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Taskbar will not display open programs
Posted by chansaur on April 14th, 2008



I'm sorry that I know pretty much nothing about computers, so plase
excuse my horrible description of my issue.

My computer was moving a tad bit slow. I was being a bad chemcial
engineering major and opened up two huge programs(my old laptop
couldn't even take 1 of them being open for more than 20minutes).
Anyways, it was absolutely horrible so I decided to restart my
computer.

When windows came back up everything looked normal but then I opened a
program and there was no little bar with an image dispaying 'internet
explorer' or anything like that. When I minimized the window it
disappeared completely and I had to go through task manager to bring it
back up. I've had the issue for a few days and it is really annoying.

I tried to play with the taskbar options but the closest option I was
given was if I wanted the program boxes that are missing to stack up
similar programs(ie "6 inernet expl...") or stay singular (6 different
boxes in stead of one)

I'm sorry if I am making this out to be a big deal especially if it
isn't but I really can't seem to fix anything and all my internet
searches pull up are about displaying running/non-running taskbar
icons(in the box near the clock) and my problem is in the middle area.

Thank you for whatever help/suggestions anyone can give.




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chansaur

Posted by Elmo on April 14th, 2008


chansaur wrote:
Line 240. Programs Aren't Minimized in the Taskbar
Line 164. Restore Taskbar and Desktop to Default Functionality
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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Joe =o)

Posted by Vicki on April 14th, 2008




"chansaur" wrote:

Posted by smlunatick on April 14th, 2008


On Apr 14, 12:45*am, Elmo <elmog...@iglou.invalid> wrote:
A better solution is the Taskbar Repair Tool Plus might be better:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

And do not forget to re-enable the Quick Launch toolbar after.

Posted by Vicki on April 14th, 2008




"chansaur" wrote:

appear? If they do, try this:
-Move your cursor to the bottom of the screen to get the taskbar to appear
briefly.
-Right click on the taskbar.
-Select Properties.
-Uncheck the "Autohide the Taskbar" checkbox, if it is checked.
-Click OK.
Hope this helps.


Posted by chansaur on April 15th, 2008



Oh my goodness!!!!! The Taskbar Repair Tool Plus thing worked
AMAZINGLY!!!

I still don't know what the issue was but I clicked a link, ran a
program, and magically all the minimized program buttons reappeared

Thank you sooooooo much!!!!




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chansaur

Posted by smlunatick on April 15th, 2008


On Apr 14, 11:04*pm, chansaur <chansaur.249d...@pcbanter.net> wrote:
Bookmark / Favorite Kellys Korner! To me, it is a major, if not the
best, site for Registry / tips fixes for XP.

Posted by liuzhongmin on April 17th, 2008



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