Strange Desktop View

[Val Hall]

Hello All.

I've got a strange view of my desktop all of a sudden.

I'm using Office XP and have been for over a year. All
of a sudden, the view of my desktop has a blue LEFT
border and displays:

Folder tasks
Other Places
Details

It looks similar to a FOLDER view. Nothing that I have
tried has succeeded in getting rid of this.

Can anyone PLEASE help me?

Many thanks in advance!

Valerie

 

[David Candy]

Type
regsvr32 /i shell32
in start run.

 

[Val Hall]

Thanks so much, David!

I did what you suggested, rebooted and voila! My ol'
familiar desktop was restored! Could you tell me what
caused this?? I'd like to NOT repeat it!

Thanks (again).

~Val Hall

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Type
regsvr32 /i shell32
in start run.

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[Ramesh [MVP]]

The cause is explained here.

Remove Common Tasks from Desktop: From Doug Knox, MVP
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_commtask_desktop.htm

This value is correctly set once the shell32 is registered.

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.php


Thanks so much, David!

I did what you suggested, rebooted and voila! My ol'
familiar desktop was restored! Could you tell me what
caused this?? I'd like to NOT repeat it!

Thanks (again).

~Val Hall

-----Original Message-----
Type
regsvr32 /i shell32
in start run.

--
--------------------------------------------------------- -
'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088392635123.h tml

"Val Hall" <[email protected]> wrote in

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