Desktop - unwanted sidebar

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Yeah, I know, I should keep the 3-year-old away from the computer.

Now he's given me a sidebar on the left side of my desktop that appears to
be all of the icons in My Computer. I can slide the desktop to the left
almost far enough to cover it, but it's still annoying and it's bugging the
hell out of me that I can't figure out how to get rid of it.

Any suggestions (other than using duct tape on the little one)?

Lois

 

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Hi Lois,

He create a quicklaunch bar. Drag it out (left click on it and drag it) to
the middle of the screen and close it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Lois G." <legalois10pounds@erols.com> wrote in message
news:uzIgBHuFFHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Yeah, I know, I should keep the 3-year-old away from the computer.
>
> Now he's given me a sidebar on the left side of my desktop that appears to
> be all of the icons in My Computer. I can slide the desktop to the left
> almost far enough to cover it, but it's still annoying and it's bugging
> the hell out of me that I can't figure out how to get rid of it.
>
> Any suggestions (other than using duct tape on the little one)?
>
> Lois
>

 

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Thanks a bunch, Rick - that did it. He continues to teach me new things I
can do with my computer all the time.

I especially love the little Search Companion dog who does tricks when you
click on him.

Thanks again,
Lois


"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OTUpkjuFFHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi Lois,
>
> He create a quicklaunch bar. Drag it out (left click on it and drag it) to
> the middle of the screen and close it.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Lois G." <legalois10pounds@erols.com> wrote in message
> news:uzIgBHuFFHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Yeah, I know, I should keep the 3-year-old away from the computer.
>>
>> Now he's given me a sidebar on the left side of my desktop that appears
>> to be all of the icons in My Computer. I can slide the desktop to the
>> left almost far enough to cover it, but it's still annoying and it's
>> bugging the hell out of me that I can't figure out how to get rid of it.
>>
>> Any suggestions (other than using duct tape on the little one)?
>>
>> Lois
>>
>
>

 

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No problem Lois, glad you got it resolved.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Lois G." <legalois10pounds@erols.com> wrote in message
news:%23UMjapvFFHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Thanks a bunch, Rick - that did it. He continues to teach me new things I
> can do with my computer all the time.
>
> I especially love the little Search Companion dog who does tricks when you
> click on him.
>
> Thanks again,
> Lois
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:OTUpkjuFFHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Lois,
>>
>> He create a quicklaunch bar. Drag it out (left click on it and drag it)
>> to the middle of the screen and close it.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Lois G." <legalois10pounds@erols.com> wrote in message
>> news:uzIgBHuFFHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Yeah, I know, I should keep the 3-year-old away from the computer.
>>>
>>> Now he's given me a sidebar on the left side of my desktop that appears
>>> to be all of the icons in My Computer. I can slide the desktop to the
>>> left almost far enough to cover it, but it's still annoying and it's
>>> bugging the hell out of me that I can't figure out how to get rid of it.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions (other than using duct tape on the little one)?
>>>
>>> Lois
>>>
>>
>>
>
>