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Started by youthedog4 , Nov 01 2010 06:41 AM

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#1 youthedog4

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Posted 01 November 2010 - 06:41 AM

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As you can see, it does not stop the window from taking up the whole taskbar, why would it do this? I haven't change any setting other than small icons and never combine.
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Posted 01 November 2010 - 08:38 AM

Try changing back to always combine, hide labels.

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Posted 01 November 2010 - 02:44 PM

Try changing back to always combine, hide labels.

I can change it back, and it is normal for that setting, but this setting is always messed up.

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Posted 01 November 2010 - 03:31 PM

Go to control panel, then to personalization, then switch to another theme after that try switching back to your original theme to see if it has solved the problem

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Posted 01 November 2010 - 03:52 PM

Go to control panel, then to personalization, then switch to another theme after that try switching back to your original theme to see if it has solved the problem

It is a universal theme problem.

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Posted 03 November 2010 - 03:14 PM

Please help :huh:.

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Posted 04 November 2010 - 07:31 AM

Important : Backup your Windows Registry before you follow this. You can use ERUNT to backup the registry. In case of a mess up, you can always restore from the backup.

- Open a command prompt window from Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt
- Copy/paste the following in it. To paste, right click in the command prompt window and choose Paste
reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics" /v MinWidth /t REG_SZ /d -285 /f
- Restart your computer.
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Posted 05 November 2010 - 03:11 PM

Important : Backup your Windows Registry before you follow this. You can use ERUNT to backup the registry. In case of a mess up, you can always restore from the backup.

- Open a command prompt window from Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt
- Copy/paste the following in it. To paste, right click in the command prompt window and choose Paste

reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics" /v MinWidth /t REG_SZ /d -285 /f
- Restart your computer.

Didn't work.

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Posted 05 November 2010 - 04:34 PM

Try this following the same process as before:
reg delete "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics" /v MinWidth /f
And reboot.
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Posted 05 November 2010 - 04:53 PM

Read this http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Rearrange-buttons-on-the-taskbar
and http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-how-buttons-appear-on-the-taskbar

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Posted 05 November 2010 - 11:12 PM

Read this http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Rearrange-buttons-on-the-taskbar
and http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-how-buttons-appear-on-the-taskbar

Neither of these helped.

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Posted 06 November 2010 - 09:05 AM

The width of taskbar application buttons is controlled by MinWidth value in the registry. See this : http://www.trishtech.com/win7/change_taskbar_buttons_width_in_windows_7.php
If this does not work, then you have messed up some other settings.
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