Mystery Drop-Down Listing on Left Side of Monitor?

[Scotirish]

Have Windows XP Home, SP3. A few days ago a drop-down listing popped up on
the far left side of the screen, top to bottom, whenever my mouse moved in
that direction on the desktop. If I moved the mouse back toward the right,
the long listing disappeared. The drop-down listing appears to be a listing
of everything I have in "Incoming" -- things I download there before
installing them on the computer. I don't recall clicking on anything that
caused this, but it's aggravating. Has anyone here had a similar experience
and knows how to eliminate this pop up? Your help will be appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[thecreator]

Hi Scotrish,

Your listing is simply a Toolbar that was created by accident by you.
You must have held the left mouse button down by accident and dragged the
"Incoming" folder against the left side of the Screen.

To remove the Toolbar, right-click on the Name "Incoming" and click
Close Toolbar.

 

[Scotirish]

Thanks for your response!. After posting my questions, I went back and
messed around a bit and found the option and checked it. So, much to my
delight, I got the darn thing off.
Thanks again for your interest and response.