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  • #1

    I hate it when your comp settings change and you can't change it back

    I played a DVD on my comp before and now my task bar is running vertically instead of at the bottom of the page. Aaargh I hate that I can't work out how to switch it back

    Don't you hate it when that happens I know its a simple thing but I can't find it - damn windows It won't darg back to position
    Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

    Look, I just don't anymore, okay?
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  • #2
    If you're running XP, you may have to right-click on the taskbar first and uncheck "Lock Taskbar" before dragging it to the bottom of your screen where you had it.

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    • #3
      this is 98, that doesn't work
      Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

      Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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      • #4
        Erm, just click on the bar and drag it to the bottom of the screen...
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        • #5
          He tried that.
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          • #6
            Oh yeah. Format your harddrive then
            Speaking of Erith:

            "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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            • #7
              Its happened before - there is a simple solution - I just can't remember what it is

              That's windows for you - all sorts of crap on the right click but no solution to a simple problem
              Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

              Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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              • #8
                You did try the left click on the task-bar-then-drag-to-bottom-of-screen thing? It does seem verily to work on MY version of win98.

                I don't think it even has a setting for locking it in place (which would be strange considering you accidently moved it in the first place).
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                • #9
                  I have found in the past that the hotpoint for determining which edge it should be on is a little oddly placed at times. Try wiggling it about a bit while dragging
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                  • #10
                    win98: click on the taskbar, hold it, then drag it...

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                    • #11
                      Is this a windows troll, Horse?

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                      • #12
                        Talk at your mouse, maybe it'd work
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                        • #13
                          This is the kind of computer problem my grandparents are always calling me up for.



                          As already said, left-clicking (on the inside of the bar, not on a border) and draging it to the bottom should work.


                          You might also want to check under START > SETTINGS > Taskbar & Star Menu... But unless you have some different options then me, I don't think that will help.
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                          • #14
                            Nice forum jack, Horsie. I will fall for it and start posting clueless computer questions...

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                            • #15
                              take a 2by 4

                              swing it at the monitor

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