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I think the auto-hide meant something else to me, i.e, the Taskbar. Good
point.
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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> In news:%23LwMp$aKFHA.2812@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
> Colin Barnhorst <colinbarharst(nojunk)@msn.com> typed:
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>> I assume by Quick Launch you really mean the Taskbar (the QL toolbar
>> is just a tenant on the Taskbar).
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> I don't like to speak for someone else, but I *think* Rob means what he
> said--the Quick Launch Bar. As you say, the QL toolbar is just a tenant on
> the Taskbar, and as he said, he likes to drag it off the taskbar, onto the
> left edge of his screen and set it to Auto Hide.
>
> I've often done the same, except that I don't auto-hide it. I may be
> unusual in this respect, but I find all forms of auto-hide to be annoying.
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> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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>> You can set it to AutoHide by right clicking on the Start button,
>> select Properites, select the Taskbar Tab, and check the Auto-hide
>> the Taskbar box under Taskbar Appearance. Click Apply, OK.
>>
>> To move the unlocked Taskbar to the left edge, you first have to
>> unlock the Taskbar (right click and select Lock the Taskbar) then
>> grab an open area of the Taskbar with the mouse (left button down)
>> and simply drag it up and left to the left edge. Lock the Taskbar
>> again to fix its position.
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>>> "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>>> news:%23O6tEAaKFHA.4032@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> However the bigger you make the Quick Launch Bar, the less room
>>>> remains on the Task Bar for other things. So note that, although
>>>> the Quick Launch Bar sits on the task bar by default, it doesn't
>>>> have to be there. It can be dragged off the Task Bar entirely and
>>>> put on another side of the screen, where there may be more room
>>>> for it.
>>>>
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>>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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>>>
>>> I like to operate with the Quick Launch on the left edge of my
>>> screen and set to Auto Hide...very handy and lots of room in more
>>> than one way. Rob
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