Desktop Configuration - Unwanted Blue Bar

[Guest]

Help

A blue bar has appeared along the left side of my desktop, taking up about 20% of the screen and covering my wallpaper. It looks the same as a window bar you would see with "Folder Tasks", "Other Places", and "Details" and pull down tabs. I have no idea how it got there, and I can't get rid of it!! Thanks - Mike.

 

[Ken Simmons [MSFT]]

Hi Mike,

If you right-click on the task bar and choose Toolbars, do you see a toolbar
in the list you can uncheck?

Regards,

Ken Simmons

Microsoft Technical Support for Platforms and Business Applications

Help!

A blue bar has appeared along the left side of my desktop, taking up about

20% of the screen and covering my wallpaper. It looks the same as a window
bar you would see with "Folder Tasks", "Other Places", and "Details" and
pull down tabs. I have no idea how it got there, and I can't get rid of
it!! Thanks - Mike.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Remove Common Tasks from Desktop
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_commtask_desktop.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Help!
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| A blue bar has appeared along the left side of my desktop, taking up about 20%
of the screen and covering my wallpaper. It looks the same as a window bar you
would see with "Folder Tasks", "Other Places", and "Details" and pull down tabs.
I have no idea how it got there, and I can't get rid of it!! Thanks - Mike.