How do I set the taskbar's height - SkinStudio11

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Windows 10. Using WindowBlinds/SkinStudio/Start11.

I have triple-checked that all my taskbar images are 30px high, but the taskbar keeps making itself ~43px high (higher with small-icons disabled). The Taskbar Buttons scale up to the right size, but the start-button remains 30px, giving it a lot of space on top and bottom. I've tried every variant of the margin-painting to no effect. I googled around, and the only advice I can find is from before 2004, suggesting setting the text-margins on the task-bar buttons controlling the taskbar height; as far as I can tell it no longer does this.

I am currently using Simple Mode for compatibility, but can switch to Advanced if it's needed for this, though I would like to maintain compatibility at least for 10&11.

How can I force the task-bar to a 30px height? If that's not possible, how can I make the start-button scale appropriately?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Okay, if I remember correctly, you also need to adjust the setting on your horizontal taskbar button. Try changing those text margin setting.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you, however as per my original post, I have already tried changing the margins on the horizontal taskbar buttons' text. Neither the margins in the "Painting" tab nor the "Text" tab appear to have any affect on lowering the taskbar size. Even if they did affect the taskbar height, I'm not sure how to use them to set a specific height in pixels on the taskbar.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Actually, there is no specific setting in Windowblinds to set the taskbar height. What you can do to shave some pixel out is to make your taskbar background pic with some transparent pixel across it.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant