I can't turn off the TaskPad in Calendar view...it only minimizes

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I've been trying to figure out how to use the TaskPad and in the process I've
screwed something up. I can't get the TaskPad to close now...only minimize.
Below are links to two screenshots showing you what's happening:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Wekiva/outlook-1.jpg
full screen shot of my calendar

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Wekiva/outlook-2.jpg
up close view of the problem area

By going to the calendar view and then choosing VIEW|TASKPAD it opens up the
task list on the right side of the calendar like it's supposed to. But when
you then hit VIEW|TASKPAD again it doesn't turn it off...it only minimizes it
to the right side of the screen. And whether the taskpad is on or off there
is always a gray bar down the left side of the calendar view that I can't get
rid of. (see outlook-1.jpg above) I've tried dragging the right bar further
to the right to no avail.

When you turn off the taskpad by chooseing VIEW|TASKPAD it mimizes it to the
double lines directly to the left of the gray bar (see outlook-2.jpg above)
To turn the taskpad back on you can simply drag the left of those two bars
further to the left and the taskpad appears again.

I don't mind the two bars but I do hate the gray bar down the right side of
my calendar view. I frequently view mulitple calendars at the same time and
need all the real eastate I can get on the screen.

I have tried changing the takspad view and have played around with the
customizing the taskpad view all to no avail. I'm pretty good with Outlook
but am completly stumped as to how I triggered this. Other people in my
office can toggle the taskpad on and off by hitting VIEW|TASKPAD and it
simply turns either on or completly off.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

if you drag left to show the taskpad, does the gray area turn white and show
the tasks?

does this happen all the time? have you tried closing outlook or rebooting?

I had similar goofiness one time - the calendar window moved inside the
outlook window when I moved the mouse and I had a gray area like that - a
restart or reboot fixed it AFAICR. I have no idea what caused it - I suspect
really low resources. It was a one time thing for me.