Have you tried a system restore?
Is this the ''common tasks'' bar perhaps?
I did a google and found a couple of solutions.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?aq=0&oq=remove+common&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=remove+common+tasks+from+desktop
<http://www.google.co.uk/search?aq=0&oq=remove+common&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=remove+common+tasks+from+desktop>
The Doug Knox page.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_commtask_desktop.htm
I don't have XP so cannot test or vouch.
On 03/01/2012 19:22, Joan Leach wrote:
> Trying to help a senior who had a mild stroke and an unwanted hand movement caused this one-inch wide border on the left side that had shortcuts for MyComputer, MyDocuments plus a few others. I tried to drag the desktop image to cover it, but it won't go all the way to the edge. Only once before years ago did I see this and it stumped me then...any one else solve this?
> Thanks,Joan in Reno
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