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| Resizing the Taskbar Especially if you place the taskbar on the left or right-hand side of the screen, you may notice that there is very little room for the names of your running applications. Although some may prefer only seeing the icons, it may be easier for you to refer to your programs by their names. Don't worry - this is an easy fix.
If you know how to resize normal windows, the same properties apply for the taskbar. If you don't, then move your mouse to the border of the taskbar which you wish to extend. This will take some practice, but get your pointer to the place where it changes from your default one (probably an arrow pointing diagonally in one direction) to an arrow pointing two opposite directions. Now, hold the left mouse button down and keep it held down. Move the mouse to the direction where you wish to extend the taskbar. As you do this, a hollow rectangle will be seen giving you an estimate of how big the taskbar will become. When you find a taskbar size comfortable for you, release the mouse bar. The taskbar will grow (or shrink if you set it up that way), and all of the desktop icons and the currently running programs will move and resize.
When you have a lot of programs running, this tip is ESSENTIAL to keep tabs on everything! I personally use this trick when accessing the Internet, as I may at times have enough programs to fill 3 or 4 rows of the taskbar.
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