How do I remove documents from taskbar in Windows XP?
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From: Peter Foldes on 21 May 2010 23:02 No. That is not what I am telling. What I told you is that you can delete any icon in the taskbar if needed -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Ol�rin" <incanus(a)erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> wrote in message news:OSem1mP%23KHA.4840(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > No, just the regular task bar "icons" - between Start button and clock, not Quick > Launch (nor any other toolbar), not System Tray. Are you honestly telling me that > if you open a Word document you can then right-click its "appearance" in the Task > Bar (not a desktop icon) and delete it from the context menu? My flabber is > soundly gasted! > > "Peter Foldes" <maci252211(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:umeGTXP%23KHA.4840(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Ol�rin >> >> Are you by any chance trying to do this with the icons that is beside the clock >> >> -- >> Peter >> >> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others >> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. >> http://www.microsoft.com/protect >> >> "Ol�rin" <incanus(a)erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> wrote in message >> news:%23xCzo0L%23KHA.1652(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> ....nope! That doesn't change it for me - still no option to delete, and can't >>> drag to desktop. That would be utterly new XP behaviour to me! This is the >>> "actual" taskbar, isn't it? - the main strip, and not items in the Quick Launch >>> toolbar, per the OP. (Sorry to be taking this one off on a bit of a tangent.) >>> >>> "Peter Foldes" <maci252211(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:uIyXbtB%23KHA.504(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>> Unlock your Taskbar. Right click on the taskbar on an empty space and select >>>> unlock by unchecking lock >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others >>>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. >>>> http://www.microsoft.com/protect >>>> >>>> "Ol�rin" <incanus(a)erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> wrote in message >>>> news:%23Qs3g$$9KHA.5476(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>>>I must have a wildly different setup or be misunderstanding something here - I >>>>>don't get the option to delete when I right--click a document in the Task Bar, >>>>>nor can I drag an entry there on to the desktop...! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "Peter Foldes" <maci252211(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:Oxwk9B39KHA.5012(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>>>I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for posting back >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Peter >>>>>> >>>>>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others >>>>>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. >>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/protect >>>>>> >>>>>> "Bofhluser" <matt8500(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:4eed2b0e-cb25-4a70-abcf-225ceb5154cd(a)34g2000prs.googlegroups.com... >>>>>> On May 18, 9:05 am, "Peter Foldes" <maci252...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the desktop and >>>>>>> then >>>>>>> delete it from there >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Peter >>>>>> >>>>>> Took me several tries but it worked finally. The cursor has to be in >>>>>> the leftmost part of the icon space for it to work else all you did >>>>>> was create another shortcut on the desktop. That was frustrating, but >>>>>> at least now that I discovered that thing through numerous trial and >>>>>> errors, it's gone. What a relief! Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > >
From: Ol�rin on 24 May 2010 03:49
I'm out of this one, it's going nowhere. "Peter Foldes" <maci252211(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23KV1CtV%23KHA.5592(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > No. That is not what I am telling. What I told you is that you can delete > any icon in the taskbar if needed > > -- > Peter > > Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others > Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. > http://www.microsoft.com/protect > > "Ol�rin" <incanus(a)erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> wrote in message > news:OSem1mP%23KHA.4840(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> No, just the regular task bar "icons" - between Start button and clock, >> not Quick Launch (nor any other toolbar), not System Tray. Are you >> honestly telling me that if you open a Word document you can then >> right-click its "appearance" in the Task Bar (not a desktop icon) and >> delete it from the context menu? My flabber is soundly gasted! >> >> "Peter Foldes" <maci252211(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:umeGTXP%23KHA.4840(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Ol�rin >>> >>> Are you by any chance trying to do this with the icons that is beside >>> the clock >>> >>> -- >>> Peter >>> >>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others >>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. >>> http://www.microsoft.com/protect >>> >>> "Ol�rin" <incanus(a)erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> wrote in message >>> news:%23xCzo0L%23KHA.1652(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>> ....nope! That doesn't change it for me - still no option to delete, >>>> and can't drag to desktop. That would be utterly new XP behaviour to >>>> me! This is the "actual" taskbar, isn't it? - the main strip, and not >>>> items in the Quick Launch toolbar, per the OP. (Sorry to be taking this >>>> one off on a bit of a tangent.) >>>> >>>> "Peter Foldes" <maci252211(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:uIyXbtB%23KHA.504(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>> Unlock your Taskbar. Right click on the taskbar on an empty space and >>>>> select unlock by unchecking lock >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Peter >>>>> >>>>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others >>>>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. >>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/protect >>>>> >>>>> "Ol�rin" <incanus(a)erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:%23Qs3g$$9KHA.5476(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>>>>I must have a wildly different setup or be misunderstanding something >>>>>>here - I don't get the option to delete when I right--click a document >>>>>>in the Task Bar, nor can I drag an entry there on to the desktop...! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> "Peter Foldes" <maci252211(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:Oxwk9B39KHA.5012(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>>>>I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for posting back >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others >>>>>>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be >>>>>>> acknowledged. >>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/protect >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Bofhluser" <matt8500(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:4eed2b0e-cb25-4a70-abcf-225ceb5154cd(a)34g2000prs.googlegroups.com... >>>>>>> On May 18, 9:05 am, "Peter Foldes" <maci252...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> What happens if you grab it from the taskbar and drag it to the >>>>>>>> desktop and then >>>>>>>> delete it from there >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Took me several tries but it worked finally. The cursor has to be >>>>>>> in >>>>>>> the leftmost part of the icon space for it to work else all you did >>>>>>> was create another shortcut on the desktop. That was frustrating, >>>>>>> but >>>>>>> at least now that I discovered that thing through numerous trial and >>>>>>> errors, it's gone. What a relief! Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > |