Don't need MS Office Shortcut bar on desktop

[Harmony60]

Some time i use word on my computer as it is not really important for me to use it daily. But one day i accidentally got the shortcut bar of MS Office on the desktop and it now it is not moving from the desktop, I tried to turn it off and delete it but it doesn't worked, i am only able to hide it. I don't know how to solve this problem, it is very irritating and frustrating as the pop-up of this bar continuous whenever I try to close a box. I am using Vista home premium on my computer and have only word 2002 except all other ms office utility.
Thanks in advance.

[JonathanD]

From my point of view i think that the MS Office shortcut bar is an additional features and which is installed in the MS office program. But anyways try to go in the control panel in Vista, there you will find an option in which you have to click on Classic View, after that go to the Programs and Features to list all of your programs. If the Office 2002 appear in the list then uninstall the current program and reinstall it. It should fix your problem.

[kattman]

Some information about the shortcut toolbar.
When you install Microsoft Office, the shortcut tool bar is automatically installed with ms office, depending upon the version of Office and setup options which you select during the installation. The shortcut tool bar provides you to use and work with your documents and Office programs easily. The Office Shortcut Bar comes with Office toolbar and other several toolbars that you can use quickly to complete your common tasks. For example, you can use the toolbar to create and open documents, set up appointments, connect to the Microsoft Network, send e-mail, and much more.

[chroma]

There is a way by which you can organise your MS office shortcut toolbar. If you have Microsoft Office Tools in your MS office than itis ok for you. You go to the tool through the following steps:

Go to Start and than go to Programs in Microsoft Office Tools go to the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar. Click on the Shortcut Bar. There you will find some setting by which you can now move it to any part of your screen by using your mouse or you can disable it.

If you ar not able to find Microsoft Office Tools in your Menu then go to the My Computer icon and do double-click on Local Disk C. And finally follow the path given below:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\1033\

There you will find MS office shortcut bar.

[Raine]

There is another way of solving the problem. If you don't want the Office 2002 shortcut bar which starts automatically every time when you start Windows. Then just do a right-click on the Microsoft Office shortcut which is located in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup, do a left-click on properties, and remove "-b" and "-o" switches from the command line. If the shortcut bar still comes up after you restart Windows, then it is necessary to locate the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Shortcut Bar\AutoStart key in the Windows registry and change to value "0".