Taskbar problem

When I open up programs, the program is shown in the taskbar. When I
close the program, the name of the program is removed from the taskbar
but the small window where the name appeared stays. I can click on it
and it will go away but it is a nusance. Is there some way to stop
this?

Hi,

Here are some possible causes of ghost buttons appearing
in the Quick Launch Tool Bar.
1. Certain 3rd party screensavers can cause this to occur.
Remove or replace the screen saver.
2. Updating video drivers my solve this problem. Search
your video card manufacturer's Web for a the latest driver
and install it as per the there instructions.
3. If you use an Iomega Drive delete the Iomega Disk Icons
from your startup folder.
4. Open the Display applet in Control Panel and go to the
Settings Tab. Click the Advance button. Go to Performance.
Move the Hardware acceleration slider down a notch (to the left).
5. Disable Language indicator in System Tray (Control Panel -- Keyboard—
Language tab -- unmark "Enable indicator on taskbar").
6. This problem can arise if an update to windows which replaces
user.exe and user32.dll is made. I suggest checking these and use
SFC.EXE to replace them with new copies from the CD (make sure it
finds the user.exe of 500KB plus in a cab file somewhere in the
forties - not the much smaller one in mini.cab)
7. Uninstall the 'Windows 98 Second Edition 1394 Storage Supplement'
(find on your drive 242975un.inf, right click it -- Install).
8. Uninstall the May 22, 2000 Critical Update using 260067un.inf in the same
way.

Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After Closing the Screen Saver:
(242975un.inf)
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q280/7/22.ASP

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Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

You wrote
When I open up programs, the program is shown in the taskbar. When I
close the program, the name of the program is removed from the taskbar
but the small window where the name appeared stays. I can click on it
and it will go away but it is a nusance. Is there some way to stop
this?