# Windows 98 settings
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-settings/248839
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 5, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-settings/248839 "2004-06-05T19:01:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-settings/248839/1 "2004-06-05T19:01:26Z")
I’m trying to do this by phone for someone so any help would be great.
The problem is, the taskbar is vertical on the right side of the screen. How do I set it to horizontal on the bottom?
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### Author:  [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-settings/248839/2 "2004-06-05T19:08:49Z")
click and drag the taskbar to the bottom?
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### Author:  [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-settings/248839/3 "2004-06-05T19:12:48Z")
Right-click the taskbar, and check that ‘lock the taskbar’ isn’t selected.
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### Author:  [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-settings/248839/4 "2004-06-05T19:26:40Z")
OK, it’s been moved, but to the top. When she tries to drag it to the bottom, it just expands. What are we doing wrong? :smack:
She said she can live with it on top, but now it’s starting to bug me.
Any other tips? (Thanks for the previous 2)
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-settings/248839/5 "2004-06-05T19:29:10Z")
> [@duffer](#):
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> OK, it’s been moved, but to the top. When she tries to drag it to the bottom, it just expands. What are we doing wrong? :smack:
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> She said she can live with it on top, but now it’s starting to bug me.
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> Any other tips? (Thanks for the previous 2)
If it’s expanding then she’s draging from the wrong bit (the edge). tell her to drag from the middle.
It won’t appear to move until the mouse gets right to the bottom of the screen then it will ‘snap’
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### Author:  [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-settings/248839/6 "2004-06-05T19:35:00Z")
That was it, **Lobsang.** Thanks again everyone.