Ok I know that the title confused lots of people, but I do not know what exactly it is called, sorry. I want to remove/reprogram/replace the icon that is between the Web and Programs menu on the left side of the screen. I don't use the email client or the google messenger stuff, and I would like to have more space for active programs.
Any ideas?

P.S.
sorry if this has been addressed before just tell me what to look for and I will look for it, but I can't find a name for this menu.

i'm not really sure if you can remove it, but I don't beleive there will be more room for running apps if you did get rid of it. There is a static 5 image locations for running applications in the UI skin. So even if the UI moved those running app icons upward, the 'indention' of the button is just a .png in the skin and would stay in the same place.

Ok so it cant go away, how bout changing its contents and i could change the icon too. I can change the contents of the other 2 menus, web and programs, through different places, could this be in a file some where i could update?
Thanks for the input.