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Question about 'Now that I've moved my taskbar to the top of my screen, I keep losing the titlebars of my applications underneath it!'
Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 6:02 am
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Posted by Jes (2 messages posted)


Get 'Discover' from http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/3532/main/freeware.html

This is a utility that I use to correct a design flaw in the Windows 95 (and NT 4.0) interface. When using the taskbar with the autohide turned off and always on top turned on, when windows are created they can be obscured by the taskbar. This is particularly troubling when the taskbar is aligned at the top of the desktop. Then the title bar becomes obscured. And sometimes, even the menu is obscured. The operating system should create these windows based on the working area, not on the desktop.

To correct this I give you discover.exe. What it does is move windows into the working area. If a window is too big to fit in the area, it will then shrink it if possible. Discover can be set to run automatically (on a timer) or by clicking it when the action is desired.

It's FREE!


Responses to this message:
*re: Question about 'Now that I've moved my taskbar to the top of my screen, I keep losing the titlebars of my applications underneath it!' (Bob G: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 12:14 pm)
*re: Question about 'Now that I've moved my taskbar to the top of my screen, I keep losing the titlebars of my applicatio (Rich Kurtz: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 12:19 pm)

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-Question about 'Now that I've moved my taskbar to the top of my screen, I keep losing the titlebars of my applications underneath it!' (Jes: Sat, Jan 20, 2007, 6:02 am)
*re: Question about 'Now that I've moved my taskbar to the top of my screen, I keep losing the titlebars of my applications underneath it!' (Bob G: Sat, Jan 20, 2007, 12:14 pm)
*re: Question about 'Now that I've moved my taskbar to the top of my screen, I keep losing the titlebars of my applicatio (Rich Kurtz: Sat, Jan 20, 2007, 12:19 pm)
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