that wouldn't work either b/c I have it on the right side and growing to the left... systrayx is -68... I think I'm just going to leave it as is and move on... b/c I think I'm just starting to get difficult... :p it's not a huge problem since it only happens with very low rez or HUGE song titles and I've set up a rather silly way of getting it done which seems to have done the trick for now...

thanks for all the help though...