xp task manager ????

paulyoung666 · 20-10-2004, 08:23

weird one this , when i minimise task manager i want it to go and sit next to the clock in the bottom right hand corner , it used to do it , now it dont , and i have not as far as i know altered anything

Paul K · 20-10-2004, 08:28

Have you looked in options for task manager to see if it is still set to hide? It might have decided to reset itself.

paulyoung666 · 20-10-2004, 08:35

hide when minimized is ticked and it used to sit next to the clock now it dont

Paul K · 20-10-2004, 08:40

Have you tried unticking the options, close task manager, envoke it again and re-tick them?
I've seen a couple of reports that killing task manager from within itself and then starting it again gets rid of the problem but I don't know if that still works.

paulyoung666 · 20-10-2004, 08:42

still dont work

Paul K · 20-10-2004, 09:08

Have you tried creating a new account to see if it does the same thing on a fresh account set up?
The only other thing I can think of is maybe the icon is corrupt or a registry setting is not right

There are a few bits here that might help reset things, remove old icons from the notification area etc
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm

paulyoung666 · 20-10-2004, 09:37

cheers , i will have a look later

edit :- just tried creating a new user and it works fine

The_real_dj · 20-10-2004, 09:43

This might help:

Right click the task bar at the bottom of the screen and choose properties.
In the box that appears there is a section at the bottom called notification area.
There is an option to hide inactive icons and also and advanced option that allows you to select which icons get hidden and which icons never get hidden!!

Hope this helps

DJ

Paul K · 20-10-2004, 10:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

cheers , i will have a look later

edit :- just tried creating a new user and it works fine

Might be a corruption in the profile you are using then

Time to transfer settings and files onto a new profile?

paulyoung666 · 20-10-2004, 17:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_real_dj

This might help:

Right click the task bar at the bottom of the screen and choose properties.
In the box that appears there is a section at the bottom called notification area.
There is an option to hide inactive icons and also and advanced option that allows you to select which icons get hidden and which icons never get hidden!!

Hope this helps

DJ

nope , thanks anyway

@ paul , i reckon you are right now

Paul K · 20-10-2004, 17:34

Sometimes being right is not good

Hope you get the replacement profile working the way you want it without too many problems

MetaWraith · 20-10-2004, 20:14

This is not a fix, more of a work around.
http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/

One of it's nice features is the ability to minimise any window to the systray.