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by tenacreone

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my task bar has sited itself down the right hand side of my desktop. How do I get it back to it's original position along the bottom?

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by older mycroft

That's hardly what I would call a detailed answer.

Unlock your Taskbar, left-click [b]and HOLD[/b] on an unoccupied bit of the Taskbar.

While still holding the left mouse button, 'draw' the ghosted square to whichever edge ot the screen you want to place it on.

[u]Helpful Hint #2:[/u]

If you wanted to move the Taskbar from the LEFT to the RIGHT ~or~ the TOP to the BOTTOM, you will have more success if you move the ghosted square (on the end of the mouse pointer) via the intervening screen edge. That is, rather than move from the TOP directly down to the BOTTOM, go via one of the two sides! :)

by nonapeptide

I always hope that sometimes a less-than-detailed answer and a reference to Google will encourage someone to not give up so quickly and learn something on their own in the process.

Teach a man to move his taskbar and you help him for a day. Teach a man to use Google and you help him for a lifetime. :)

Of course this is ignoring the fact that sometimes people just need an answer now rather than stumbling through pages of Google results.

@ tenacreone: Pardon my brevity. I hang my head in shame.

P.S. But the link [i]did[/i] include detailed instructions on unlocking and moving the taskbar.

by older mycroft

Oops...

The last time I looked at this site the 2 options (Lock/Unlock + Move) were not visible.

You were correct and I was in error! ;)

by nonapeptide

... Couldn't the designers have just put the instructions inline and not used the JavaScripted, web 2.0-ish, trendy-kewl drop down text links?

Honestly, it took me a few seconds to realize that that page included the full instruction. I should have pointed that out to tenacreone (and anyone else who would look at this thread).

Meh.

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