Does it have a line of dot at the top of the bar? If yes, just right click the dotty line, and choose 'Close Toolbar' from the menu. If not, then I don't know what it is. Les Hardy On 29/12/11 20:47, juanita wrote: > I'm using Windows XP. This morning the Desktop has a white bar > about an inch or so wide running down the left side of the screen. > It has names of all the folders on my machine. The blue part of the > window still has the regular desk top icons and looks the same as it > had. > > Why did this suddenly appear and does anyone know a solution to > removing it? It doesn't necessarily hinder me getting into any of > the folders on the blue Desktop but I don't want the white bar > running down the left side of the window. > > Thanks > > juanita > ks > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Aha! It worked....thanks much. juanita ks > Does it have a line of dot at the top of the bar? > If yes, just right click the dotty line, and choose 'Close Toolbar' > from the menu. > > If not, then I don't know what it is. > > Les Hardy > > On 29/12/11 20:47, juanita wrote: > > I'm using Windows XP. This morning the Desktop has a white bar > > about an inch or so wide running down the left side of the screen. > > It has names of all the folders on my machine. The blue part of the > > window still has the regular desk top icons and looks the same as it > > had. > > > > Why did this suddenly appear and does anyone know a solution to > > removing it? It doesn't necessarily hinder me getting into any of > > the folders on the blue Desktop but I don't want the white bar > > running down the left side of the window. > > > > Thanks > > > > juanita > > ks > > > > > > ******************** > > > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message