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Q&A: Where Did My Windows XP Picture Tasks Go?

I often get advice to use the "Picture Tasks list" in the pane on the left side of the My Pictures folder. How do you get this list to appear? I can open the My Pictures folder but can't figure how to get this list; it doesn't appear automatically. I am using Windows XP.

--Donald Stoye, Roseville, California

Most people don't have any trouble getting to the Picture Tasks list, which lives in the Windows task pane. The task pane is visible by default when you use Windows XP. The problem is that some folks accidentally turn it off and then have no idea how to switch it back on again. It sounds like that's happened to you, Donald.

To turn on Windows XP's task pane, open your My Pictures folder and then choose Tools, Folder Options from the menu. On the General tab, click "Show common tasks in folders" and then click OK. When you click the Folders button at the top of the screen, the task pane will be switched on again in all of your Windows XP folders.

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