Removing Pulldown Menus in Folder Windows

[Harold]

Windows-XP Experts:

Whenever I display the contents of a folder in a window,
the left-hand column space is taken up by three pulldown
menus titled System Tasks, Other Places, and Details.
These useless (to me) pullodowns occupy the space taken up
by the folder tree view, when I elect to display it.

I would like to get rid of the pulldown menus to get extra
file display space in my folder windows, when the folder
tree is not displayed. How can I accomplish this?

Thanks.
Harold

 

[Sharon F]

Windows-XP Experts:

Whenever I display the contents of a folder in a window,
the left-hand column space is taken up by three pulldown
menus titled System Tasks, Other Places, and Details.
These useless (to me) pullodowns occupy the space taken up
by the folder tree view, when I elect to display it.

I would like to get rid of the pulldown menus to get extra
file display space in my folder windows, when the folder
tree is not displayed. How can I accomplish this?

Thanks.
Harold

Folder Options> General. Remove tick next to the choice to show common
tasks.