How to get the previous screen back?

17 years ago

All of a sudden the bar that was always at the bottom of the screen is missing. Along with the little square that you put your cursor on to change the size of the screen at the right hand corner.

You guys are pretty knowledgeable about computers, so I thought I'd ask here. I have used the computer forums on other sites and never had much luck with them - they get carried away with explanations that are so confusing I never could figure them out.

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mwoods
17 years ago
did you reboot? that's always the first thing to try. Is the Start button still at the bottom? If so right click that,then click on properties then click on taskbar which is one of the tabs on the top of the menu. When that comes up,click on "keep the taskbar on top of other windows." That should do it. If you can't get to your start button,just push the Windows key on your keyboard and it will come up. If this doesn't do it there are other things you can try.
blueheron
Original Author
17 years ago
Yes, I just rebooted now, hoping the box would reappear. No such luck. I did the task bar thing, but it's not the top of the window that is screwed up, it's the bottom.
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blueheron
Original Author
17 years ago
I just realized I must have worded my post incorrectly. It's not the task bar at the bottom of the whole screen that is missing, it's the bar at the bottom of the open window. The one you can slide back and forth to read the whole screen, if necessary.
calliope
17 years ago
Sounds to me like you have hit F11 or up on the view on the toolbar have hit 'full screen'. You are in full screen mode. You should be able to just drag your cursor up as high as you can to the top of the page. On my puter, when you do this, you will see the ghost of your old toolbar, and the max/min window will still be up there. Hit it. You should be back to normal.
blueheron
Original Author
17 years ago
No, my window is not in full screen mode. It only covers part of the desktop which is the way I like it.

All the other internet pages have the bottom scroll bar, except the gardenweb. That's what I'm trying to get restored. Also, the lower right-hand corner isn't usable to make the screen larger or smaller. Nobody seems to understand what I'm talking about.
mwoods
17 years ago
It sounds like what you are saying is that your GP page is opened part way and you are still missing the bar at the bottom. The little square you are talking about is at the top of my window and nothing is on the bottom except the bar. You have two options you can try.You haven't said anything about the tool bar on top so I'm guessing it's there. If so, click on "view" and click on tool bars and make sure "status bar" is checked If it isn't,that bottom bar will disappear from your GP window. See if that works for you.
blueheron
Original Author
17 years ago
Well, your advice was helpful - the square at the right-hand corner is restored, but the status bar is still missing.

I even emailed the GW webmasters and they suggested clicking on VIEW and going from there - no help.

I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser and I even went back to the Internet Explorer browser to see if it was the same there and it was. Thanks for all your help. Maybe it will reappear as easily as it disappeared...lol