Taskbar bottom how to move back to bottom

On all windows apart from Windows 8, you drag them from the desktop (left hand side) to the bottom (taskbar) with the mouse.

If the taskbar gets full up the icons might disappear.
The double bar at the end of the taskbar must be moved to the right for more of the taskbar to appear.

You should be able to click anywhere on the taskbar (that is unoccupied by icons or links) and drag it back to the bottom.

To keep it from moving, you can right click on the taskbar and hit 'Lock Taskbar'

Sympton

You cannot see the taskbar (which contains the "Start" button) anywhere on your desktop.

Causes

1. The taskbar may be hiding at the bottom of the screen after being accidentally resized.


2. If the presentation display was changed, the taskbar may have moved off of the visible screen (Windows 7 and Vista only).


3. The taskbar may be set to "Auto-hide" (Windows XP with Service Pack 2 only).

Solutions

1. Put the mouse pointer on the bottom border of your screen.
   
   
   • If the pointer turns into a double-arrow , click and drag upwards.
   • If your taskbar isn't hiding at the bottom of the screen, try moving the mouse to the right, left, and top edges, looking for the double-arrow.


2. Press the Windows logo key and the P key on your keyboard to bring up the presentation display mode options.
   
   
   • Make sure "Computer Only" is selected.
   • Use the arrow keys to toggle between options and Enter to select the correct display mode.


3. Press the Windows key on the keyboard to bring up the Start Menu


• Right-Click on the taskbar and select Properties.
• Toggle the 'Auto-Hide the taskbar' checkbox and click Apply.
• If it is now checked, move the cursor to the bottom, right, left, or top of the screen and the taskbar should re-appear.
• Repeat step three to return to your original setting.

First right click on the taskbar and make sure taskbar is not locked
then click on the taskbar and hold left button down and move it to the bottom

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Dennis

Hi,
Right click o the task bar itself then uncheck the Lock the Taskbar, then drag the taskbar to the bottom of the page then right click again the taskbar then put a check on the Lock the Taskbar so that it will not move again.

Hope this will help... Your response is very much appreciated...

Hi goldenhead36

Right click on the taskbar and untick 'Lock Taskbar'. You should be able to drag and drop now.

Does this help?

First, right-click the taskbar. If "Lock the Taskbar" has a check mark next to it, the taskbar is locked. You can unlock it by clicking "Lock the Taskbar" again. Then, click an empty space on the taskbar, hold and drag the taskbar to one of the four edges of the desktop. When the taskbar is where you want it, release the mouse button.

You should be able to left click and drag it back to the bottom of the screen.

Right-click the taskbar and ensure it's not locked..
Then just click on the taskbar and drag it to the bottom of the screen..

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Click you left mouse button  while pointing in the gray area of the taskbar now move the mouse while holding down the button dragging the task bar back to the bottom.