XP Desktop Fix

[Ken Gash]

I suddenly found that I have a broad white band on the left of my
desktop in XP which I cannot seem to get rid of. It contains "Folder
Tasks", "Other Places" and "Details" drop down menus. I got it after
right-clicking on the Desktop and unchecking Show Desktop Icons under
Arrange Icons....

I would like any help in restoring my desktop to normal.

Thanks,
Ken Gash

[JAX]

Reverse the process. R-click the desktop and re-check it.

JAX

"Ken Gash" > wrote in message
om...
> I suddenly found that I have a broad white band on the left of my
> desktop in XP which I cannot seem to get rid of. It contains "Folder
> Tasks", "Other Places" and "Details" drop down menus. I got it after
> right-clicking on the Desktop and unchecking Show Desktop Icons under
> Arrange Icons....
>
> I would like any help in restoring my desktop to normal.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Gash

[Ken Gash]

Thanks for your suggestion, but I already tried that among other things
with the desktop properties. I finally used System Restore to go back
to a checkpoint created yesterday and the desktop is back to normal. I
still don't know what caused the problem or how to fix it if I could not
restore the system.

Thanks again,
Ken

In article >,
says...
> Reverse the process. R-click the desktop and re-check it.
>
> JAX
>
> "Ken Gash" > wrote in message
> om...
> > I suddenly found that I have a broad white band on the left of my
> > desktop in XP which I cannot seem to get rid of. It contains "Folder
> > Tasks", "Other Places" and "Details" drop down menus. I got it after
> > right-clicking on the Desktop and unchecking Show Desktop Icons under
> > Arrange Icons....
> >
> > I would like any help in restoring my desktop to normal.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Gash
>
>
>

[JAX]

The change for not showing desktop icons takes a few seconds to take place.
It also takes a while to reverse. Perhaps, you didn't wait long enough??
Glad you got it back.

JAX

"Ken Gash" > wrote in message
om...
> Thanks for your suggestion, but I already tried that among other things
> with the desktop properties. I finally used System Restore to go back
> to a checkpoint created yesterday and the desktop is back to normal. I
> still don't know what caused the problem or how to fix it if I could not
> restore the system.
>
> Thanks again,
> Ken
>
> In article >,
> says...
> > Reverse the process. R-click the desktop and re-check it.
> >
> > JAX
> >
> > "Ken Gash" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > > I suddenly found that I have a broad white band on the left of my
> > > desktop in XP which I cannot seem to get rid of. It contains "Folder
> > > Tasks", "Other Places" and "Details" drop down menus. I got it after
> > > right-clicking on the Desktop and unchecking Show Desktop Icons under
> > > Arrange Icons....
> > >
> > > I would like any help in restoring my desktop to normal.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ken Gash
> >
> >
> >

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Ken Gash wrote:
> I suddenly found that I have a broad white band on the left of my
> desktop in XP which I cannot seem to get rid of. It contains "Folder
> Tasks", "Other Places" and "Details" drop down menus. I got it after
> right-clicking on the Desktop and unchecking Show Desktop Icons under
> Arrange Icons....
>
> I would like any help in restoring my desktop to normal.
>
> Thanks,

Ken

The white band is the Common Tasks Bar. Here is the fix, if this happens
again.

Remove Common Tasks from the Desktop:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/RemoveCommonTasksFromDesktop.reg

Download the .reg fix and right-click it, choose Merge. The common tasks
will be removed from desktop.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP-Windows Shell/User

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[Kelly]

Thanks, Ron. <w>

--
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"Ronnie Vernon MVP" > wrote in message
...
> Ken Gash wrote:
> > I suddenly found that I have a broad white band on the left of my
> > desktop in XP which I cannot seem to get rid of. It contains "Folder
> > Tasks", "Other Places" and "Details" drop down menus. I got it after
> > right-clicking on the Desktop and unchecking Show Desktop Icons under
> > Arrange Icons....
> >
> > I would like any help in restoring my desktop to normal.
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
> The white band is the Common Tasks Bar. Here is the fix, if this happens
> again.
>
> Remove Common Tasks from the Desktop:
>
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/RemoveCommonTasksFromDesktop.reg
>
> Download the .reg fix and right-click it, choose Merge. The common tasks
> will be removed from desktop.
>
> --
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP-Windows Shell/User
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> http://www.dts-l.org
> http://www.mvps.org
>
>
>

[Ken Gash]

In article >,
says...
> Ken Gash wrote:
> > I suddenly found that I have a broad white band on the left of my
> > desktop in XP which I cannot seem to get rid of. It contains "Folder
> > Tasks", "Other Places" and "Details" drop down menus. I got it after
> > right-clicking on the Desktop and unchecking Show Desktop Icons under
> > Arrange Icons....
> >
> > I would like any help in restoring my desktop to normal.
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
> The white band is the Common Tasks Bar. Here is the fix, if this happens
> again.
>
> Remove Common Tasks from the Desktop:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/RemoveCommonTasksFromDesktop.reg
>
> Download the .reg fix and right-click it, choose Merge. The common tasks
> will be removed from desktop.
>
>
Thanks for the followup. You guys are really helpful.

Ken

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Ken Gash wrote:
> Thanks for the followup. You guys are really helpful.
>
> Ken

Your Welcome, Ken. Enjoy. :)

--
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Microsoft MVP-Windows Shell/User

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