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From: Eddie on 2 Aug 2010 05:14
Hi all.,,,,

When I login to my xp (sp2) machine and get to desktop, the taskbar is
there; but if I go to Explorer, it isn't. I can't reach down and grab
it and the only way it will show is if I hit the Windows Key, but this
also brings up the Start menu. If I choose something on the taskbar, it
will come up no problem, but the bl**dy task bar disappears again.
It is very annoying if I want to have, say, newsgoup open, and also want
to grab Notepad to copy/paste what I see in the n/g.... seems I can
only have one or the other.

Yes, I have googled my brains out, but not one article relates to my
exact problem; and there are many relating to 'task bar not shown in
Explorer', but when I go to those sites, they dont relate to my issue.

I have also checked as many settings as I could think of, and have
r/clicked til the cows come home, but can't find anything to fix it.

Ed
From: Elmo on 2 Aug 2010 08:29
Eddie wrote:
> Hi all.,,,,
>
> When I login to my xp (sp2) machine and get to desktop, the taskbar is
> there; but if I go to Explorer, it isn't. I can't reach down and grab
> it and the only way it will show is if I hit the Windows Key, but this
> also brings up the Start menu. If I choose something on the taskbar, it
> will come up no problem, but the bl**dy task bar disappears again.
> It is very annoying if I want to have, say, newsgoup open, and also want
> to grab Notepad to copy/paste what I see in the n/g.... seems I can
> only have one or the other.
>
> Yes, I have googled my brains out, but not one article relates to my
> exact problem; and there are many relating to 'task bar not shown in
> Explorer', but when I go to those sites, they don't relate to my issue.
>
> I have also checked as many settings as I could think of, and have
> r/clicked til the cows come home, but can't find anything to fix it.
>
> Ed

Kelly has many Taskbar tweaks on her site.. maybe one of them will help:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
Click "T"

--

Joe =o)
From: Richard in AZ on 2 Aug 2010 10:13
Have you checked the Task Bar Properties (right-click on task bar) to see if it check to "always be
on top"?

"Eddie" <albert(a)greenacres.far> wrote in message news:eZ7KBMiMLHA.5668(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi all.,,,,
>
> When I login to my xp (sp2) machine and get to desktop, the taskbar is there; but if I go to
> Explorer, it isn't. I can't reach down and grab it and the only way it will show is if I hit the
> Windows Key, but this also brings up the Start menu. If I choose something on the taskbar, it
> will come up no problem, but the bl**dy task bar disappears again.
> It is very annoying if I want to have, say, newsgoup open, and also want to grab Notepad to
> copy/paste what I see in the n/g.... seems I can only have one or the other.
>
> Yes, I have googled my brains out, but not one article relates to my exact problem; and there are
> many relating to 'task bar not shown in Explorer', but when I go to those sites, they dont relate
> to my issue.
>
> I have also checked as many settings as I could think of, and have r/clicked til the cows come
> home, but can't find anything to fix it.
>
> Ed


From: Eddie on 2 Aug 2010 22:45
Richard in AZ wrote:
> Have you checked the Task Bar Properties (right-click on task bar) to see if it check to "always be
> on top"?


Bingo! Thanks Richard.
(xp is not my forte', not like 98)

Ed
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