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by c a east Jan 10, 2002 last reply Mar 12, 2002

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What causes the blank application boxes in the taskbar in Windows 98? How do you prevent them?

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The cause is poor code in an application that has closed. This happens a lot with some screen savers in W98.

As to preventing them;
Check for updates for the software that generates them.
Use a different screen saver.
They are more annoying than a harm.

I still get them with some programs and XP. So an OS upgrade won't get rid of them either.

Thanks - I hadn't thought of that but it makes sense.

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