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extra window on desktop screen

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by rufusray

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i have an extra window that just appeared on my desktop on the left side that has 3 sections on it, folder tasks, other places, details, and it will not let me close it. it is using up my desktop and partially covering some of my icons. anybody know how i can get rid of this? thanks in advance for the help.
this is in windows xp home
bill

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by w2ktechman

The title bar should give a clue as to what it is.

Other thoughts would be to run antispyware and clean up the startup apps.

You can also use task manager to kill processes until it goes away, then you can see which startup app to keep from starting up!

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