Display/desktop

[Sean Tailby]

I have a pane that has suddenly appeared on my desktop,
it is about 2 inches wide and is from top to bottom on
the left side of my screen. It has Folder Tasks, other
places and details on it. How can I get rid of it??

Thanks

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

I have a pane that has suddenly appeared on my desktop,
it is about 2 inches wide and is from top to bottom on
the left side of my screen. It has Folder Tasks, other
places and details on it. How can I get rid of it??

In the Registry at
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\shellex\ExtShellFolderViews\{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}\PersistMoniker
change the value data of the entry to
file://%userappdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop.htt

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Remove Common Tasks from Desktop