[SOLVED] DEsktop view changed

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Gene145

Discussion Starter · Mar 11, 2011

XP Pro SP3

My desktop view changed and I do not know how I did it.

I used to have the start button in the lower left cornet of the screen, with the taskbar along the bottom.

It changed so that the Start button is on the upper left with the taskbar down the left side.

It started while I was fiddling with Google earth to try to get the locations shown, (lat and long).

I can't figure out how to get back...........

Shouldn't it be easy ? :4-dontkno

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fiddle faddle

· #2 · Mar 11, 2011

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Simply press CTRL + ALT + Up Arrow to fix the screen. To prove this works, press CTRL + ALT + any arrow key to flip the computer screen in any direction you want

Read more: How to Fix an Upside Down Computer Screen | eHow.com How to Fix an Upside Down Computer Screen | eHow.com

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spunk.funk

· #3 · Mar 12, 2011

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Right click the taskbar and make sure Lock the Taskbar is unchecked. It is kinda tricky but if you put your pointer close to the either corner, hold down the left mouse button and drag it to where you want it, it will snap back in place. Once you got it back where you want, right click the taskbar and lock the taskbar.

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Gene145

Discussion Starter · #4 · Mar 12, 2011

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spunk.funk said:
Right click the taskbar and make sure Lock the Taskbar is unchecked. It is kinda tricky but if you put your pointer close to the either corner, hold down the left mouse button and drag it to where you want it, it will snap back in place. Once you got it back where you want, right click the taskbar and lock the taskbar.

OK thanks, that worked , the taskbar is now twice as deep as it used to be, showing the word "desktop" and time and day on the lower right .

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spunk.funk

· #5 · Mar 12, 2011

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Gene45 said:
the taskbar is now twice as deep as it used to be

If you mean the task bar is twice the size that it used to be and you want it to be just the normal single size, then making sure the taskbar is not locked, put your pointer on the top of the taskbar till it turns into a double sided arrow and drag the task bar down, one click.

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Gene145

Discussion Starter · #6 · Mar 12, 2011

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OK thanks. I tried that before and it did not work. It did this time, maybe because I minimized all the windows. Good now!

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spunk.funk

· #7 · Mar 12, 2011

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Glad you got it sorted. Please mark this thread solved in the Thread tools at the top.

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Gene145

Discussion Starter · #8 · Mar 12, 2011

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OK. Box is checked by the thread looks no different than before.

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hmnrabu

· #9 · Mar 12, 2011

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