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Post April 28th, 2008, 2:39 pm

Hey,
Does anyone know what the blue sidebar that give you a heap of options when in a folder is called. It was suddenly disabled last night, and i would very much like it back.
Thanks to anyone who can help! =]

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Post May 1st, 2008, 10:21 am

That bar will display automatically until something else is selected. Go to View>Explorer Bar and make sure nothing is checked. If you see something checked, click it again. You should have the original toolbar back.
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Post May 7th, 2008, 12:12 am

I FOUND IT.
just incase anybody else has lost theres and is interested. Go to Tools -> Folder Options -> General -> Tasks -> Show common tasks in folder.

still like to know why it left me.
i heart my blue sidebar

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