How do I move the TaskBar and the Start Menu? Intended For Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95 Right-click an empty portion of the taskbar, and turn off the Lock the taskbar option (do nothing if there's no checkmark next to it). Next, grab a blank portion of the taskbar with the mouse and start dragging. Note: there's no way to move the Start Menu button from side to side - bad news for right-handed users. Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I move the TaskBar and the Start Menu?' (Laura: Thursday, October 25, 2001) [Windows XP] Question about 'How do I move the TaskBar and the Start Menu?' (Carl: Friday, April 26, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about No ICONS nor taskbar on start up page (RLF: Tuesday, July 9, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'How do I move the TaskBar and the Start Menu?' (james f: Monday, July 15, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I move the TaskBar and the Start Menu?' (Joe Bauer: Wednesday, August 28, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I move the TaskBar and the Start Menu?' (sal liuzzi: Monday, November 11, 2002) [Windows Me] My TaskBar is no longer along the bottom of the screen, but now is on the left side from top to bottom. (Rinii Wilks: Thursday, April 24, 2003) [Windows 98] Renaming Start Button (kishore kumar: Friday, September 19, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'How do I move the TaskBar and the Start Menu?' (maria: Wednesday, July 6, 2005) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I move the TaskBar and the Start Menu?' (arlen rushin: Sunday, August 28, 2005) [Windows Me] Question about 'How do I move the TaskBar and the Start Menu?' (don: Tuesday, October 25, 2005) [Windows XP] Question about 'How do I move the TaskBar and the Start Menu?' (Edmund R Youngquist: Saturday, July 8, 2006) [Windows XP] Question about 'How do I move the TaskBar and the Start Menu?' (roger e. thompson: Friday, September 14, 2007) Return to "Using Windows"