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Weird taskbar entry - how to get rid of it and its file?



 
 
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Old September 6th 12, 03:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
RichardOnRails
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Default Weird taskbar entry - how to get rid of it and its file?

I've got a task-bar entry that depicts a silver star at the left margin.
Clicking it displays a small popup with:
1. The top blue portion display a white X on maroon background and "Close" popup
2. A "Retrieve Failed" string centered horizontally and (almost) vertically
3. An "OK" button.

Clicking "OK" causes the popup to reposition itself to the center of the screen
Clicking the "X" does the same thing

I think this nuisance first appeared when I received an update from Adobe for Adobe Reader, but I'm not sure about that.

I'm running WinXP/SP3. Any ideas about how to get rid of it? (It survives reboots.)

Thanks in Advance,
Richard

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Old September 6th 12, 01:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
dadiOH[_2_]
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Default Weird taskbar entry - how to get rid of it and its file?

RichardOnRails wrote:
I've got a task-bar entry that depicts a silver star at the left
margin.
Clicking it displays a small popup with:
1. The top blue portion display a white X on maroon background and
"Close" popup
2. A "Retrieve Failed" string centered horizontally and (almost)
vertically
3. An "OK" button.

Clicking "OK" causes the popup to reposition itself to the center of
the screen
Clicking the "X" does the same thing

I think this nuisance first appeared when I received an update from
Adobe for Adobe Reader, but I'm not sure about that.

I'm running WinXP/SP3. Any ideas about how to get rid of it? (It
survives reboots.)



What sort of menu does right clicking it give?



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