Hello
My taskbar is about an inch or more thick at the bottom of my screen.
How do I reduce it, please, so that it is its normal size?
First of all, note that it has no "normal" size. It can be as wide as
you would like it, and some of us prefer it be two lines wide. The
single line size is the *default* size, rather than being normal.
The task bar is resizable, like a window. Put the cursor on the edge
and wiggle it slightly to make it turn into a double-headed arrow.
Then click and drag it to the size you want.
If it won't resize, it may be locked. In that case, right click on it
and uncheck "Lock the Taskbar," Then try again.
If yours is more than two lines thick (you said "an inch or more"),
the following probably doesn't apply to you, but I'm including it,
just in case:
Also note that if you have toolbars on the task bar on multiple lines,
you won't be able to reduce the task bar size to fewer than that
number of lines. Put all the toolbars on one line first.
Quoting MVP Malke: "What happens is that the end "margin" of the Quick
Launch toolbar has gotten so far over to the right that it is now down
below. Unlock the Taskbar and then "grab" the dotted line on the
bottom bar (it will be a solid line if you are using the classic
style) and drag it up to immediately to the right of the Quick Launch
icons. Now you've successfully made the Quick Launch toolbar shorter
and can "grab" the top bar of the Taskbar and "push" it down to the
regular one-tier height."
