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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!'
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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
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!
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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
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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re: Question about 'Now that I've moved my taskbar to the top of my screen, I keep losing the titlebars of my applicatio
Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Posted by Rich Kurtz
(11293 messages posted)
Patient: Doctor, every time I hit my thumb with a hammer it hurts! What should I
do?
Doctor: Stop hitting yourself with the hammer.
[ GRIN ]
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