Taskbar oh Taskbar, where forth art thou?

Taskbar oh Taskbar, where forth art thou? Taskbar disappears when running a long program

#1 buckshotdad1960

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Posted 03 January 2009 - 10:10 PM

How do you get your taskbar to reappear?

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Posted 04 January 2009 - 07:41 AM

buckshotdad1960, on Jan 3 2009, 09:10 PM, said:

How do you get your taskbar to reappear?

I'm using 98 SE and I'm talking about the menu bar at the bottom of the screen!

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Posted 04 January 2009 - 12:42 PM

You may have autohide turned on
Start - Settings - Taskbar & Start menu
See if Autohide is checked & make sure that Always on top is checked

In the beginning there was the command line.

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Posted 05 January 2009 - 02:48 PM

buckshotdad1960, on Jan 4 2009, 06:41 AM, said:

buckshotdad1960, on Jan 3 2009, 09:10 PM, said:

How do you get your taskbar to reappear?

I'm using 98 SE and I'm talking about the menu bar at the bottom of the screen!

thanks eyesee, i checked and the on top box was checked already. are there any magic buttons i can push to make it reappear when it vanishes?

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Posted 07 January 2009 - 07:40 AM

buckshotdad1960, on Jan 5 2009, 07:48 PM, said:

thanks eyesee, i checked and the on top box was checked already. are there any magic buttons i can push to make it reappear when it vanishes?

Not really. It could be there but you can't see it as such. Just use your mouse and drag the bottom lip on the screen to see if its been minimized out of sight.

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Posted 07 January 2009 - 11:54 AM

CTRL-ESC should pop up the start menu and taskbar

In the beginning there was the command line.

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Posted 07 January 2009 - 04:41 PM

Keithuk, on Jan 7 2009, 06:40 AM, said:

buckshotdad1960, on Jan 5 2009, 07:48 PM, said:

thanks eyesee, i checked and the on top box was checked already. are there any magic buttons i can push to make it reappear when it vanishes?

Not really. It could be there but you can't see it as such. Just use your mouse and drag the bottom lip on the screen to see if its been minimized out of sight.

wow cool, that worked but I must say that was an unfair test seeing that I could still see the task bar when I did it! The real test will come when it goes away on its own and I try to get it back! I can't wait to try it! Thank you!