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taskbar buttons
Name: kmac Date: September 10, 2006 at 10:55:42 Pacific OS: Windows 98se CPU/Ram: 1400 mgh Product: AMD
Comment:
How to enable windows minimizing buttons on the taskbar. I no longer see a button when I min. the window and it gets lost so I cant tell just what is open?
Name: Derek Date: September 10, 2006 at 11:28:53 Pacific
Reply:
As far as I know there is no setting for this, they just work that way as part of Windows.
If this suddenly happened recently it might be worth restarting in MS-DOS and typing scanreg /restore (hit Return key). Chose a date/time before the problem came along.
DerekW
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Response Number 2
Name: Rimfire Date: September 10, 2006 at 15:37:50 Pacific
Reply:
There should be a way to restore the show desktop icon. It probably involves a registry hack.
The Windows key in combination with the M key will do the same job.
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Response Number 3
Name: jboy Date: September 10, 2006 at 15:53:24 Pacific
Reply:
I'm not sure that the 'Show Desktop' icon is involved, but sure, there's a way to recreate if missing.
Anyhow - one thing to try, TweakUI's 'Repair System Files' if the scanreg /restore tactic doesn't help
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie!'... till you can find a rock
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Response Number 4
Name: OtheHill Date: September 14, 2006 at 17:10:17 Pacific
Reply:
Try moving your cursor to the bottom of the screen. If the taskbar then shows, right click it, select properties, and untick auto hide, and apply.
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Response Number 5
Name: Derek Date: September 14, 2006 at 18:20:19 Pacific
Reply:
Another way:
Start button/Taskbar & Start Menu
Untick Auto hide
(hadn't thought of that possibility - nice one OtheHill)
DerekW
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Response Number 6
Name: Derek Date: September 14, 2006 at 18:22:04 Pacific
Reply:
Oops, I meant:
Start button/Settings/Taskbar & Start Menu
DerekW
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Response Number 7
Name: kmac Date: September 18, 2006 at 10:16:27 Pacific
Reply:
Ooops, Sorry but the task bar hiding was the culprit. Thanks loads both Otherhill and Derek and all that offered help.
Note: great forum
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Response Number 8
Name: Derek Date: September 18, 2006 at 12:16:55 Pacific
Reply:
Glad to hear it turned out to be something easy and thx for popping back to let us know.
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