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blue box on left of screen
Posted by Jeff on March 30th, 2006


I have a blue box on the left side of my desktop. It moved my whole desktop
to the right about 25%. This box has 3 drop down boxes:Folders,Other places
and other.
I do not know how this appeared, but would love to remove it. It does not
have any way to minimize it or drag it anywhere. I had to rearrange my icons
to find them all and now they cannot be moved either.

Posted by Nepatsfan on March 30th, 2006


1E95A6B6-5B9B-4B6A-8277-F48887D3CB47@microsoft.com,
Jeff <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
You might want to take a look at this program:

Courtesy of Doug Knox MS-MVP
Remove Common Tasks from Desktop
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...sk_desktop.htm

Here's a registry fix for the same problem:

Courtesy of Kelly Theriot MS-MVP
Line 15, left hand column
Remove Common Tasks from Desktop
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan



Posted by Jeff on March 30th, 2006




"Nepatsfan" wrote:

Posted by Jeff on March 30th, 2006




"Nepatsfan" wrote:

Posted by Nepatsfan on March 30th, 2006


5F94504D-A565-4B46-94C4-D00A6D8A3F17@microsoft.com,
Jeff <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
You're welcome. Thanks for coming back and letting us know your
problem is fixed.

Nepatsfan



Posted by Jeff on March 30th, 2006




"Nepatsfan" wrote: