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3 year old somehow locked my taskbar

Mar 16, 2004 4:11PM PST

my 3 year old somehow locked my taskbar where i cannot resize it back doen to normal size. right now it is just twice the size it would normally be (or 2 bars thick). ive right clicked and "lock taskbar is not checked. ive checked and unchecked with no success.
I CAN however adjust the size of the taskbar LARGER. but if i try and drag it down it disappears completely as if it were dragged down below the screen. when i adjust it back up fom there it goes straight to the 2 bar thickness instead of the default 1. anyone know what would cause this? as far as i know she was sitting here pressing all kind of buttons on the keyboard....

anyone know what would cause this?!

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Re:3 year old somehow locked my taskbar
Mar 18, 2004 5:57AM PST

right click the taskbar and click properties. check to make sure that "lock the taskbar" is unchecked, and that "autohide the taskbar" is unchecked. This should do it. Ryan

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Re:3 year old somehow locked my taskbar
Mar 18, 2004 6:35AM PST

If you still have problem you can try System Restore back to before this happen and it should revert to the default.

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Re:3 year old somehow locked my taskbar
Mar 19, 2004 1:21AM PST

Sometimes what happens is the divider bar, double vertical dots, gets drug too far to the right. That can cause the task bar to be twice as big or tall as normal. Try dragging it back to the left and see if that resizes it back to what you want.

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Re:Re:3 year old somehow locked my taskbar
Mar 19, 2004 3:38PM PST

Thank you for the reply. I had this same problem and I posted a question about it a month or six weeks ago and no one had an answer that worked but your response worked for me.

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Re:3 year old somehow locked my taskbar
Mar 19, 2004 6:14PM PST

I have reproduced your bug. here is the solution:
riht clic your taskbar, unchek "lock the taskbar"
than drag it to its normal size, than right clic again and check the "lock the taskbar" back again.
Bye. Michel.