How to deal with task bar

[George@here.com]

I am using XP SP3, I am trying to look at a series of .mov files in a

folder, one file at a time.

When I double click on one of the .mov files, it quite naturally

executes Quicktime V7.0 to 'play' the .mov, since that is the default

for .mov files.

What I don't like is that Quicktime always opens to play the .mov with

its 'play' button (and its other controls too) hidden behind the task

bar at the bottom of the screen.

I can manually shrink Quicktime's window so as to expose the play

button, but how can I make Quicktime come up automatically on top of

the task bar, so's I can see the quicktime controls?



This may be a dumb question, and if so, I am sorry. But I really

would like to know.



Anyone?

 

[Jerry]

Move the mouse to a blank area on the taskbar, right-click, select

Properties and in the Taskbar appearance window uncheck "Keep ther taskbar

on top of other windows".



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>I am using XP SP3, I am trying to look at a series of .mov files in a

> folder, one file at a time.

> When I double click on one of the .mov files, it quite naturally

> executes Quicktime V7.0 to 'play' the .mov, since that is the default

> for .mov files.

> What I don't like is that Quicktime always opens to play the .mov with

> its 'play' button (and its other controls too) hidden behind the task

> bar at the bottom of the screen.

> I can manually shrink Quicktime's window so as to expose the play

> button, but how can I make Quicktime come up automatically on top of

> the task bar, so's I can see the quicktime controls?

>

> This may be a dumb question, and if so, I am sorry. But I really

> would like to know.

>

> Anyone?

>

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message , Jerry

writes:

>Move the mouse to a blank area on the taskbar, right-click, select

>Properties and in the Taskbar appearance window uncheck "Keep ther taskbar

>on top of other windows".

[]

>> I can manually shrink Quicktime's window so as to expose the play

>> button, but how can I make Quicktime come up automatically on top of

>> the task bar, so's I can see the quicktime controls?

[]

Or set the taskbar to autohide.



Can you select some sort of full-screen mode in Quicktime (or is it, but

behind the taskbar)? VLC, for example, toggles with F11 (and it comes in

front of the taskbar, even though I think I have taskbar set to keep on

top), and it also has another toggle (involving the H key IIRR) to

hide/make visible the controls.

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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/