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Re: TaskBar Resizing

#7683
From: Marc
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 21:11
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Hi

Thanks for the response, but that won't do, I would really 
like to be able to place the taskbar on only one monitor 
versus stretched across.

Marc

Bob Gonder <notbg@notmindspring.invalid> wrote:
>Marc wrote:
>
>>I am trying to resize the Windows(XP) taskbar.  I am currently 
>>running 2048x768 across 2 monitors.  I would like to 
>>programatically resize the taskbar to a single screen (1024 
>>wide)  I can detect all info, IE: number of monitors, their 
>>size etc... Now when I get the handle to the taskbar and call a 
>>Move window with its new parameters it does nothing, I also 
>>tried sub-classing the taskbar through hooks, this makes my 
>>taskbar flash, but it gets resized to its full length.
>>
>>Can this be done?????
>
>I doubt it. Otherwise you could resize it to half a normal screen too.
>How about AutoHide?
>Or moving it to one side (vertical)?
>
>
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