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I've raised this for Win7 because that's what I'm using now, but this has been happening for as long as I've been using Windows. Which is a long time.

First, right click the taskbar and ensure that "Lock the taskbar" is selected.

Now, if I right-click on the taskbar, I can select Toolbars -> Links to add a Links toolbar. This gets added to the right hand side of the toolbar. It looks something like this:

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If I now right click the toolbar and untick "Lock the taskbar", then I get a drag bar to resize or move the toolbar. It looks like this:

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I can drag this bar to make the toolbar bigger. I can't make it smaller at this point because it is currently the smallest it can be. After dragging it around for a bit return it to where it was, i.e. the smallest it can be.

Now right-click the toolbar and tick "Lock the taskbar" again. Now, it looks like this:

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The edge of the first icon is now poking out. I don't want to see this - it looks untidy. and the point of the toolbar is to have a list I can expand when I want to, and is small and unobtrusive when I don't. I have tried everything I can think of to get rid of this but I just can't.

This happens as soon as you try to move the toolbar, and since I almost always want to move a toolbar once I've created it, this is extremely annoying.

This issue has existed in Windows for as long as I can remember. Does anyone know how I can get round it?

UPDATE: I am now using Windows 10, and the problem still exists.

bornfromanegg
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  • Its indeed hard to get by. What I usually attempt, is to rename the label to something short, like L, then lock the taskbar, then rename it back to Links. – LPChip Nov 07 '17 at 10:47
  • @LPChip How do I rename it? I feel like I've done that in previous versions of windows, but I can't work out how to do it now. – bornfromanegg Nov 07 '17 at 11:13
  • Hmm, good question. I think I did: hide label, then show label, but in windows 10, that option is not allowed when the taskbar is locked. Honestly, I don't know. I have managed in the past in windows 7, but it is so long ago, I don't remember. – LPChip Nov 07 '17 at 11:47
  • Something like DisplayFusion should provide additional features for the modification of the taskbar. – batistuta09 Nov 08 '17 at 17:00
  • Looks like a pretty powerful product, but I can't see anything on their help pages that mention Toolbar customisation. And the full version is not free. – bornfromanegg Nov 13 '17 at 10:57

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