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My desktop was a single image picture yesterday, with a dozen icons. Today
there is a vertical Blue band about 2 inches wide on the left of the screen,
with drop down links in the blue band. The band looks similar to the control
panel "classic view" Style.
The picture and icons that used to be my full desktop are still there, but
they are no longer full screen, they are moved over to the right and now
occupy about 80% of the screen. I cannot right click on the blue band area
but I can on the rest of the desktop, but I have not been able to go into
display to change it back successfully to full screen.
The Drop Down links in the blue band section are:
1. "Folder Tasks (the sub links for this one are "make a new folder" and
"Share a new folder"),
2. "Other Links"(The Sub links for this one are "My Documents" "Shared
Documents" "My Network Places"
3. "Details"(no sublinks, only an indication that this is now my "Desktop"
When I click on my "Quick launch" icon for "Windows Explorer", it takes me
back to this combination desktop / blue band thing.
I tried going back to a restore point from the day before when everything
was fine, but it did not remove this band.
Any ideas on how to fix this? It may be a registry error.
Thanks
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CC Clark
My desktop was a single image picture yesterday, with a dozen icons. Today
there is a vertical Blue band about 2 inches wide on the left of the screen,
with drop down links in the blue band. The band looks similar to the control
panel "classic view" Style.
The picture and icons that used to be my full desktop are still there, but
they are no longer full screen, they are moved over to the right and now
occupy about 80% of the screen. I cannot right click on the blue band area
but I can on the rest of the desktop, but I have not been able to go into
display to change it back successfully to full screen.
The Drop Down links in the blue band section are:
1. "Folder Tasks (the sub links for this one are "make a new folder" and
"Share a new folder"),
2. "Other Links"(The Sub links for this one are "My Documents" "Shared
Documents" "My Network Places"
3. "Details"(no sublinks, only an indication that this is now my "Desktop"
When I click on my "Quick launch" icon for "Windows Explorer", it takes me
back to this combination desktop / blue band thing.
I tried going back to a restore point from the day before when everything
was fine, but it did not remove this band.
Any ideas on how to fix this? It may be a registry error.
Thanks
--
CC Clark