Just click and drag, simple as that. And if for some reason that doesn't work, right click on the task bar, and make sure the lock option isn't set, though I doubt you'll need to do that.
Running vista on HP laptop. My taskbar which is normally on bottom of screen moved to Vertical position on the right side of screen while my granddaughter was using it. How do I get it back to the bottom?

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