Alan, yes that's it. That's how I did it before. I was thinking I'd achieved it with PowerPro and a plugin and I couldn't see how. Thanks to you and Bruce (I'm using 4.5 by the way) for replying. And thanks to both of you for replying to my restart programs question. Now I know the limitations I can work out some solutions. --- In [email protected], Alan Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I gather this can be done with a simple registry tweak. > > I Googled: windows "task bar" button size > and the second item was: > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm > > which provides 4 vbs scripts which: > - increase the Task Bar button size > - undo that increase > - decrease the Task Bar button size > - undo that decrease > > The 2 undo scripts are identical, setting MinWidth to -2310 > which must be the default setting I assume. > > The Increase and Decrease scripts are also identical except > they set MinWidth to -285 (small) or -2700 (increase). > > So it looks like you can use only one of the .vbs scripts > and simply edit the line: n = "-2310" > depending what minimum button width you desire. > So I'll only paste one complete .vbs script here: > > ;;----- TaskBarButtonSize.vbs ------------------ > > Option Explicit > > Dim WSHShell, n, p, itemtype, MyBox > > Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > p = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\" > p = p & "MinWidth" > itemtype = "REG_SZ" > n = "-285" > > WSHShell.RegWrite p, n, itemtype > > MyBox = MsgBox("You must reboot for the changes to take effect.", vbOKOnly,"Done") > > ;;------ end of vbs ----------------------------- > > OR > Instead of using any vbs script, just use Regedit, > browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\ > in the right panel there might be a value named MinWidth. > If not add it by right click > New > String Value. > Set it to anything between -285 and -2700 > (-2310 is Windows default) >
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