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The Windows taskbar can be easily enlarged and reduced. Perhaps you want to resize the taskbar, enable or disable hiding it, or even position it on top or sides of the screen. This article will show you how to do this.

Steps

1. 1 Unpin the taskbar. Do this to be able to resize the Windows desktop taskbar. Right-click on an empty space on the taskbar and make sure the "Dock taskbar" option is unchecked; if you see a check mark, click on "Pin taskbar".
2. 2 Hover over the top border of the taskbar. The pointer changes to a double headed arrow.
3. 3 Click and drag the border of the taskbar up. This will enlarge the taskbar. To shrink the panel, drag its border down.
4. 4 Select a different position for the taskbar. It can be moved to the right, left or up of the screen. Just drag the taskbar to the top, left, or right side of the screen.
   • This is useful if the taskbar covers the content you want at the bottom of the screen (so you can temporarily get rid of the clutter).
5. 5 Disable automatic hiding of the taskbar. If your system is set to hide the taskbar automatically, which annoys you, follow these steps to disable this feature:
   • Right-click an empty space on the taskbar.
   • Click on Settings (Properties in Windows 7 and 8) at the bottom of the pop-up menu.
   • Click on the slider next to "Automatically hide the taskbar on my computer".
   • Click on the slider next to "Automatically hide the taskbar on my tablet".
6. 6 Make the icons on the taskbar smaller (if you like). To do this, follow these steps:
   • Right-click an empty space on the taskbar.
   • Click on Settings (Properties in Windows 7 and 8) at the bottom of the pop-up menu.
   • Click on the slider next to Use Small Icons.
7. 7 Click on in the lower right corner (Windows 8 and 10 only). This icon looks like an upward pointing arrow. A pop-up window will show all hidden icons. Now specify which icons should be displayed on the taskbar or in the hidden icons window - to do this, drag icons from the taskbar to the hidden icons field and vice versa.This will free the taskbar from unnecessary icons.
8. 8 Dock the taskbar. Do this as desired. Right-click an empty space on the taskbar and select "Dock Taskbar" from the menu.

Warnings

• If you enlarge the taskbar, it obscures part of the desktop that it might need to be visible.