How do I remove documents from taskbar in Windows XP?

I'm not talking about the systray where the clock is or the
quicklaunch area near the Start button, but on the taskbar itself.
The problem is when I right click and delete the document, the
document itself gets deleted (in other words, the shortcut really
isn't a shortcut but the document itself that's showing up in the
taskbar -- and no, the document isn't open). Thanks.

What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the desktop and then
delete it from there

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"Bofhluser" wrote in message
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I'm not talking about the systray where the clock is or the
quicklaunch area near the Start button, but on the taskbar itself.
The problem is when I right click and delete the document, the
document itself gets deleted (in other words, the shortcut really
isn't a shortcut but the document itself that's showing up in the
taskbar -- and no, the document isn't open). Thanks.

On May 18, 9:05*am, "Peter Foldes" wrote:
What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the desktop and then
delete it from there

--
Peter

Took me several tries but it worked finally. The cursor has to be in
the leftmost part of the icon space for it to work else all you did
was create another shortcut on the desktop. That was frustrating, but
at least now that I discovered that thing through numerous trial and
errors, it's gone. What a relief! Thanks.

I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for posting back

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On May 18, 9:05 am, "Peter Foldes" wrote:
What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the desktop and then
delete it from there

--
Peter

Took me several tries but it worked finally. The cursor has to be in
the leftmost part of the icon space for it to work else all you did
was create another shortcut on the desktop. That was frustrating, but
at least now that I discovered that thing through numerous trial and
errors, it's gone. What a relief! Thanks.

I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for posting back

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On May 18, 9:05 am, "Peter Foldes" wrote:
What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the desktop and then
delete it from there

--
Peter

Took me several tries but it worked finally. The cursor has to be in
the leftmost part of the icon space for it to work else all you did
was create another shortcut on the desktop. That was frustrating, but
at least now that I discovered that thing through numerous trial and
errors, it's gone. What a relief! Thanks.

I must have a wildly different setup or be misunderstanding something here -
I don't get the option to delete when I right--click a document in the Task
Bar, nor can I drag an entry there on to the desktop...!


"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
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I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for posting back

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On May 18, 9:05 am, "Peter Foldes" wrote:
What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the desktop
and then
delete it from there

--
Peter

Took me several tries but it worked finally. The cursor has to be in
the leftmost part of the icon space for it to work else all you did
was create another shortcut on the desktop. That was frustrating, but
at least now that I discovered that thing through numerous trial and
errors, it's gone. What a relief! Thanks.

I must have a wildly different setup or be misunderstanding something here -
I don't get the option to delete when I right--click a document in the Task
Bar, nor can I drag an entry there on to the desktop...!


"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for posting back

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On May 18, 9:05 am, "Peter Foldes" wrote:
What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the desktop
and then
delete it from there

--
Peter

Took me several tries but it worked finally. The cursor has to be in
the leftmost part of the icon space for it to work else all you did
was create another shortcut on the desktop. That was frustrating, but
at least now that I discovered that thing through numerous trial and
errors, it's gone. What a relief! Thanks.

Unlock your Taskbar. Right click on the taskbar on an empty space and select unlock
by unchecking lock

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"Olórin" wrote in message
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I must have a wildly different setup or be misunderstanding something here - I
don't get the option to delete when I right--click a document in the Task Bar, nor
can I drag an entry there on to the desktop...!


"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for posting back

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"Bofhluser" wrote in message
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On May 18, 9:05 am, "Peter Foldes" wrote:
What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the desktop and then
delete it from there

--
Peter

Took me several tries but it worked finally. The cursor has to be in
the leftmost part of the icon space for it to work else all you did
was create another shortcut on the desktop. That was frustrating, but
at least now that I discovered that thing through numerous trial and
errors, it's gone. What a relief! Thanks.

Unlock your Taskbar. Right click on the taskbar on an empty space and select unlock
by unchecking lock

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"Olórin" wrote in message
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I must have a wildly different setup or be misunderstanding something here - I
don't get the option to delete when I right--click a document in the Task Bar, nor
can I drag an entry there on to the desktop...!


"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for posting back

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On May 18, 9:05 am, "Peter Foldes" wrote:
What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the desktop and then
delete it from there

--
Peter

Took me several tries but it worked finally. The cursor has to be in
the leftmost part of the icon space for it to work else all you did
was create another shortcut on the desktop. That was frustrating, but
at least now that I discovered that thing through numerous trial and
errors, it's gone. What a relief! Thanks.

On 5/20/2010 5:36 AM, Olórin wrote:
I must have a wildly different setup or be misunderstanding something here -
I don't get the option to delete when I right--click a document in the Task
Bar, nor can I drag an entry there on to the desktop...!

It's also a mystery to me. The only thing I ever see in the main section
of my taskbar are buttons representing open documents. The buttons
disapear when I close the corresponding document, leaving any saved
image of the document, application that opens it AND any shortcuts to
the application on the hard drive.

The shortcuts in the Quick Launch section are like shortcuts on the
desktop and can be dragged back and forth between those locations. As
always deleting a shortcut doesn't delete the application itself.

Clicking icons in the Links section opens a web page in the default
browser. The web page can be on a remopte computer or on my computer's
hard drive. Deleting the link leaves the web page where it was, basicly
it's the equivalent to a browser favorite/bookmark.

Behavioue of the icons in the notification area (where the time is
displayed) is dependent on the coding of the application that put them
there. Some have "exit/close" on their context menu. Others just remain
until I otherwise close the associated application.

On 5/20/2010 5:36 AM, Olórin wrote:
I must have a wildly different setup or be misunderstanding something here -
I don't get the option to delete when I right--click a document in the Task
Bar, nor can I drag an entry there on to the desktop...!

It's also a mystery to me. The only thing I ever see in the main section
of my taskbar are buttons representing open documents. The buttons
disapear when I close the corresponding document, leaving any saved
image of the document, application that opens it AND any shortcuts to
the application on the hard drive.

The shortcuts in the Quick Launch section are like shortcuts on the
desktop and can be dragged back and forth between those locations. As
always deleting a shortcut doesn't delete the application itself.

Clicking icons in the Links section opens a web page in the default
browser. The web page can be on a remopte computer or on my computer's
hard drive. Deleting the link leaves the web page where it was, basicly
it's the equivalent to a browser favorite/bookmark.

Behavioue of the icons in the notification area (where the time is
displayed) is dependent on the coding of the application that put them
there. Some have "exit/close" on their context menu. Others just remain
until I otherwise close the associated application.

.....nope! That doesn't change it for me - still no option to delete, and
can't drag to desktop. That would be utterly new XP behaviour to me! This is
the "actual" taskbar, isn't it? - the main strip, and not items in the Quick
Launch toolbar, per the OP. (Sorry to be taking this one off on a bit of a
tangent.)

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
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Unlock your Taskbar. Right click on the taskbar on an empty space and
select unlock by unchecking lock

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"Olórin" wrote in message
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I must have a wildly different setup or be misunderstanding something
here - I don't get the option to delete when I right--click a document in
the Task Bar, nor can I drag an entry there on to the desktop...!


"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for posting back

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"Bofhluser" wrote in message
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On May 18, 9:05 am, "Peter Foldes" wrote:
What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the desktop
and then
delete it from there

--
Peter

Took me several tries but it worked finally. The cursor has to be in
the leftmost part of the icon space for it to work else all you did
was create another shortcut on the desktop. That was frustrating, but
at least now that I discovered that thing through numerous trial and
errors, it's gone. What a relief! Thanks.

.....nope! That doesn't change it for me - still no option to delete, and
can't drag to desktop. That would be utterly new XP behaviour to me! This is
the "actual" taskbar, isn't it? - the main strip, and not items in the Quick
Launch toolbar, per the OP. (Sorry to be taking this one off on a bit of a
tangent.)

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Unlock your Taskbar. Right click on the taskbar on an empty space and
select unlock by unchecking lock

--
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"Olórin" wrote in message
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I must have a wildly different setup or be misunderstanding something
here - I don't get the option to delete when I right--click a document in
the Task Bar, nor can I drag an entry there on to the desktop...!


"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for posting back

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"Bofhluser" wrote in message
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On May 18, 9:05 am, "Peter Foldes" wrote:
What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the desktop
and then
delete it from there

--
Peter

Took me several tries but it worked finally. The cursor has to be in
the leftmost part of the icon space for it to work else all you did
was create another shortcut on the desktop. That was frustrating, but
at least now that I discovered that thing through numerous trial and
errors, it's gone. What a relief! Thanks.

Olórin

Are you by any chance trying to do this with the icons that is beside the clock

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....nope! That doesn't change it for me - still no option to delete, and can't
drag to desktop. That would be utterly new XP behaviour to me! This is the
"actual" taskbar, isn't it? - the main strip, and not items in the Quick Launch
toolbar, per the OP. (Sorry to be taking this one off on a bit of a tangent.)

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
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Unlock your Taskbar. Right click on the taskbar on an empty space and select
unlock by unchecking lock

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"Olórin" wrote in message
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I must have a wildly different setup or be misunderstanding something here - I
don't get the option to delete when I right--click a document in the Task Bar,
nor can I drag an entry there on to the desktop...!


"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for posting back

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"Bofhluser" wrote in message
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On May 18, 9:05 am, "Peter Foldes" wrote:
What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the desktop and
then
delete it from there

--
Peter

Took me several tries but it worked finally. The cursor has to be in
the leftmost part of the icon space for it to work else all you did
was create another shortcut on the desktop. That was frustrating, but
at least now that I discovered that thing through numerous trial and
errors, it's gone. What a relief! Thanks.

Olórin

Are you by any chance trying to do this with the icons that is beside the clock

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"Olórin" wrote in message
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....nope! That doesn't change it for me - still no option to delete, and can't
drag to desktop. That would be utterly new XP behaviour to me! This is the
"actual" taskbar, isn't it? - the main strip, and not items in the Quick Launch
toolbar, per the OP. (Sorry to be taking this one off on a bit of a tangent.)

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Unlock your Taskbar. Right click on the taskbar on an empty space and select
unlock by unchecking lock

--
Peter

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"Olórin" wrote in message
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I must have a wildly different setup or be misunderstanding something here - I
don't get the option to delete when I right--click a document in the Task Bar,
nor can I drag an entry there on to the desktop...!


"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for posting back

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"Bofhluser" wrote in message
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On May 18, 9:05 am, "Peter Foldes" wrote:
What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the desktop and
then
delete it from there

--
Peter

Took me several tries but it worked finally. The cursor has to be in
the leftmost part of the icon space for it to work else all you did
was create another shortcut on the desktop. That was frustrating, but
at least now that I discovered that thing through numerous trial and
errors, it's gone. What a relief! Thanks.