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| 634403 | 2008-01-27 09:27:00 | I have done something wrong. Normally Outlook Express & Internet Explorer have icons on my desktop and also on the bottom LH Taskbar. (With one or two other programs). I like them there - easy to find. But I noticed today my Outlook Express had vanished off the taskbar. I struggled to return it and succeeded in wiping everything off the taskbar. I know there is a way of getting things back to normal but I seem unable to grasp the simple instructions. Can somebody please lead me through the method of getting my taskbar working for me again. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 634404 | 2008-01-27 09:38:00 | Right click the Task Bar, untick lock the task bar if it is ticked, go to Toolbars> at the top of the right click display, tick Quick Launch. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 634405 | 2008-01-27 19:34:00 | Or, right-click the shortcut icon on your Desktop and choose "Pin to Start Menu". It will then be on your frequently used Start Menu shortcut list. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 634406 | 2008-01-27 20:25:00 | You can also try a system Restore | peter pan (6885) | ||
| 634407 | 2008-01-27 21:34:00 | You can also try a system Restore I tried that and it made no difference. I have managed to get the taskbar on the LH side to be the way I want. In fact following the advice given have learnt quite a lot. (That I should know already!!). But the taskbar on the RH side I find still to be a puzzle. Just for the interest now. How do I chance that? Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 634408 | 2008-01-28 03:01:00 | I tried that and it made no difference. I have managed to get the taskbar on the LH side to be the way I want. In fact following the advice given have learnt quite a lot. (That I should know already!!). But the taskbar on the RH side I find still to be a puzzle. Just for the interest now. How do I chance that? Tom You want your taskbar displayed on the right hand side of your screen? Just unlock it, click on a empty part of the taskbar and just drag it until it fixes itself to the right side and then lock it again. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 634409 | 2008-01-28 03:25:00 | Do you mean the bit where the clock etc is? This is the "tray" called "Notification Area" and can be accessed by right clicking on an empty place in your toolbar and selecting "properties" from the menu. There you have "Show the clock" and "Hide inactive icons" check boxes and also a "Customize" button where you set the "behavour" of the tray icons. (Whether they "always show" - "Hide when inactive" - or "always hide") If you didn't mean the "bit where the clock etc is" - just pretend I'm not here :) |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 634410 | 2008-01-28 03:36:00 | To put a shortcut on desktop for Outlook Express & Internet Explorer, just got to Start - All programs - IE. But right click it instead and then click "sent to" - desktop. Repeat for above steps for outlook expressand you will have two shortcuts on desktop. |
Nyuuji (5460) | ||
| 634411 | 2008-01-28 03:57:00 | I have done something wrong. Normally Outlook Express & Internet Explorer have icons on my desktop and also on the bottom LH Taskbar. (With one or two other programs). I like them there - easy to find. But I noticed today my Outlook Express had vanished off the taskbar. I struggled to return it and succeeded in wiping everything off the taskbar. I know there is a way of getting things back to normal but I seem unable to grasp the simple instructions. Can somebody please lead me through the method of getting my taskbar working for me again. Tom Right click on start,then click on properties,the answer lies there. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 634412 | 2008-01-28 20:17:00 | Do you mean the bit where the clock etc is? This is the "tray" called "Notification Area" and can be accessed by right clicking on an empty place in your toolbar and selecting "properties" from the menu. There you have "Show the clock" and "Hide inactive icons" check boxes and also a "Customize" button where you set the "behavior" of the tray icons. (Whether they "always show" - "Hide when inactive" - or "always hide") If you didn't mean the "bit where the clock etc is" - just pretend I'm not here :) Thank you bevy. You use the sort of language I understand. "the bit where the clock is" Yes I had tried looking at this and followed it through to where you can set the behaviour traits. But I wondered if there was any way of deleting items or adding items to this "bit where the clock is" At the moment I am at the point where I feel the set up here is deliberately arranged so that people like me do not foul things up. Even so I bet I can- and that's without even trying! Tom |
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