Re: Taskbar width

Joy wrote:

Re: using the Start menu. I always feel that going that route, at
least for my favorite programs, requires an extra step,so I keep
icons for things I use often, on my desktop (or in "My Programs"
folder). So could I put the icons that are in Quick Launch, on the
desktop?


Could you? Of course. The Quick Launch bar is entirely optional.

Another choice you might want to consider is dragging the Quick Launch bar
off the Task Bar entirely, and moving it to another side of the screen. I
like it on the left side, but whatever works for you is good.


What about the one for accessing desktop? Without that one
showing on the Taskbar, I'd have to minimize everything I have open,
wouldn't I?


No. You don't really need that icon, since you can accomplish the same thing
by pressing the Windows key + D.


Any advice/suggestions/help will be MUCH appreciated -
thanks. I hate having this wide Taskbar the way it is now!


Having a Quick Launch bar on the Task Bar doesn't mean the Task Bar has to
be double height. 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 (including the Quick Launch bar) on one line
first, then you can shrink the Task Bar to one line

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"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I just tried to do that, and small icons was already checked. Anything
else i can try?

I added Quick Launch.
I changed to large icons and the taskbar was double height.

If/since you don't use Quick Launch, what do you use?

The Start Menu.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Joy <joymp2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Wes,

I just tried to do that, and small icons was already checked. Anything
else i can try?

If/since you don't use Quick Launch, what do you use?

And maybe Bill DeShawn, if you are reading this, you could tell me
how you
solved the problem?

Thanks to you both.

Joy


"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Joy,

I do not use Quick Launch. That was from Bill DeShawn. I only
included that because I thought that it might help.

But now we know that Quick Launch is causing the problem.

Try small icons in Quick Launch and see what happens.

Right click the Taskbar | Select Lock the taskbar to unlock it |
Right click
an empty area of the Quick Launch area and select View | Select
Small icons

*View will not appear in the menu if the Taskbar is locked.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Joy <joymp2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
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
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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

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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
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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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