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In news:19CB8B76-FBBB-4C5A-97AF-F9EC660D2AC5@microsoft.com,
CurtB <CurtB@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Ken, You are correct. I should have read more carefully.
OK, not a big deal, Curt. We all sometimes don't read carefully
enough.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In news
D215C21-E1DC-4F1F-810C-8BE7EBA6C5D2@microsoft.com,
>> CurtB <CurtB@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>
>>> Right click the taskbar > Properties > Taskbar tab. Uuncheck
>>> "Auto-hide the taskbar".
>>
>>
>> He can't find the taskbar. Telling him to right-click on the
>> taskbar to fix the problem isn't much help.
>>
>> Andy, this may be what you tried, but just in case it's
>> different, let me explain the following:
>>
>> The taskbar is a resizable window and you can resize it down
>> to
>> zero. That may be what you inadvertently did. Try moving your
>> mouse cursor to the bottom of the screen and wiggling it
>> slightly
>> up and down until it turns into a two-headed arrow. If it does
>> become a two-headed arrow click and drag upward until it
>> becomes
>> the size you want.
>>
>> It's also possible that you both resized it to zero and
>> dragged
>> it to another side of the screen, so if that doesn't work,
>> also
>> try the same thing on the other three sides.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>> "AndyK" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Help! The bar at the bottom of my windows desktop is gone!
>>>> I
>>>> tried
>>>> to see if it was just out of sight and tried to drag it
>>>> back,
>>>> but
>>>> it's just gone. Can someone tell me how to get it back?
>>>> It's
>>>> the
>>>> bar that has the windows button, time/date, etc. Thank you!