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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!'
Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 12:14 pm
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Posted by Bob G (616 messages posted)


I would just turn the task bar auto-hide on. Bob G


On Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 6:02 am, Jes wrote:
>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!


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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: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 6:02 am)

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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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