JFileChooser & XP look and feel

Hello!
I'm changing an exiting applet to have a local look & feel by simply doing this:
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName()); When the JFileChooser shows with the "metal" (java default) Look&Feel all is good but when it shows with
XP (or windows) L&F it has added a "panel" on the left side with icons for "My Recent Document" , "Desktop" , "My Documents", "My Computer" and " My Network places".
I really don't want them showing since it looks weird on the HTML page.
Does somebody know if and how I can get rid of that "panel" and still have the rest of the L&F intact?
Regards Calle

Check out skin look and feel. They have all sorts of look and feels including windows XP.
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import java.awt.event.*;
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