Mitch...

I just duplicated the problem on my system (now only hoping the systems are enough alike that that matters! lol)

I left clicked on the tool bar and a pop up window came up that had several choices. One of which was "Lock the taskbar" which was checked. I unchecked it and was then able to pick up the tool bar and move it to the side with my mouse. After I put the taskbar when I wanted it I went back to the left click and reclicked the "Lock the taskbar."