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re: cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Thursday, July 1, 2004 at 5:44 pm Posted by Mark (1809 messages posted) This download should help. On Wednesday, June 30, 2004 at 3:47 pm, Fraser Baker wrote: >My quick launch toolbar went away. Right clicking on the taskbar, then toolbars, >then on Quick Launch results in 'cannot create toolbar'. > >The Quick Launch folder under Internet Explorer is intact and contains the items >that were in my tool bar. > >I have read numerous posts on how to fix the situation and have not been able to >restore my quick launch toolbar. > >Any suggestions out there? > >Fraser [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Friday, July 2, 2004 at 4:34 am Posted by Andy Gelder (1 messages posted) I have exactly the same problem, but the download doesn't seem to fix it. I think this may be a virus, my PC has been fine for the last year, then spyware got in, next thing, explorer restarts and QuickLaunch toolbar has gone! On Thursday, July 1, 2004 at 5:44 pm, Mark wrote: >This download should >help. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Friday, July 2, 2004 at 8:24 am Posted by Fraser Baker (2 messages posted) Yes! This event followed a vicious attack, which got past my Goggle popup blocker and instantly loaded my machine with a bunch of malware the worst of which was vx2. After many cleansings using AdAware and SpyBot, I believe my machine is now free of these intruders. I tried the toolbar fix and as you said, it did not fix the problem. Still looking for a solution. Fraser On Friday, July 2, 2004 at 4:34 am, Andy Gelder wrote: >I have exactly the same problem, but the download doesn't seem to fix it. >I think this may be a virus, my PC has been fine for the last year, then spyware >got in, next thing, explorer restarts and QuickLaunch toolbar has gone! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Friday, July 2, 2004 at 9:07 am Posted by werner (7083 messages posted) The Google Popupstopper is no substitute for a good Firewall.It does not keep out Malware.Check out Spywareblaster from Javacool Software.That will help along with your Firewall. W. On Friday, July 2, 2004 at 8:24 am, Fraser Baker wrote: >Yes! This event followed a vicious attack, which got past my Goggle popup blocker >and instantly loaded my machine with a bunch of malware the worst of which was vx2. >After many cleansings using AdAware and SpyBot, I believe my machine is now free >of these intruders. > >I tried the toolbar fix and as you said, it did not fix the problem. Still looking >for a solution. > >Fraser > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Friday, July 2, 2004 at 9:08 am Posted by Scott Redding (1 messages posted) Same problem here, vx2 was also find by adaware on my PC. still cannot get my quicklaunch bar back. Has anyone been able to fix this problem yet? On Friday, July 2, 2004 at 8:24 am, Fraser Baker wrote: >Yes! This event followed a vicious attack, which got past my Goggle popup blocker >and instantly loaded my machine with a bunch of malware the worst of which was vx2. >After many cleansings using AdAware and SpyBot, I believe my machine is now free >of these intruders. > >I tried the toolbar fix and as you said, it did not fix the problem. Still looking >for a solution. > >Fraser > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Friday, July 2, 2004 at 10:56 am Posted by Aaron Boerup (1 messages posted) A client of mine has this problem (I've been working on it for the past 2 hours). I've seen posts at expert exchange with no resolution, other than there and here I can't seem to find any site on the internet that references this actual error. The user had adaware and was using it. System: Windows 2000 SP4 only a few months old Symptom: No quicklaunch bar, when right clicking on start bar, going to toolbars, and selecting either "Desktop" or "Quick Launch" an error window pops up titled "Toolbar" and states "Cannot create toolbar." This is NOT "Cannot create toolbar for ..." that is easily solved. The quick launch folder in %approot%\microsoft\internet explorer\ is preset as it is in every profile on the system, the desktop folder is also in its appropriate place under the profiles. Different problem here. Methodolgy: First things I did was uninstall from add/remove programs (not much but there never is). Then I installed Spybot S&D 1.3 and updated, immunized and did a scan. 89 problems found and fixed, rebooted did another scan, came up clean. Found a few weird processes still running, so I downloaded the latest version of spysweeper from www.spysweeper.com (great program but pay, I use it in conjunction with spybot for bad cases) and got the latest definitions and did a full scan. Another 118 problems found (most were tracking cookies). Two trojans were found despite running symantec corporate 8.1 with definitions from 6/30, but sadly I figured this would be the end of it and cleared the quarantined items folder so I don't know the exact names. One thing that I STILL had to manually remove was something called LoadGolfCourses.exe that kept putting itself in the startup folder. It was located in c:\program files\minigolf, I deleted the .exe from here and it stopped coming back. When this didn't solve it I figured some kind of system file was broken, so I reinstalled IE6 SP1, then ran an SFC /SCANNOW, then reinstalled Win2k SP4 and made sure I had all the latest updates. None of this made any difference. I googled around a bit and found a script file to 'fix' this as well as a kellys-korner executable for WinXP that fixes IE/shell toolbar problems. This made no difference. I then reset the permissions & ownership on the entire documents and settings folder, and reset the permission using regedt32 to the HKlocal user key. I have created new (local and domain) user accounts and fresh profiles and this symptom is present here as well as any administrative accounts (the main user is a local administrator). At this point this appears to be a very serious problem and I am not yet ready to wipe and reinstall this machine as there would be about 6 hours of program reinstalling (lots of CAD programs) as the system runs otherwise fine. I might give Microsoft a call later this afternoon to figure out wahts going on. On Friday, July 2, 2004 at 9:08 am, Scott Redding wrote: >Same problem here, vx2 was also find by adaware on my PC. still cannot get my quicklaunch >bar back. Has anyone been able to fix this problem yet? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Friday, July 2, 2004 at 3:59 pm Posted by Mark (1809 messages posted) Have you tried CWShredder from http://209.133.47.200/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe? Run it and also Spybot while offline and in SAFE boot mode. Delete the red entries that Spybot displays. Reboot. Download SpywareBlaster from http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html, install it to prevent further attachments. When you have done that and if the problem still persists then repost and I'll post further information that might help. On Friday, July 2, 2004 at 8:24 am, Fraser Baker wrote: >Yes! This event followed a vicious attack, which got past my Goggle popup blocker >and instantly loaded my machine with a bunch of malware the worst of which was vx2. >After many cleansings using AdAware and SpyBot, I believe my machine is now free >of these intruders. > >I tried the toolbar fix and as you said, it did not fix the problem. Still looking >for a solution. > >Fraser > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Friday, July 2, 2004 at 4:10 pm Posted by Krae (1 messages posted) VX2 malware, sigh... It happens on WinXP and WinME as well. Anyone know a solution? Besides the obvious full reinstall or restore point. Just cleaning the spyware won't fix it. I've looked through the more obvious system files and registery places with no luck. FYI, SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, and AdWatch won't stop the new versions, which seem to be causing this problem. On Friday, July 2, 2004 at 3:59 pm, Mark wrote: >Have you tried CWShredder from http://209.133.47.200/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe? >Run it and also Spybot while offline and in SAFE boot mode. Delete the red entries >that Spybot displays. Reboot. Download SpywareBlaster from http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html, >install it to prevent further attachments. When you have done that and if the problem >still persists then repost and I'll post further information that might help. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Friday, July 2, 2004 at 4:16 pm Posted by Mark (1809 messages posted) Have you tried CWShredder from http://209.133.47.200/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe? Run it and also Spybot while offline and in SAFE boot mode. Delete the red entries that Spybot displays. Reboot. Download SpywareBlaster from http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html, install it to prevent further attachments. When you have done that and if the problem still persists then repost and I'll post further information that might help. On Friday, July 2, 2004 at 4:34 am, Andy Gelder wrote: >I have exactly the same problem, but the download doesn't seem to fix it. >I think this may be a virus, my PC has been fine for the last year, then spyware >got in, next thing, explorer restarts and QuickLaunch toolbar has gone! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Friday, July 2, 2004 at 4:26 pm Posted by Mark (1809 messages posted) Have you run CWShredder from http://209.133.47.200/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe, Spybot from http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download and Adaware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ offline and in SAFE boot mode? On Friday, July 2, 2004 at 4:10 pm, Krae wrote: >VX2 malware, sigh... It happens on WinXP and WinME as well. Anyone know a solution? > Besides the obvious full reinstall or restore point. Just cleaning the spyware >won't fix it. I've looked through the more obvious system files and registery places >with no luck. FYI, SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, and AdWatch won't stop the new versions, >which seem to be causing this problem. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Friday, July 2, 2004 at 4:32 pm Posted by Mark (1809 messages posted) Did you run Adaware, Spybot and CWShredder offline and in SAFE boot mode? Also, try ToolBar Cop from http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/toolbarcop.htm and see if that helps. On Friday, July 2, 2004 at 9:08 am, Scott Redding wrote: >Same problem here, vx2 was also find by adaware on my PC. still cannot get my quicklaunch >bar back. Has anyone been able to fix this problem yet? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Saturday, July 3, 2004 at 4:42 pm Posted by tom (5 messages posted) Same issue here with no resolution in site. Don't want to go through the hassle of reloading, I also run Adware Adwatch and still got hit with VX2. If anyone finds a fix for the quicklaunch please post. On Friday, July 2, 2004 at 4:32 pm, Mark wrote: >Did you run Adaware, Spybot and CWShredder offline and in SAFE boot mode? Also, try >ToolBar Cop from >http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/toolbarcop.htm and see if that helps. > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Same Problem here also with W2K and Quick Launch Sunday, July 4, 2004 at 3:11 pm Posted by MPinky (7 messages posted) I am running MS W/2000 pro and have lost my quick launch toolbar. When I attempt to recreate I get the error "cannot create toolbar". I have checked and found that the quick launch folder is in Username\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ and had the icons for the apps. I tried deleting and recreating folder but still cannot create toolbar. I have looked at the registry but am not confident with making changes can someone help! [Reply or follow-up to this message] I also cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Tuesday, July 6, 2004 at 6:39 am Posted by George51 (2 messages posted) I am also running Windows 2000 professional on a networked computer and have the same problem with being unable to bring back my quick launch toolbar after a major spyware attack. Has anyone tried the Microsoft solution shown in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article-273785, located at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=kb;en-us;273785 which involves changing a registry value? I am not sure if this applies to our particular problem. The warning from Microsoft that if you use the registry editor incorrectly you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall you operating system has kept me from trying it yet. Any thoughts? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: I also cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Thursday, July 8, 2004 at 6:40 pm Posted by tom (5 messages posted) Don't think that is the fix as I do not even have this registry value anyway. Still looking for an answer. On Tuesday, July 6, 2004 at 6:39 am, George51 wrote: >I am also running Windows 2000 professional on a networked computer and have the >same problem with being unable to bring back my quick launch toolbar after a major >spyware attack. Has anyone tried the Microsoft solution shown in Microsoft Knowledge >Base Article-273785, located at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? >scid=kb;en-us;273785 >which involves changing a registry value? I am not sure if this applies to our particular >problem. The warning from Microsoft that if you use the registry editor incorrectly >you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall you operating system >has kept me from trying it yet. Any thoughts? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: I also cannot create quick launch toolbar w2k Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at 6:28 pm Posted by tom (5 messages posted) Here is a file from MS support that fixed the issue for me. Copy this file to notepad and name it with a .bat extension and run the bat file. It re-registers dlls required and allowed me to recover my quick launch toolbar. this doesn't post correctly, each one should be on a separate line, separate them after /s. regsvr32 comcat.dll /s regsvr32 shdoc401.dll /s regsvr32 shdoc401.dll /i /s regsvr32 asctrls.ocx /s regsvr32 oleaut32.dll /s regsvr32 shdocvw.dll /I /s regsvr32 shdocvw.dll /s regsvr32 browseui.dll /s regsvr32 browseui.dll /I /s regsvr32 msrating.dll /s regsvr32 mlang.dll /s regsvr32 hlink.dll /s regsvr32 mshtmled.dll /s regsvr32 urlmon.dll /s regsvr32 plugin.ocx /s regsvr32 sendmail.dll /s regsvr32 scrobj.dll /s regsvr32 mmefxe.ocx /s regsvr32 corpol.dll /s regsvr32 jscript.dll /s regsvr32 msxml.dll /s regsvr32 imgutil.dll /s regsvr32 thumbvw.dll /s regsvr32 cryptext.dll /s regsvr32 rsabase.dll /s regsvr32 inseng.dll /s regsvr32 iesetup.dll /i /s regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll /s regsvr32 actxprxy.dll /s regsvr32 dispex.dll /s regsvr32 occache.dll /s regsvr32 occache.dll /i /s regsvr32 iepeers.dll /s regsvr32 urlmon.dll /i /s regsvr32 cdfview.dll /s regsvr32 webcheck.dll /s regsvr32 mobsync.dll /s regsvr32 pngfilt.dll /s regsvr32 licmgr10.dll /s regsvr32 icmfilter.dll /s regsvr32 hhctrl.ocx /s regsvr32 inetcfg.dll /s regsvr32 tdc.ocx /s regsvr32 MSR2C.DLL /s regsvr32 msident.dll /s regsvr32 msieftp.dll /s regsvr32 xmsconf.ocx /s regsvr32 ils.dll /s regsvr32 msoeacct.dll /s regsvr32 inetcomm.dll /s regsvr32 msdxm.ocx /s regsvr32 dxmasf.dll /s regsvr32 l3codecx.ax /s regsvr32 acelpdec.ax /s regsvr32 mpg4ds32.ax /s regsvr32 voxmsdec.ax /s regsvr32 danim.dll /s regsvr32 Daxctle.ocx /s regsvr32 lmrt.dll /s regsvr32 datime.dll /s regsvr32 dxtrans.dll /s regsvr32 dxtmsft.dll /s regsvr32 WEBPOST.DLL /s regsvr32 WPWIZDLL.DLL /s regsvr32 POSTWPP.DLL /s regsvr32 CRSWPP.DLL /s regsvr32 FTPWPP.DLL /s regsvr32 FPWPP.DLL /s regsvr32 wshom.ocx /s regsvr32 wshext.dll /s regsvr32 vbscript.dll /s regsvr32 scrrun.dll mstinit.exe /setup /s regsvr32 msnsspc.dll /SspcCreateSspiReg /s regsvr32 msapsspc.dll /SspcCreateSspiReg /s exit On Thursday, July 8, 2004 at 6:40 pm, tom wrote: >Don't think that is the fix as I do not even have this registry value anyway. Still >looking for an answer. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] SUCCESS, Finally!! Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at 11:25 am Posted by George51 (2 messages posted) Tom, Great job!! So far this seems to be working. I created a batch file like you said and ran it and when I tried to create a quicklaunch toolbar, it actually did it with the show desktop icon. I restarted the computer and everything seems to be working properly. I have added Internet Explorer and Outlook Express to the quicklaunch and everything seems to be working fine. Congratulations on sticking with it and finding a solution. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: SUCCESS, Finally!! Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at 6:59 pm Posted by tom (5 messages posted) You are welcome, I'm just glad that I got mine back as well. Since I still had the folder I didn't have to recreate any of the quick links. Glad I could help. On Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at 11:25 am, George51 wrote: > >Tom, Great job!! So far this seems to be working. I created a batch file like you >said and ran it and when I tried to create a quicklaunch toolbar, it actually did >it with the show desktop icon. I restarted the computer and everything seems to >be working properly. I have added Internet Explorer and Outlook Express to the quicklaunch >and everything seems to be working fine. Congratulations on sticking with it and >finding a solution. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Same Problem here also with W2K and Quick Launch Friday, July 16, 2004 at 5:38 am Posted by MPinky (7 messages posted) I've had success in overcoming this error by running a repair on IE6. This allowed me to add the user's toolbar back to the taskbar. This was on a W2k machine. ***** IE6 Repair (for Windows 2000) Click Start/Run/ rundll32.exe setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance When the dialog pops up, choose "Repair Internet Explorer". Reboot PC. ******* Log in, and right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars/Quick Launch. This seems to have worked for me. It appears that the original problem was due to spyware/registry interaction. Hopefully this helps. I tried all other suggestions from the postings here and at Microsoft. The IE repair did the trick. Regards, Mike THIS WORKED THANKS EVERONE!!!!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: SUCCESS, Finally!! Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 5:24 am Posted by tom (5 messages posted) One thing I did discover, I had to reinstall the High Encrption pack for Windows 2000 to access some 128bit sites even though my browser stated it was 128bit capable. FYI On Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at 11:25 am, George51 wrote: > >Tom, Great job!! So far this seems to be working. I created a batch file like you >said and ran it and when I tried to create a quicklaunch toolbar, it actually did >it with the show desktop icon. I restarted the computer and everything seems to >be working properly. I have added Internet Explorer and Outlook Express to the quicklaunch >and everything seems to be working fine. Congratulations on sticking with it and >finding a solution. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum