How do I remove documents from taskbar in Windows XP?

No, just the regular task bar "icons" - between Start button and clock, not
Quick Launch (nor any other toolbar), not System Tray. Are you honestly
telling me that if you open a Word document you can then right-click its
"appearance" in the Task Bar (not a desktop icon) and delete it from the
context menu? My flabber is soundly gasted!

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
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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

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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.

No, just the regular task bar "icons" - between Start button and clock, not
Quick Launch (nor any other toolbar), not System Tray. Are you honestly
telling me that if you open a Word document you can then right-click its
"appearance" in the Task Bar (not a desktop icon) and delete it from the
context menu? My flabber is soundly gasted!

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Olórin

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

--
Peter

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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
...
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

--
Peter

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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.

No. That is not what I am telling. What I told you is that you can delete any icon
in the taskbar if needed

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"Olórin" wrote in message
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No, just the regular task bar "icons" - between Start button and clock, not Quick
Launch (nor any other toolbar), not System Tray. Are you honestly telling me that
if you open a Word document you can then right-click its "appearance" in the Task
Bar (not a desktop icon) and delete it from the context menu? My flabber is
soundly gasted!

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Olórin

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

--
Peter

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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
...
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

--
Peter

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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.

No. That is not what I am telling. What I told you is that you can delete any icon
in the taskbar if needed

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Peter

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"Olórin" wrote in message
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No, just the regular task bar "icons" - between Start button and clock, not Quick
Launch (nor any other toolbar), not System Tray. Are you honestly telling me that
if you open a Word document you can then right-click its "appearance" in the Task
Bar (not a desktop icon) and delete it from the context menu? My flabber is
soundly gasted!

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Olórin

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

--
Peter

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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
...
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

--
Peter

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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.

I'm out of this one, it's going nowhere.

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
No. That is not what I am telling. What I told you is that you can delete
any icon in the taskbar if needed

--
Peter

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"Olórin" wrote in message
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No, just the regular task bar "icons" - between Start button and clock,
not Quick Launch (nor any other toolbar), not System Tray. Are you
honestly telling me that if you open a Word document you can then
right-click its "appearance" in the Task Bar (not a desktop icon) and
delete it from the context menu? My flabber is soundly gasted!

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Olórin

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

--
Peter

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"Olórin" wrote in message
...
....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
...
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

--
Peter

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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.

I'm out of this one, it's going nowhere.

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
No. That is not what I am telling. What I told you is that you can delete
any icon in the taskbar if needed

--
Peter

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"Olórin" wrote in message
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No, just the regular task bar "icons" - between Start button and clock,
not Quick Launch (nor any other toolbar), not System Tray. Are you
honestly telling me that if you open a Word document you can then
right-click its "appearance" in the Task Bar (not a desktop icon) and
delete it from the context menu? My flabber is soundly gasted!

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Olórin

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

--
Peter

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"Olórin" wrote in message
...
....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
...
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

--
Peter

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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.