Thanks! I de-selected desktop, pulled the taskbar back down and
re-selected desktop (which I like to keep handy).
 Before,adding desktop just showed the word "desktop" and a couple of
arrows (>>) that I could click on to display the list of all the
desktop items. I didn't realize that I could click/hold the little
area of dots just to the left of "desktop" and drag left to display
the items that mysteriously appeared. Not quite sure how I
accidentally made it happen! All's cool now!

-Phil-

On 8/9/10, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I haven't used XP in a while, but it sounds as though you've added the
> desktop toolbar to your taskbar, hence the addition of My Docs and My
> Computer. Rt-click the taskbar and look under Tolbars, de-select
> "Desktop".
> As for SP2, you'll find many newer programs won't work without it.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Taskbar growing
> From: Phillip Williams <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, August 09, 2010 6:05 am
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Hello all,
>
>  While playing a downloaded game demo with several windows open, my
> frantic mouse clicking some how jumped out of the game window and
> caused my taskbar to double in size with open windows on top and My
> Documents, My Computer, Network Places and Recycle Bin showing below.
> I tried dragging the top edge down but the whole task bar drags off
> the screen. I right-clicked the task bar but couldn't find a setting
> to change it back.
>
>  I guess I could do a restore to fix it(?) but I would rather know how
> to find the setting to change it and thus, know how it happened to
> begin with.
> (Windows xp sp1)
>
> Thanks,
> -Phil-
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