See if this helps:
Right click the taskbar.
Click Properties.
Under the Taskbar tab uncheck "Lock the taskbar" and " Group similar
taskbar buttons".
Click Apply > Ok.
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"Gashlad" <Gashlad.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone.
>
> Does anyone know how to make windows XP function the same as previous
> versions have done on the task bar.
>
> I want the icons to get progressively smaller the more applications I
> open.
> At the moment, when I get to a certain amount open it then opens those
> stupid
> little cevrons that I detest so much. I want them all to show in the
> same
> place.
>
> I have already reduced the size of the caption buttons but this hasn't
> made
> any real difference