

While it remains unlocked, just click and hold on any empty area in the taskbar and drag it to whichever side of the screen you’d like. Particularly on wide screens, you might prefer to have it on the left. We normally think of the taskbar being along the bottom of the screen, but it doesn’t have to be.

Drag the mouse up, and the taskbar will, once your mouse reaches high enough, jump to double the size. Left-click the mouse and hold the mouse button down. This indicates that this is a resizeable window. Hover your mouse over the top edge of the taskbar, where the mouse pointer turns into a double arrow. To start, make sure your taskbar is unlocked.
