taskbar problem

January 21, 2003 10:30 AM from

Hi,

i have a problem with my taskbar. everytime i change the size of my taskbar and restart my system or take another skin, the taskbar usese the normal size. normally windows safes the size i chose. so what is wrong about my settings?

thx

Gunnar

.S forgive my poor english im from germany

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Reply #1 January 21, 2003 10:58 AM from

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This has been mentioned before - let me see if I can remember exactly what happens. It has something to do with the way Windows and Windowblinds interact together. When you switch to the 'classic' skin - windows resets your taskbar down to the default size - and Windowblinds, or at least Windows, resets to classic every time WB loads, or you change your skin.

I hate this too - since I keep a double-high taskbar.

Anybody - feel free to correct me! I think I got the gist of it right - but I don't fully remember.

Reply #2 January 21, 2003 11:01 AM from

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you got it right

But, you don't need WB to see this (I don't think). If you have the MS Luna theme going, and a doubleheight taskbar, XP switches to Windows Classic mode which looses the doubleheight taskbar. I believe it's strictly a WinXP problem (?)

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Reply #3 January 21, 2003 11:05 AM from

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Nope, Werewolf, I'm afraid kthxbye has got it Xactly right on this one.

Regular XP LUNA (or its two other cheesy color choices

) never resets my doubled up taskbar when I restart.

Reply #4 January 21, 2003 11:11 AM from

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Oh, ok...I knew that if you stayed in luna there wasn't a problem, but there was something about the fact that XP had to switch to classic mode which was causing the problems. Live and learn

I don't have XP yet, but I'm working on it.

Reply #5 January 21, 2003 11:13 AM from

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hm

so there is nothing i can do ? only accept that i have to rezise it to doubled on every restart? oh man that sucks

Reply #6 January 21, 2003 11:14 AM from

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Nope - sorry Hagens - if there's anything that can be done, nobody knows about it yet!

Now - I think I'll be stunned by the fact that I not only remembered the cause of that little problem - but that I was able to remember it so early, before I've had any coffee!

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