Comments on: Hide the Undock Button in Windows XP in Five Steps

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:04:40 +0000

You could always just click on the start button and then click Run to help you be on the safe side. I never undock my notebook unintentionally.

By: Active Directory Tools

Active Directory Tools — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:34:06 +0000

Good tip, this has been a big pain for me.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:33:52 +0000

Thanks.. you describe my problem in a nutshell!

"If you have a Windows XP notebook, and love to use the Run menu item, chances are you’ve occasionally hit “E” instead of “R” when you bring up your start menu."

I do this all the time;

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:38:14 +0000

@Neil: you could always just click on the start button and then click Run to help you be on the safe side.

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:54:37 +0000

Crucial flaw in this process is that step 1 requires you to perform one of those tricky ‘windows+r’ manouvres to get regedit open in.

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:53:47 +0000

THANK YOU. Something about the way I type (and I’m a pretty good typist, matt) causes me to do this ALL of the time and my company’s tech support department couldn’t help. Apparently a google search for “undock” was something they didn’t think of. I am SO excited to be able to hide this shortcut.

By: Andrewsk

Andrewsk — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:16:49 +0000

Thanks for the tip, this was a major irritation.

By: J.H.

J.H. — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:16:21 +0000

that was my problem before and I solved it with the solution you posted. Now, I never undock my notebook unintentionally.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:33:27 +0000

@Jan Undock is indeed Win,E translating to Start->Undock.

I had some weird CSS issues with that image and had to remove it.

By: Jan Karlsbjerg

Jan Karlsbjerg — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:22:49 +0000

I'm just a poor boy who's never owned a docked laptop. Does Win+E eject the laptop? Usually that shortcut starts Windows Explorer. Or do you have to do Win,E (let go of the Win key first, then hit E).

(You forgot to insert the picture you gave mag3737 credit for)

By: matt

matt — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:40:13 +0000

or you could just type better