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

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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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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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2018-11-11T21:15:51+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.

I do not have a mouse on my switch (Acer) so cannot follow the instructions to get the taskbar to shrink to usual size.
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Anonymous

2018-12-02T03:17:59+00:00

My taskbar is at the bottom of the screen, and it is locked. The problem is that it is 3x fatter than it used to be! I have no idea what I did to make it so fat, and I cannot figure out how to shrink it back down to the original size... I tried the above by unlocking my taskbar and trying to drag the top edge to shrink it back down, but that did not work.
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Anonymous

2018-12-02T06:38:03+00:00

I don't know why I am not getting Microsoft community questions in a timely manner. Having said that and if you haven't solved you taskbar problem here's a YouTube video which will save me from writing a lone drawn out how to.

It's really easy: Easy Peasy!! LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXLuyZtDWs8
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Anonymous

2018-12-02T16:50:09+00:00

Thank you!

I must have had some sort of glitch, because I had tried this before posting my question and the double-arrow was not showing up like it was supposed to do... then, after posting my question, searching more, and seeing how it was supposed to work, I restarted my computer and tried it again. Of course, the double-arrow appeared, and all is well now!

Thanks again!
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