Re: Windows XP PRO Task Bar

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Hi Janet,

Glad you got it worked out.

I went there and picked up one of the fixes (each is in one line) and
voila...It works.

To help others, and myself, it would be nice to know which fix, this one?
97. Decrease the Size of Taskbar Buttons - Undo

taskbaricons.vbs sets MinWidth to -285 here...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics
Value Name: MinWidth
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: Number of pixels
MinWidth specifies the width, in pixels, of a minimized window.

* Values entered in twips (minus values) are rounded to the nearest pixel value. For instance, -17 converts to 1 pixel, and -28 converts to 2 pixels.
* The registry also accepts values in pixels (0 to 50); however, any values entered in Control Panel will be converted to twips in the registry.

Sizes here, having a minus sign before them, are in twips. A twip is 1/1440th of an inch, 1/567th of a centimeter and 1/20th of a point. As it's an absolute measurement, it can't be converted exactly to pixels.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:%23NjH%23yggHHA.588@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
janet-m <janet-m@xxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Hi to Wesley Vogel
Your suggestion was known to me and I tried it but it didn't work BUT:

Someone told me about this site with almost 300 fixes for a variety of
window XP problems;

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

I went there and picked up one of the fixes (each is in one line) and
voila...It works.

Even stupid ""System restore"" did not help,
then I tried on my own, a bit shaking...to enter REGEDIT to find the
problem but found nothing.
This site is marvelous and I will send them a few bucks they ask for.
They are more then worth it for all those fixes that are on their site.

Many thanks and be well all
Janet






"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Read the whole thing.

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 and you have Quick Launch...

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.

Also try placing all the toolbars,including the Quick Launch bar, on one
line then you can probably resize the Task Bar to one line.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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janet-m <janet-m@xxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
I keep the task bar locked, but I wanted to put a new item in the Quick
Launch section so I unlocked the Task bar and moved the little vertical
perforated line further to the right to enlarge the quick launch
section. The task bar that used to be 1/4" high' somehow grew higher to about
an inch and a quarter and this cover a good part of my screen.

I know how to position the mouse on the task bar until it becomes a dual
edge mouse and I drag the bar a little down to restore it to the 1/4" it
was. But for two days now I am trying this trick to no avail and all I
get
is that the Task bar either become higher still or it goes down
completely
and disappears at the bottom

I tried "System restore" few times but it refuses to restore anything.
It tells me " Your computer can't be restored to that date."

I'll appreciate any help
Thanks,
Janet

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