I reset the start menu from classic and then for some reason a 3" wide
vertical line came up on the left hand side of the screen permanantly with
the folder tasks, other places and details boxes on it, the sames as in a
normal window explorer box but without any of the other parts. I have tried
everything I can thin kof but to no avail, any ideas of how to get rid of it?


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Thanks for your help
The Nobrainer of Somerset


www.propertyrefurbishment.net

Nobrainer wrote:

> I reset the start menu from classic and then for some reason a 3" wide
> vertical line came up on the left hand side of the screen permanantly
> with the folder tasks, other places and details boxes on it, the
> sames as in a normal window explorer box but without any of the other
> parts. I have tried everything I can thin kof but to no avail, any
> ideas of how to get rid of it?


Perhaps you mean the Common Tasks Bar. If so, to get rid of it, go to Doug
Knox's site, http://www.dougknox.com. On the left, click Win XP Fixes, then
Remove Common Tasks from Desktop.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Thank you very much Ken, that worked a treat, I spent ages trying to go
through all the options I could to solve that one. All the best
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Thanks for your help
The Nobrainer of Somerset

www.propertyrefurbishment.net



"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> Nobrainer wrote:
>
> > I reset the start menu from classic and then for some reason a 3" wide
> > vertical line came up on the left hand side of the screen permanantly
> > with the folder tasks, other places and details boxes on it, the
> > sames as in a normal window explorer box but without any of the other
> > parts. I have tried everything I can thin kof but to no avail, any
> > ideas of how to get rid of it?
>
>
> Perhaps you mean the Common Tasks Bar. If so, to get rid of it, go to Doug
> Knox's site, http://www.dougknox.com. On the left, click Win XP Fixes, then
> Remove Common Tasks from Desktop.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
>
>

Nobrainer wrote:

> Thank you very much Ken, that worked a treat, I spent ages trying to
> go through all the options I could to solve that one. All the best


You're welcome. Glad to hear it and glad to help.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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>>> I reset the start menu from classic and then for some reason a 3"
>>> wide vertical line came up on the left hand side of the screen
>>> permanantly with the folder tasks, other places and details boxes
>>> on it, the sames as in a normal window explorer box but without any
>>> of the other parts. I have tried everything I can thin kof but to
>>> no avail, any ideas of how to get rid of it?
>>
>>
>> Perhaps you mean the Common Tasks Bar. If so, to get rid of it, go
>> to Doug Knox's site, http://www.dougknox.com. On the left, click Win
>> XP Fixes, then Remove Common Tasks from Desktop.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup