XP Taskbar Behavior in VISTA

I am frustrated by the VISTA Taskbar. In XP, I could see all of my open
applications on the Taskbar and quickly switch back and forth between them.
However, on my VISTA machine I can only see 1, or sometimes 2, of the
currently applications that are running. I have to click an up or down arrow
to see the other apps that are open, or use the switch icon to see a 3D view
of apps that are open. The latter is cool but time consuming.

I went into the Taskbar Properties and selected Side by Side and Do Not
Group. That didn’t help. Am I missing something obvious? Can I get the same
behavior in the VISTA Taskbar that I had in XP?

Thanks,
Robert

"Robert T" <> wrote in message
news:E4C736B1-1DEE-42AB-A20A-...
>I am frustrated by the VISTA Taskbar. In XP, I could see all of my open
> applications on the Taskbar and quickly switch back and forth between
> them.
> However, on my VISTA machine I can only see 1, or sometimes 2, of the
> currently applications that are running. I have to click an up or down
> arrow
> to see the other apps that are open, or use the switch icon to see a 3D
> view
> of apps that are open. The latter is cool but time consuming.
>
> I went into the Taskbar Properties and selected Side by Side and Do Not
> Group. That didn't help. Am I missing something obvious? Can I get the
> same
> behavior in the VISTA Taskbar that I had in XP?


Right click the Taskbar and unlock it. You may see some slightly textured
thin bars that you can drag around. It sounds like you have something that
is taking up a lot of space. It could be something like the Language Bar or
the QuickView bar, or similar.

ss.

Synapse Syndrome:

You were sooooooooooo right. I unlocked the Taskbar, found that slightly
textured thin bar and dragged it back towards the Quick Launch Toolbar and
that did the trick.

Thanks so much,
Robert

"Synapse Syndrome" wrote:

> "Robert T" <> wrote in message
> news:E4C736B1-1DEE-42AB-A20A-...
> >I am frustrated by the VISTA Taskbar. In XP, I could see all of my open
> > applications on the Taskbar and quickly switch back and forth between
> > them.
> > However, on my VISTA machine I can only see 1, or sometimes 2, of the
> > currently applications that are running. I have to click an up or down
> > arrow
> > to see the other apps that are open, or use the switch icon to see a 3D
> > view
> > of apps that are open. The latter is cool but time consuming.
> >
> > I went into the Taskbar Properties and selected Side by Side and Do Not
> > Group. That didn't help. Am I missing something obvious? Can I get the
> > same
> > behavior in the VISTA Taskbar that I had in XP?
>
>
> Right click the Taskbar and unlock it. You may see some slightly textured
> thin bars that you can drag around. It sounds like you have something that
> is taking up a lot of space. It could be something like the Language Bar or
> the QuickView bar, or similar.
>
> ss.
>
>
>