desktop not displaying quite right

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My desktop is being partially blocked by a large gray rectangle going from
top to bottom of the screen vertically and covering about 1/3 of the screen.

This happened when I was typing one day and bumped one or more keys down in
the Control/Alt/Shift region on the left side of the keyboard. The gray box
popped into place, and I haven't been able to get rid of it since.

Displayed in the box are the following items:

Folder Tasks

Other Places

Details

Each has a drop down arrow button next to it.

If I pushed keys and made it appear, there has to be a way to get rid of it,
right?

Darned if I can figure it out. Any suggestions as to how to get rid of it so
I can enjoy my custom desktop wallpaper would be appreciated.

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Many thanks,

Erik Berg
 
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southpaw40 said:
My desktop is being partially blocked by a large gray
rectangle going
from top to bottom of the screen vertically and covering
about 1/3 of
the screen.

This happened when I was typing one day and bumped one or
more keys
down in the Control/Alt/Shift region on the left side of the
keyboard. The gray box popped into place, and I haven't been
able to
get rid of it since.

Displayed in the box are the following items:

Folder Tasks

Other Places

Details

Each has a drop down arrow button next to it.

If I pushed keys and made it appear, there has to be a way to
get rid
of it, right?

Darned if I can figure it out. Any suggestions as to how to
get rid
of it so I can enjoy my custom desktop wallpaper would be
appreciated.

E-mail replies to: (e-mail address removed)

Many thanks,

Erik Berg
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You might want to try this solution.

Courtesy of Doug Knox, MS-MVP
Remove Common Tasks from Desktop
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_commtask_desktop.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
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