Windows XP acting wierd

**_E_** · April 30th, 2005

Just finished installing winXP SP2 last night. Everything went all right ( except uxtheme.dll , which gave a few headaches trying to get it to work ). However, there is a single problem annoying the heck out of me and I have no idea how to solve it. Whenever I minimise a program, it doesnt appear in the taskbar, it just disappears. I had to use alt + tab to shift from one program to another, which is a pain. Can anyone end my suffering with a magical solution please?

Oh yeah, the programs don't appear on the taskbar even when they're maximised.

Yours,
-Elly

WEXP · April 30th, 2005

That happens to me a few time too, but gets back to normal after a while... So, I don't have any clue. Maybe you're just unlucky ;P

Another problem I have though, when I have mIRC on, I can't play any games, can't change resolution, FireFox becomes unusable and no DirectX tests is able to start. When I close it, everything works fine. Dunno what this is, but if anyone knows, tell me...

**_E_** · April 30th, 2005

Well, I just solved it ^_^;
Here's what I used. Nice little proggy.

Yours,
-Elly

masque · April 30th, 2005

I was going to say that it looks like your quick bar is stretched all the way out, making the taskbar seem empty.

RF · April 30th, 2005

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Originally Posted by masque

I was going to say that it looks like your quick bar is stretched all the way out, making the taskbar seem empty.

Thats what I thought aswell. It could of also been your theme troubles elly.

Talbain · April 30th, 2005

Well, first of all I'd suggest using Litestep and Mozilla Firefox. (Though these are more suggestions for general use and have nothing to do with the problem)

Also, are you using XP Pro or Regular XP?

Finally, typically if you lock/unlock the taskbar or change your taskbar "look" to classic mode, this bug goes away and your taskbar stuff comes back. Also, this can be caused by the Quicklaunch toolbar.

WEXP, try Trillian, tell me if the same problem occurs.

**hushypushy** · May 1st, 2005

yeah, elly, dude, it was just that your quick launch was so freakin gigantic it took over the entire bar. all you had to do was shrink the quick launch area...

Esturk · May 1st, 2005

That's crazy. Sometimes it's the simplest of things that seem so bad... Good you got it fixed Elly. When I looked at the picture, I was like WOW that's a big quicklaunch bar! It's happened to me before on Windows 98.

I don't use the quicklaunch bar anymore, I use keyboard shortcuts. Ctrl+Alt+Whatever.

**_E_** · May 1st, 2005

Erm, It wasn't the quicklaunch bar since I tried disabling all toolbars and it still didnt work ( heck, I even moved them around and but no luck

)

Yours,
-Elly

April 30th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
WEXP Elemental Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 289	That happens to me a few time too, but gets back to normal after a while... So, I don't have any clue. Maybe you're just unlucky ;P Another problem I have though, when I have mIRC on, I can't play any games, can't change resolution, FireFox becomes unusable and no DirectX tests is able to start. When I close it, everything works fine. Dunno what this is, but if anyone knows, tell me... __________________

April 30th, 2005	#3 (permalink)
_E_ Administrator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: somewhere Posts: 8,635	Well, I just solved it ^_^; Here's what I used. Nice little proggy. Yours, -Elly __________________ -= Now watching=-

April 30th, 2005	#4 (permalink)
masque Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dixon CA Posts: 377	I was going to say that it looks like your quick bar is stretched all the way out, making the taskbar seem empty. __________________ Current Specs: NForce2 Chipset, Athlon XP 3000+, 1GB DDR400 RAM, 60GB Western Digital 8MB 7200RPM, Some cheap 80GB drive 7200RPM, Radeon 9600 128MB, WinXP Professional SP2

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	yeah, elly, dude, it was just that your quick launch was so freakin gigantic it took over the entire bar. all you had to do was shrink the quick launch area... __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

May 1st, 2005	#8 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	That's crazy. Sometimes it's the simplest of things that seem so bad... Good you got it fixed Elly. When I looked at the picture, I was like WOW that's a big quicklaunch bar! It's happened to me before on Windows 98. I don't use the quicklaunch bar anymore, I use keyboard shortcuts. Ctrl+Alt+Whatever. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

April 30th, 2005	#6 (permalink)
Talbain Moo. Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In a field, eating grass. Posts: 453	Well, first of all I'd suggest using Litestep and Mozilla Firefox. (Though these are more suggestions for general use and have nothing to do with the problem) Also, are you using XP Pro or Regular XP? Finally, typically if you lock/unlock the taskbar or change your taskbar "look" to classic mode, this bug goes away and your taskbar stuff comes back. Also, this can be caused by the Quicklaunch toolbar. WEXP, try Trillian, tell me if the same problem occurs.

May 1st, 2005	#9 (permalink)
_E_ Administrator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: somewhere Posts: 8,635	Erm, It wasn't the quicklaunch bar since I tried disabling all toolbars and it still didnt work ( heck, I even moved them around and but no luck ) Yours, -Elly __________________ -= Now watching=-

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