I unlocked taskbars, I can move the boundary of the taskbar to fill half the screen, and have been able to move the informational icons, but not the Start Button. With care I can grab a spot to the upper right of the Start Button and move a "see through" square across and down the screen, but nothing comes of it. I've tried to drag it while holding down Ctrl, Shift, & Alt buttons. All to no avail. I've also rebooted without a change. I've been told that it got moved by it being dragged. I didn't knowingly do it. I sat down to use the computer and found the Start Button first at the upper right and the clock plus the status ikons along the right side. I've gotten it moved to the left, Start button at upper left. It seems to be stuck there unrelated to any part of the taskbar that I can see or move. So, what's the answer? Ed.

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The way it's *supposed* to work is that you can move the (unlocked) taskbar, including 
the start button, to any of the four edges of the screen, by clicking on a BLANK 
portion of the task bar (close a few programs to open up some blank space on the 
task bar), and dragging the whole thing to any edge.  It should all snap into place. 
 You will NOT see the taskbar get "dragged" as you move it...but drag the cursor 
all the way to another edge (top, bottom, left, right) and the task bar will jump 
there when you release the mousebutton.  Do NOT click on the EDGE of the taskbar 
(so that your cursor looks like a two-headed arrow) -- that's for changing the taskbar's 
size, not position.






On Saturday, July 8, 2006 at 5:26 am, Edmund R Youngquist wrote:

>I unlocked taskbars, I can move the boundary of the taskbar to fill half the screen, 

>and have been able to move the informational icons, but not the Start Button. With 

>care I can grab a spot to the upper right of the Start Button and move a "see through" 

>square across and down the screen, but nothing comes of it. I've tried to drag it 

>while holding down Ctrl, Shift, & Alt buttons.  All to no avail. I've also rebooted 

>without a change.  I've been told that it got moved by it being dragged. I didn't 

>knowingly do it. I sat down to use the computer and found the Start Button first 

>at the upper right and the clock plus the status ikons along the right side. I've 

>gotten it moved to the left, Start button at upper left. It seems to be stuck there 

>unrelated to any part of the taskbar that I can see or move.  So, what's the answer? 

> Ed.

>
 

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see if this helps,its for W2K  but anyway
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/1151516906
:)      werner

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Werner, you came to my aid! Things are back at the bottom of my screen as desired -- except that the icons in the Notification area to the left of the clock now sit in two rows. How do I get these icons to move? I tried closing or exiting them for a fresh start, but four don't close and sit two above two. They were previously a bunch in a row.


On Saturday, July 8, 2006 at 11:38 am, werner wrote:
>see if this helps,its for W2K but anyway
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/1151516906
>:) werner

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Warner, lo and behold, when I returned to the desktop from sending my previous note, the stacked icons in the notification area reverted to their normal single line. Just writing to you was magic! I don't know what was different now than when I was perplexed. My need is gone, but you might still explain for me how this should work. Thanks.

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you know how it is.Computers seem to have their Own Mind sometimes.
lol     werner

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