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re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes'
Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 11:08 am
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Steve Easton
(5183 messages posted)
If it goes into safe mode you should be ok, the last two things that load/execute
in either mode are rundll and explorer.exe
On Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 10:38 am, Dave Harding wrote:
>Thanks Steve, I will try that. I should add that safe boot works properly and I
get
>all icons,taskbar and start button.
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>On Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 3:39 am, Steve Easton wrote:
>Sound very much like a virus. However you can try this. Boot to safe mode by tapping
>F8 when you see "Starting Windows 95" and selecting Safe mode on the selection
>screen.
>If it gets there Click start, run, type: regedit and click ok. click the plus signs
>by: Local Machine. ENUM and MF. Under MF will be CHILD 0000 and CHILD0001. delete
>them both and restart the machine and tell it normal mode if prompted. It "should"
>say: found new device loading software." When it asks to reboot tell it NO and it
>will again say "found new device" Keep telling it NO until it is done and in the
>desktop
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>On Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at 9:37 pm, Dave Harding wrote:
>I have a question about How
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>do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes:
>I have the same problem but I'm not sure if Explorer is involved. There is no start
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>button, no taskbar and no icons. The wallpaper is visible and so is the mouse cursor
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>which will move.
>Control+Alt+Delete brings up an empty Task list window with 6 buttons, none of which
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>work except to close the window.
>Any help? I need this computer for a seniors' class.
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