Suddenly I have a 2 inch wide vertical blue band on the left side of my
Recycle Bin, Control Panel, My Computer and other windows. Not my Desktop,
though. It lists File and Folder Tasks, Other Places, and Details. I
suppose someone thought this would be very helpful. I don't. Anyone know
how to get rid of this? Thanks.

hi,

That is a part of the new look and feel of windows xp and
is called the task bar. it shows u relevant commands that
are common to the folder which you open. this can be
turned off by switching to classic view. to do that click
on tools | Folder options and choose classic view.

regards
M. Rajesh
www.winxpsolution.com

>-----Original Message-----
>Suddenly I have a 2 inch wide vertical blue band on the
left side of my
>Recycle Bin, Control Panel, My Computer and other
windows. Not my Desktop,
>though. It lists File and Folder Tasks, Other Places,
and Details. I
>suppose someone thought this would be very helpful. I
don't. Anyone know
>how to get rid of this? Thanks.
>
>
>.
>

That did it! Thanks.

"M. Rajesh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:17c801c3874e$bb3c83d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> hi,
>
> That is a part of the new look and feel of windows xp and
> is called the task bar. it shows u relevant commands that
> are common to the folder which you open. this can be
> turned off by switching to classic view. to do that click
> on tools | Folder options and choose classic view.
>
> regards
> M. Rajesh
> www.winxpsolution.com
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Suddenly I have a 2 inch wide vertical blue band on the
> left side of my
> >Recycle Bin, Control Panel, My Computer and other
> windows. Not my Desktop,
> >though. It lists File and Folder Tasks, Other Places,
> and Details. I
> >suppose someone thought this would be very helpful. I
> don't. Anyone know
> >how to get rid of this? Thanks.
> >
> >
> >.
> >