How to remove blank space? see screen

[bbailer]

How do I get rid of the line of blank space at the very bottom of my screen.  Buttons are turned off, but if turned on, the blank line looks the same, always with a few vertical lines in it, as follows, if inserting images is allowed (here called an attachment). I couldn't get attach image to work, but please reply anyway.

[AlanJB]

This is the status bar and is always present.

When appropriate, it will contain information about operations that MultiCommander is performing (for example, the progress and count of items being copied or moved).