How to deal with task bar

[George@here.com]

I am using XP SP3, I am trying to look at a series of .mov files in a
folder, one file at a time.
When I double click on one of the .mov files, it quite naturally
executes Quicktime V7.0 to 'play' the .mov, since that is the default
for .mov files.
What I don't like is that Quicktime always opens to play the .mov with
its 'play' button (and its other controls too) hidden behind the task
bar at the bottom of the screen.
I can manually shrink Quicktime's window so as to expose the play
button, but how can I make Quicktime come up automatically on top of
the task bar, so's I can see the quicktime controls?

This may be a dumb question, and if so, I am sorry. But I really
would like to know.

Anyone?

 

[Jerry]

Move the mouse to a blank area on the taskbar, right-click, select
Properties and in the Taskbar appearance window uncheck "Keep ther taskbar
on top of other windows".

<George@here.com> wrote in message
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>I am using XP SP3, I am trying to look at a series of .mov files in a
> folder, one file at a time.
> When I double click on one of the .mov files, it quite naturally
> executes Quicktime V7.0 to 'play' the .mov, since that is the default
> for .mov files.
> What I don't like is that Quicktime always opens to play the .mov with
> its 'play' button (and its other controls too) hidden behind the task
> bar at the bottom of the screen.
> I can manually shrink Quicktime's window so as to expose the play
> button, but how can I make Quicktime come up automatically on top of
> the task bar, so's I can see the quicktime controls?
>
> This may be a dumb question, and if so, I am sorry. But I really
> would like to know.
>
> Anyone?
>

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <eGwmX2roKHA.4836@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Jerry
<ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> writes:
>Move the mouse to a blank area on the taskbar, right-click, select
>Properties and in the Taskbar appearance window uncheck "Keep ther taskbar
>on top of other windows".
[]
>> I can manually shrink Quicktime's window so as to expose the play
>> button, but how can I make Quicktime come up automatically on top of
>> the task bar, so's I can see the quicktime controls?
[]
Or set the taskbar to autohide.

Can you select some sort of full-screen mode in Quicktime (or is it, but
behind the taskbar)? VLC, for example, toggles with F11 (and it comes in
front of the taskbar, even though I think I have taskbar set to keep on
top), and it also has another toggle (involving the H key IIRR) to
hide/make visible the controls.
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