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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:23 AM
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Computer related question for DUers with Windows
You know on your desktop you have your toolbar with your start menu, clock, and whatever else stuff you have on there? Well the the toolbar used to be on the bottom of the screen and I accidently did something (not sure what) that moved the toolbar to the right side of my screen. Now I can't move it back to the bottom of my screen and it is annoying on the right side of my screen, how do you move it back to the bottom?
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:24 AM
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1. Just grab it and drag it
with the mouse, of course!
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:25 AM
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2. How do you grab it?
I am clicking on it and trying to move it and it won't move.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:26 AM
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7. it won't appear to move until you get it all the way back to the bottom
grab it somewhere in the middle, away from icons/buttons
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:28 AM
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10. Sorry, it's just not doing anything
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:34 AM
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13. Alright
I got it to the bottom of my screen but now it looks wierd,.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:54 AM
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17. so change it until it doesn't look weird
Click around, figure things out :hi:
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:56 AM
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18. I did
I had desktop and computer checked, I guess I did it when i was clicking around when the taskbar was on the ride side. When I dragged it to the bottom the taskbar was too big and I couldn't make it smaller, I unchecked desktop and computer and viola, my toolbar is smaller. :)
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:25 AM
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4. ya, what he said
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SlavesandBulldozers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:25 AM
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3. first, right click it
if "lock the taskbar" is checked, uncheck it.

next. put your arrow on an area of the bar that is empty. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse to the bottom of the screen, keeping the mouse button held down. let go of the mouse button when the bar is on the bottom of the screen.

then right click the bar again and select "lock taskbar"
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:27 AM
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8. Ok
I right clicked it and I do not see "lock the taskbar", so then I tried to hold down the mouse and drag it to the bottom of my screen and it won't move at all.
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:25 AM
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5. hi
Just use your mouse and "grab" the bar and drag it back down to the bottom of your screen
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sexybomber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:26 AM
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6. Drag it back.
If that doesn't work, right click a blank space on the taskbar, and if "Lock the Taskbar" is checked, uncheck it. Then drag it back.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:31 AM
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12. check post #8
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Torrey Pines Donating Member (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:27 AM
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9. Right Click the TaskBar
Then remove the check from the menu item Lock the Taskbar. Then you should be able to drag the taskbar anywhere. ;-)
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:29 AM
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11. check post #8
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areschild Donating Member (952 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:34 AM
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14. My taskbar doesn't have a Lock either, but
as everyone else has said, click on the bar, hold mouse button down, and drag it away from the edge; you should see a horizontal line, let go of the mouse button. I tried it on mine and it worked.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:37 AM
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15. I got it down
But I have another problem, the taskbar is too big and I can't make it smaller.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 10:45 AM
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16. Problem solved
Thanks for the help
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