Is the Windows task bar usable 2596
Addle Jones
I've done all the research I need. It's usually not a good thing to warehouse your workers on the factory grounds. That usually speaks of...
Here's the solution in XP:
Create a folder.
Place Aliases of the programs you wish to see in a Taskbar grouping into this folder.
Right-click the Taskbar and select "Toolbars," and on that menu pick "New Toolbar."
In the dialog that appears, select the folder you created, then click "okay."
A tool bar will appear on your Taskbar, with all the icons from your created folder in it. The tool bar will have the name of your folder.
Arrange the icons in any order you like by simply dragging them around.
Edwin Uh, I think you're treading on thin ice here. I'm the one who stated the issue you tried to address, and I think I'm able...
It was all just a right-click away.
Right-click the Taskbar. Unclick "lock the taskbar." Put your cursor at the top of the Taskbar so it changes into a double arrow. Pull up to make the Taskbar larger vertically, until it's large enough to display all icons.
You can get what you want from XP buy combining the techniques I listed above. Create toolbars as I described, each with their own unique groupings of icons, which you can rearrange as you like, and make the Taskbar tall enough to display everything.
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