Yes, what you will need to do is look at your UIFile > 1 in shellstyle.dll.
Search for
<if id="atom(HelpButton)">
and you should come across two results.
Then simply change the name of the parameter. I added an extra 'e' and now it looks like this:
<if id="atom(HeelpButton)">
.
This change throws off the reference and apparently doesn't break the shellstyle in the process. It just ignores it.
The help button in the folderband should not appear at all now and the area won't be an invisible, clickable button.
It'll appear as if it had never existed.
Hope this helps