I have Windows 7. My task bar( system tray in lower right corner) is unlocked but it will not let me drag it back into one row.
The problem is the clock: the first row is suddenly time(2:30PM), second row is the day of the week(Friday) and third row is the date(11/3/2017). I do not need the day of the week or the time, just the date.
How can I get all my icons back into one row? That three line clock drives me crazy, it makes my screen so small.
How do I remove the 3-rows with day of the week from Windows 7 taskbar to get only one row taskbar back?
Best Answer
The system tray does only give more information (on the clock etc) because it has the space to do so. Please understand that the system tray is part of the taskbar and as such will resize to whatever size the taskbar is.
What you need to do is ensure that the taskbar is unlocked (right-click and make sure there is no checkbox in front of "lock the taskbar". If so, click it, to remove the checkbox.
Now, hover the mouse to the edge of the taskbar that is not touching the edge of the screen (the taskbar touches the edge of the screen on 3 sides, and the desktop on 1 side, you want to find this last edge.)
The mouse cursor will change to a resize icon. Now drag and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse as far to the edge of the screen as possible, making it smaller. It will move in intervals because the taskbar has fixed widths. Just move it as far as you can until the taskbar has the desired size.
For the best results, drag the taskbar in its center.
You may need to reorder certain taskbar elements. You can do this by dragging the | beam at the very left of each taskbar section (if applicable)
Once done, lock the task bar again by right-clicking the bar and select Lock the taskbar.