Taskbar with lots of icons not working properly

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I have about 30 applications open on my taskbar. Obviously, the icons don’t
fit in one line in the taskbar so I have the up and down arrows. I have 3
lines of application icons. If I am on the first line and I click on an icon,
the corresponding window shows up with no problem. If I am on the second or
third line and I click on an icon the application window doesn’t come up;
instead the first line of icons shows up in the taskbar. If I click fast
enough it works but if I let the mouse rest for 2 or 3 seconds on the icon
before I click it will not work, it will do as I described earlier. It
happens on every system with XP I worked with. It’s very annoying. Please
help. Thanks allot.

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Thanks, Will, I already knew that, I am asking about a specific problem and
how/if can be fixed. I wouldn't be having 30 applications open if I didn't
know about Alt-Tab.

Thanks.

CableGuy


"Will" wrote:

> Press alt then tab keys. Kepping alt down and tapping tab moves you around
> active tasks.
>
> "CableGuy" wrote:
>
> > I have about 30 applications open on my taskbar. Obviously, the icons don’t
> > fit in one line in the taskbar so I have the up and down arrows. I have 3
> > lines of application icons. If I am on the first line and I click on an icon,
> > the corresponding window shows up with no problem. If I am on the second or
> > third line and I click on an icon the application window doesn’t come up;
> > instead the first line of icons shows up in the taskbar. If I click fast
> > enough it works but if I let the mouse rest for 2 or 3 seconds on the icon
> > before I click it will not work, it will do as I described earlier. It
> > happens on every system with XP I worked with. It’s very annoying. Please
> > help. Thanks allot.