Turn Common Tasks off.

Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
General tab | UNCheck: Show common tasks in folders |
Click Apply | Click OK

Show common tasks in folders
[[Specifies that hyperlinks to common folder tasks and other places on your
computer are displayed in folders. These links appear in the left pane of
the folder window.]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:165mr15o6gmeu2ouuob02ho470lqblbnaa@4ax.com,
Alden Krautmier <krautmier@NOSPAMvidcom.org> hunted and pecked:
> Although I am certain that many people find the folder tasks /
> templates to be very helpful - I do not. I would love to be able to
> modify my folder settings on folders with MP3's, WMV's, AVI's, JPG's
> and then, the next time I login, not have them changed back to what
> the code pounder in Redmond (no offense to code pounders) thought they
> should be.
>
> In other words, I would like to DISABLE permanently and forever this
> "FOLDER TASKS" feature. Is this possible? I don't want to tweak the
> registry to allow more than 400 folder customizations to be remembered
> or click "Use Classic Windows Folders" or "Remember Each Folder..."
> NONE of these solve the problem of reverting back to square one, again
> and again and again.
>
> Please, tell me there is a way to return to user controlled file
> management for those of us who do not need a drool cup. How do I
> disable "FOLDER TASKS" forever?