Unwanted task bar on left side of display

[mdiggle]

I have this task bar that just showed up one day on the left side of my
display. It is white in color,about 3 inches wide and contains folder
tasks, other places and details\desktop. Does anyone know what this is
and how to get rid of it?

 

[Nepatsfan]

I have this task bar that just showed up one day on the left
side of my display. It is white in color,about 3 inches wide
and contains folder tasks, other places and details\desktop.
Does anyone know what this is and how to get rid of it?

Follow the procedure outlined on this web site to remove the
Common Tasks bar from your desktop:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_commtask_desktop.htm

Nepatsfan