Phantom Buttons in W98 Taskbar 1

[hceonetman]

I have a new install of Win98SE, using only the screen savers installed with the OS. Each time the screen saver starts it puts a blank button on the taskbar. This button stays until you click on it, then goes away. No harm, but the buttons begin to add up if I don't keep clicking on them. Have found no reference to this in any MS or third-party Windows tips. I found the Foxpro forum here to be populated by very knowledgeable users, so I hope the same in the Windows forum.
Thank you.

 

[Comtech]

The ghost buttons are a result of java. Windows thinking (if it can do that) that you've opened a program, so it wants to put the program on the taskbar.
If you update IE (especially to 5.1SP2 or 5.5) this problem will go away. Check the msupdate site for more...
From the MSKB:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q280/7/22.ASP

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[rtshort]

Thanks Comtech, I always wondered what caused that. I've even noticed old Win95 machines do that after installing Plus95

 

[hceonetman]

Thank you Comtech, that seems to have done the trick. Now that I think about it, some upgrades I bumped IE to version 5.5, others I left at the version installed with W98. My users will be relieved.
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