Wouldn't you know that as soon as I make a report the bar proceeded to stay on the right edge.
I did return to the edit and put a narrow border on the edge of the transparent column and changed its action from normal to auto hide
plus included 'start up with windows'
Restarted this afternoon and the launchbar icon was down in right corner of the taskbar, click and it popped up to the right edge; that was a first and a pleasant surprise.

Question 2

Now when that horizontal bar is on the right side is there supposed to be LaunchBar Commander icon in the main taskbar?
When I hover over it now there isn't a pop up displaying a background with a small representation of the horizontal row of icons. This was the case  previously when the column wouldn't hold its position so it seemed to me like it was in an 'open, active but in background' situation(like when any software is when hidden or reduced to the taskbar in Win7.

This monitor, of course, is a huge 1920 x 1080 landscape so to use up any of the vertical space is not desirable and that is why I preferred a side position.

This is really an admirable product and I've barely begun to explore its possiblities.

This launchbar commander fits the bill for replacing the slow loading 7stacks taskbar popup menu.
I had no difficulty editing the sample menu including in yesterdays install of current launchbar.

The issue is each time I save an edit the bar located on the right side of the monitor pops back up to the top edge.
I could grab the edge of the bar and drag it back but eventually this didn't work and I started using 'toggle bar' from the right click menu. It takes about three clicks on that command to have the bar go back to the right side.
Perhaps its not truly docked on the right side since it doesn't hide or slide if those choices are checked.
The hiding and sliding isn't that important since I chose transparent and no border which is perfect when on the right side; not so great when across the top.

If the bar is sent down to the launch area so that only the icon is displaying all the bar choices are available but change out of that and it pops up to the top.

I couldn't find any specific configuration in the preferences/options to designate position of the launcher bar
I do not have it configured to start up when windows at this time.

My system is Windows 7Professional 64bit  4 core 8ram

Is there a recommendation or configuration to keep the bar on the left?