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You can choose taskbar and menu options to suit
your preferences and to customize your desktop to the way you
work—keeping important commands accessible.
In this section, see step by step tutorials to:
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Keep the Taskbar on
Top of Other Windows
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Display the
QuickLaunch Bar on the Taskbar
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Customize the Start
Menu
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Specify the Classic
Look and Behavior for the Start Menu
Keep the Taskbar on Top
of Other Windows
If you want to make sure that the Windows XP
taskbar is always visible, even when you run a program in a
maximized (full-screen) window, select the Keep taskbar on
top of other windows option. This procedure tells you how to
select this option through Taskbar and Start Menu Properties
in Control Panel.
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Mouse actions |
Keyboard actions |
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On the
Start menu:
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Select
Control Panel. |
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Display the
Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo
key  ).
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Select
Control Panel by pressing C. |
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In
Control Panel:
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Be sure you
are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are
showing).
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If not,
under Control Panel in the left pane, select
Switch to Classic View.
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Select
Taskbar and Start Menu. |
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In
Control Panel:
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Be sure you
are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
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If not,
under Control Panel in the left pane, select
Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
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Press
ENTER.
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Move to
Taskbar and Start Menu by pressing the arrow keys.
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Press
ENTER. |
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In the
Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, on the
Taskbar tab:
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Select (or
clear) the Keep the taskbar on top of other windows
check box.
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Select
OK. |
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In the
Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, on the
Taskbar tab:
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Select (or
clear) the Keep the taskbar on top of other windows
check box by pressing T.
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Press
ENTER. |
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To close
Control Panel:
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Select the
Close button. |
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To close
Control Panel:
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Press ALT+F,
C. |
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Control Panel: Taskbar and Start Menu:
Taskbar tab: Keep the taskbar on top of other windows
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