Carol writes: << An "Accessories " bar has shown up across the top that has icons for each item in the accessori= es folder. It won't go away, even with rebooting. >> I don't know about ME, but in XP, if you drag any folder off the top or side of screen, it becomes a toolbar. If that is what it is, then you should be able to right click it and delete it or put it on autohide. This is a very useful if you are aware of this facility, but very puzzling if you aren't. I recommend dragging the My Computer icon off to the left or right of screen to turn it into a toolbar in this way, then set it to autohide. This will get the icon off your desktop, and give you easy single-click access to all your drives and Control Panel. Don Penlington From the Beach at Surfers Paradise in sunny Queensland. Computer tutorials and other things at my website: http://users.tpg.com.au/deepend/index1.html