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Any experts on IE's controls around here?

leader@congress.hotmail.com

2007-03-23, 7:20 pm

I've somehow managed to swap the positions of the Quick Launch (the
bit originally on the left of the Task bar) and the running programs
(the bit originally in the middle of the Task bar, not the
Active/Inactive icons area). I've clicked this mouse till it's
squeeeek-less but can't get them back to their original places. Can
someone help, please?

Richard Formby

2007-03-23, 11:21 pm

leader@congress.hotmail.com wrote:

> I've somehow managed to swap the positions of the Quick Launch (the
> bit originally on the left of the Task bar) and the running programs
> (the bit originally in the middle of the Task bar, not the
> Active/Inactive icons area). I've clicked this mouse till it's
> squeeeek-less but can't get them back to their original places. Can
> someone help, please?

Right click, unlock the task bar. Then drag/drop the vertical dotted lines.

--
Richard.

Blinky the Shark

2007-03-23, 11:21 pm

leader@congress.hotmail.com wrote:
> I've somehow managed to swap the positions of the Quick Launch (the
> bit originally on the left of the Task bar) and the running programs
> (the bit originally in the middle of the Task bar, not the
> Active/Inactive icons area). I've clicked this mouse till it's
> squeeeek-less but can't get them back to their original places. Can
> someone help, please?

Not me, but I *am* kinda waiting to see what this has to do with IE.

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leader@congress.hotmail.com

2007-03-24, 4:18 am

On 24 Mar 2007 00:42:25 GMT, Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>
wrote:

>leader@congress.hotmail.com wrote:
>
>Not me, but I *am* kinda waiting to see what this has to do with IE.
You're absolutely right. I rehashed the text but forgot to do the
title - it all happened after installing the latest download of IE
but, on reflection, I remember discovering that this hides the Quick
Launch by default and the hiccup occurred while farffing around,
re-setting the values to my preferences.

leader@congress.hotmail.com

2007-03-24, 4:18 am

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:40:25 GMT, "Richard Formby" <rf@invalid.com>
wrote:

>leader@congress.hotmail.com wrote:
>
>
>Right click, unlock the task bar. Then drag/drop the vertical dotted lines.

Nahhh, I've tried all that, turned off Quick Launch, back on again,
nothing seems to work. Anything further you can think of?

John Hosking

2007-03-24, 7:19 pm

leader@congress.hotmail.com wrote:
> On 24 Mar 2007 00:42:25 GMT, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>
> You're absolutely right. I rehashed the text but forgot to do the
> title - it all happened after installing the latest download of IE
> but, on reflection, I remember discovering that this hides the Quick
> Launch by default and the hiccup occurred while farffing around,
> re-setting the values to my preferences.

Sorry, I can't reproduce this on Windows XP Pro (you didn't say what OS
you're running). I also can't find any articles on Microsoft's site (KB
and MSDN articles) or elsewhere on the WWW that include a resolution or
even a hint that it can happen. You're the only one. ;-)

I suggest you retitle the post from "IE" to the Windows version you're
using, then post to a MS NG like microsoft.public,
microsoft.public.win2000.general, or microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,
etc., as applicable.

--
John

Richard Formby

2007-03-24, 7:19 pm

<leader@congress.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4sl903t07ni7a2okngc9pl48pm0uuah4vn@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:40:25 GMT, "Richard Formby" <rf@invalid.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Nahhh, I've tried all that, turned off Quick Launch, back on again,
> nothing seems to work. Anything further you can think of?

a) RTFM

b) Reinstall.

c) Install another operating system.

leader@congress.hotmail.com

2007-03-24, 7:20 pm

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:35:31 +0100, John Hosking
<John@DELETE.Hosking.name.INVALID> wrote:

>leader@congress.hotmail.com wrote:
>
>Sorry, I can't reproduce this on Windows XP Pro (you didn't say what OS
>you're running). I also can't find any articles on Microsoft's site (KB
>and MSDN articles) or elsewhere on the WWW that include a resolution or
>even a hint that it can happen. You're the only one. ;-)
>
>I suggest you retitle the post from "IE" to the Windows version you're
>using, then post to a MS NG like microsoft.public,
>microsoft.public.win2000.general, or microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,
>etc., as applicable.

Ok, thanx.

leader@congress.hotmail.com

2007-03-24, 7:20 pm

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:00:06 GMT, "Richard Formby" <rf@invalid.com>
wrote:

>
><leader@congress.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:4sl903t07ni7a2okngc9pl48pm0uuah4vn@4ax.com...
>
>a) RTFM
>
>b) Reinstall.
>
>c) Install another operating system.
>

People ask for assistance and all you can do is try to be smart.
Whatta schmuck you are.

Carl Delaney

2007-03-25, 7:19 pm

Unlock the tool bars
Grab the little vertical dotted line and drag it around to the bottom, top,
side, wherever you want it

leader@congress.hotmail.com

2007-03-25, 7:19 pm

On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:01:43 -0400, Carl Delaney <CDTepper@swbell.net>
wrote:

>Unlock the tool bars
>Grab the little vertical dotted line and drag it around to the bottom, top,
>side, wherever you want it

I can hardly believe this.

I'm not exactly a Windows virgin (since 1995, computers since 1986)
and I've been right-clicking and-dragging-and-dropping like a good 'un
but (as far as I can remember) it was always dragging the leftest (at
the time, running programs) area towards the middle (at the time,
Quick launch icons). This last time, I clicked to drag-and-drop the
middle area towards the leftest area, and it woiked. It woiked, it
woiked! Go figger.

Ah, computers... who needs 'em?