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   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support   
   From: dadiOH@invalid.com   
      
   emil_lam wrote:   
   > Previously, I could view my opened application icons e.g. explorer,   
   > excel, etc from XP taskbar and I could switch between them by clicking   
   > on their corresponding icons on taskbar. About a week ago, I found   
   > language toolbar appeared at the left side of XP taskbar just beside   
   > "Start" button. I tried disable the langauge toolbar but then the   
   > whole XP taskbar disappeared (it hid at the bottom of the screen). I   
   > couldn't drag it up to desktop. I couldn't make taskbar reappear even   
   > when I enabled all toolbars (web address, windows media player, link,   
   > language, desktop, quick start).   
   >   
   > I could finally make taskbar reappear only changing "Taskbar   
   > Properties" from Control Panel -> Display Category -> Taskbar & Start   
   > Function   
   >   
   > Now my taskbar settings are as below:   
   >   
   > Lock the taskbar [OFF]   
   > Auto-hide the taskbar [OFF]   
   > Keep the taskbar on top of other windows [ON]   
   > Group similar taskbar buttons [ON]   
   > Show Quick Launch [ON]   
   >   
   > Unfortunately, I could no longer access my opened applications (e.g.   
   > excel, notepad, IE, Explorer) from this "recovered" taskbar. I clearly   
   > see there are two overlapped taskbars - Quick Launch on the top. I   
   > suspect the taskbar covered by Quick Launch taskbar is my original   
   > taskbar but I couldn't access it even if I try to drag it out.   
   >   
   > Could someone help me to recover my original taskbar?   
      
   What you have *is* your original taskbar.  Your problem is just that the   
   Quick Launch *toolbar* is too big.  To make it smaller - thus providing   
   space for minimized apps to be listed - unlock the taskbar, put the cursor   
   on the little vertical line, left click and slide the QL closed as needed.   
   An alternate way to bring up minimized apps is ALT + TAB.   
      
   To each their own but I have never understood why people want their taskbar   
   to always be visible (and "on top") thereby depriving them of screen real   
   estate.  If it is set to "on top" and "hidden" it will pop up whenever you   
   move the cursor to the bottom; to do anything with it you have to move the   
   cursor to it anyway.   
      
   Even better IMO is to move the whole taskbar to the left side, make it a   
   1-3" wide, hidden and always on top.  Now you have tons of room for   
   minimized apps and enough space to show more than a couple of letters of   
   each.  You can even make your own toolbars, catagorize them and dump QL.   
   More info in my dandies, see sig.   
      
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