jC:"Why do people when they have trouble with computers think that they are dumb?"
well i wasnt saying that *i* am stupid, but that my question is stupid. it is pretty fucking silly to have to spend so much time trying to get a simple thing like this done, ya know?
"Anyway, Do a search in your windows directory for *.scf, you should find a file called show desktop.scf, drag and drop that into your shortcutbar, that should fix that"
it worked! thank you so much! originally it was located by itself in the bottom bar just to the right of the "start" scroll box. i couldnt get it to go there.
"with the IE window, right click on the short cut that you are using to start IE, click on properties, then down the bottom where it has run, change it to maximized."
i got to the properties window but it doesnt say run anywhere. there are some tabs at the top: "general, security, content, connections, programs, advanced". i looked in all of them (as i have doen before) and couldnt find what you were talking about.
is this the right window to be looking in? it is "internet properties" and i got to it w/ your directions.
-daniel.