F-B20B9856F430@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

Close any open desktop and taskbar applications, then open your registry
and
find the key below.

Backup and Delete the entire "StuckRects" key, or "StuckRects2" and
reboot.

When Windows restarts the taskbar should be set back to a default working
state.

Key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckR
ects]

Regards
Andy Tan


"Joy" wrote:

All of a sudden my taskbar at the bottom is double width. I've tried
(using
the two-way arrow) to drag it back to single width, but nothing happens.
The taskbar is not locked (I know, it should have been) so that's not
the problem. Any help appreciated!


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