taskbar changed size -- too big -- and i can't change it back

Anonymous
2009-12-06T05:09:32+00:00

my taskbar changed from bottom to right side of my screen.  when i moved it back down, the task bar went from a single row of start up icons with open application windows in the same row on the right side to basically two rows -- top row has start up icons, 2nd row has the beneath the first row, even though there is plenty of room in the top row for them.

  the top sizing arrow doesn't do anything at all and the only sizing handle i can see is located on the right side of the start button and won't move.  (and yes, the taskbar is unlocked)  the task bar is about an inch high and even when i change the size of my icons to the smallest i STILL can't get the blasted thing to shrink down to it's former 1/2" or so. 

i wouldn't care except that i don't have access to the bottom portion of some open applications -- mostly games -- and there are buttons there that i have to click on to continue working.

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Anonymous
2011-03-20T20:53:43+00:00

I found the answer! Leo Notenboom for AskLeo.info.

"Click on an empty area of the taskbar and hold the mouse button down.

Now, just drag the mouse down to where you want the taskbar to be. Once you get close enough, it'll jump right into place.

To keep it from jumping around again, right click on the taskbar, and then select Lock the Taskbar.

If you like, you can actually put your taskbar on top, the bottom or any side of the screen you like.

That's all there is to it!" Leo Notenboom for AskLeo.info.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-04-30T15:45:57+00:00

    i tried holding down on a blank space int the taskbar and moving it down to make it back to  narrow one row but it does not work

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-04-12T13:49:47+00:00

    Thank you but the problem more or less resolved itself.

    A Morris

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-04-09T00:06:32+00:00

    Just realizing that this post is 8 years old, then realizing it was just answered recently, I at first would have said rightclick-->toolbars, then uncheck any. btw if you are still using vista, its probably time to upgrade to 7 or 10, but your call.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-03-10T15:51:55+00:00

    THANK YOU!

    You're the first reply that answered my problem. 

    Somehow I changed my taskbar to where it was showing the time, the day, and the m/d/yyyy one on top of the other, whereas before that happened it just had the time and the m/d/yyyy, and it wasn't so high.

    I must have inadvertently clicked and dragged my taskbar taller at some point and hadn't noticed it.

    Back to normal.

    Thanks.

    DDan

    Most likely that may have been what happened.

    Glad this has been accomplished.

    Nancy 49

    Nancy 49

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