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@GISI True that, It is a quick way of solving this, if you need to present something in the conference room where you could still access your office (that was my situation). Another solution that does not involve editing Reg keys is ... Go to C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.0\ArcMap\Templates and delete Normal.mxt, ArcMap creates a fresh template next time you open ArcGIS with the default setting where all components appear within the ArcMap window. (path may be different depending on OS, AG version etc)
