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I think I got it. Thank you for your patience. I don't get "View" at the
place you told me. My son played around with MY machine, so I think I'll
have to reformat it.
"Donald L McDaniel" wrote:
> michael2244@comcast.net wrote:
> > I'm lost. To the right of Start, you have 4 or so icons that are 1/4
> > high, and can be expanded horizontally. To the right of these, I
> > have the same size icons, only 1/2 inch WIDE on the Open Bar, and
> > they CAN"T expand. They used to, but no more. They also have
> > stacked up vertically, #1 to whatever, instead of horizontally laying
> > them out.
>
> What in God's Name is "the open bar"? Are you referring to the XP TaskBar?
> 1) The Start button is to the extreme left of the TaskBar
> 2) The "Quicklaunch" area is just to the right of the Start button
> 3) The next part of the Taskbar contains the buttons of the various programs
> with open windows which are running. These are referred to as "buttons",
> not "icons"
> 4) The "Notification area" (or System Tray, as it was called in previous
> versions of Windows) is to the extreme right-hand side of the TaskBar, and
> contains the icons of SOME programs which are currently running. This
> "Notification Area" also contains the Clock.
> 4) The icons contained in the Quicklaunch area are more properly defined as
> "square", not "wide" or "narrow". To make them larger or smaller,
> 1) Unlock the taskbar:
> a) Right-click on a clear area of the Taskbar
> b) Uncheck "Lock the Taskbar"
> 2) Place the mouse pointer squarely on the first grabber (vertical line)
> just to the left of the left-most icon in the Quicklaunch area, until the
> mouse pointer becomes a double-headed arrow
> 3) Immediately right-click.
> 4) A popup menu will appear.
> 5) Click on "View" (at the very top of the popup menu)
> 6) Place a checkmark beside "Large icons" (if you want larger icons) or
> "Small icons" (if you want small icons.
>
> The size of the icons in the Notification area cannot be changed.
>
> What I think you are referring to which are "1/2 inch wide" are the buttons
> for the running programs which disappear when their windows are all closed.
> These can be defined as "wide", since they grow in size or shrink depending
> on the number of programs open on your desktop. To "unstack" them,
> 1) Rightclick on the Start Button.
> 2) Choose "Properties"
> 3) Click on the "Taskbar" tab
> 4)Uncheck "Group similar taskbar buttons"
>
> There is no way to change the size of the buttons for open programs and
> windows on the Taskbar. The width of these are hardwired by the OS as each
> program is placed on the Desktop, and change in width depending on the
> number of open programs.
>
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> Donald L McDaniel
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