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Unwanted toolbar from a website

by Walt H Jun 29, 2010 9:27AM PDT

Using IE8.

I was browsing a website which has articles/photos that allow you to "drag" the article/photo to share with others. Now everytime I go to that website that darn toolbar appears at the bottom just above my taskbar. How do I COMPLETELY get rid of that toolbar (which consists of options to share with facebook, twitter, etc? I did a system restore but it still appears when I go to that website.

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by gargamel360 Jun 29, 2010 3:03PM PDT

Are you sure its not part of that site? Odd that it appears only when you go there, still after system restore.

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Positive it's not just that website.

by Walt H Jun 29, 2010 10:45PM PDT

When you place your mouse cursor over any photo at that website, a "drag to share" message will come up. If you do that the bar will appear at the bottom of the screen just above the taskbar. I did it out of curosity and even though I did not use the feature to share the photo with anyone I still see no way to get rid of that darn bar. You can however choose to "hide" the bar but that still leaves an arrow slightly above the taskbar that when you click it hides and shows the bar.

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I spoke too soon...

by Walt H Jun 30, 2010 1:32AM PDT

as it does appear to be part of the website because it happens on all computers in the house.

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