[rescue] Oh yeah ...

[Phil Stracchino]

Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> I've looked everywhere I can think of and can't find a way to turn that
>> stuff off.  If you know where the magic's hidden, please share the secret.
> 
> Most of it gets turned off by going to "Tools -> Folder Options..." and 
> changing "Tasks" to "Use Windows classic folders".  If you then change 
> the view from "Tiles" to "Icons", that should make everything a bit 
> better.  You can then apply that to all folders automatically.

Oh, I've done all that already.  That was the first thing I did.
Subsequent experimentation has shown that the only view in which XP
doesn't feel the need to spread everything across half a screen
interspersed with shiny helpful banners to tell me blindingly obvious
things I already know is the "List" view.  But even then, it still
insists on displaying "Shared Documents" and "[user]'s Documents" in there.


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