Start Button Context Menu Hidden by Office Shortcut Bar

• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use the right mouse button to click the Start button, part of the resulting context menu may be hidden behind the Microsoft Office for Windows 95 Shortcut Bar.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur when the Shortcut Bar is positioned at the bottom of the screen with its Auto Hide option enabled. The position of the mouse pointer causes Windows 95 to display the Shortcut Bar, which has a higher display priority than the context menu.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, use either of the following methods:

• Reposition the Windows 95 taskbar to a different location on the screen. To do so, drag the taskbar to any edge of the screen.
• Disable the Auto Hide option for the Office Shortcut Bar. To do so, use the right mouse button to click the Office taskbar, and then click Auto Hide on the menu that appears.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.