Lost Taskbar

I don't know where to go with this problem so I decided General would work.

I was playing f Hoyle card games. I have the CD from which I install the games. I clicked to run it full screen. When I did that a little box popped up warning me that the best resolution is such and such. Then my full screen card game went back to normal window size and a little thing popped up that said it was adjusting my monitor and the next thing I knew my task bar was gone.

I can push that little button on my monitor for auto adjustment and the screen flickers a little as it appears to be making an adjustment, and my taskbar becomes visible, but then as soon as that adjustment has finished my taskbar disappears again. I have checked my display settings and its at the recommended setting. Everything is working, except I can't access my taskbar, which means I can't access my start button.

Sure hope someone can help.

P.S. I don't know if these settings will help or not.

I can place the taskbar at either side or on top, but if I try to put it on the bottom it's gone.

------ When I had it on top I found the double arrow and made it as large as I could. Then I drug it down to the bottom.

Please see the 3 screen shots taken as I use the double arrows to try and bring it down to the right size. Why are the icons splitting off into different levels?

How do I do that?

Hi, according to your screenshot, it looks like your desktop resolution is smaller than the active resolution, making your desktop larger than the monitor's native resolution. In settings > system > display, is your resolution set to the recommended levels?

Edit: In other words, set it so it matches your monitor's native resolution.

"the monitor resolution has ended up set to something less than the Windows desktop resolution."

That's my guess too. Especially since you said this "a little box popped up warning me that the best resolution is such and such. Then my full screen card game went back to normal window size and a little thing popped up that said it was adjusting my monitor"

A lot of these old games need low resolution. Manually change using Settings/Display page. I'm betting the game set the resolution to one of the bottom settings, not the Recommended one -