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taskbar at top annoyance - autohotkey to the rescue?

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nudone:
i've got my taskbar at the top of the screen - always on show and set to prevent application windows appearing on top of it.

the problem is that i have a few programs that misbehave by opening up with their titlebar exactly under the taskbar - so i can't click on their titlebar because the taskbar is directly above it. resizing the window of one of the naughty apps will push its titlebar down a few pixels but it's way to fiddly to be fun.

i'd like a quick autohotkey script that would either automatically move these badly positioned titlebars away from the taskbar when the corresponding app first opens, or a shortcut key that i can hit that will then move the window down enough.

maybe an automatic method would cause more problems - i sometimes use programs in full screen - like web browsers and photoshop that i do actually want to cover the taskbar, so a hotkey combo would be more than enough for me.

credits waiting for the right coding candidate...

lanux128:
i can understand your problem because i have launchbar commander docked at the top and the same thing happens to me.. :) but there is already a cure for that - Skrommel's WinWarden.


• https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/#WinWarden
• https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=757.0

lanux128:
on 2nd thought, i think Desktop Coral is a better choice.. :)

DesktopCoral is an unusual program designed to "reserve" some portion of your desktop which is shielded from maximized applications..

Essentially, it acts like an invisible resizeable docking bar, which can be docked to any side of your desktop. This invisible dock acts as a barrier to maximized applications and essentially shields this area of your desktop from other applications.
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taskbar at top annoyance - autohotkey to the rescue?

• https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/desktopcoral/index.html

nudone:
thanks, lanux.

how strange this is. i had used both of the little utils you suggested when they were first released but i had completely forgotten about them (i can't fully remember but i may have been the person that asked for desktop coral to be made).

i shall try each one again as they probably will be the solution. thanks.

lanux128:
you're welcome, nudone.. i was about to suggest another program called Hawkeye but then i remembered that Mouser had done the same.. at least, now i know who's behind it.. ;)

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