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neebie

this is a question just because I like things to be tidy-
when I click on taskbar

properties, taskbar, then customise, I have lots of
programs in past items, can

someone tell me how to delete these? I am running XP pro

Thanks
 
Neebie,

Clear Past items from the Notification Area [Customize Notification....]
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/HTML/PastItems.htm

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this is a question just because I like things to be tidy-
when I click on taskbar

properties, taskbar, then customise, I have lots of
programs in past items, can

someone tell me how to delete these? I am running XP pro

Thanks
 
To clear the Past Items list, perform the following steps:
1.. Delete the IconStreams and PastIconsStream values from the following
registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TrayNot
ify

2.. Open Task Manager, click the Processes tab, click Explorer.exe, and
then click End Process.
3.. In Task Manager, click File, click New Task, type explorer, and then
click OK.
 
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