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re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes'
Thursday, February 28, 2002 at 5:04 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Dave Harding
(12 messages posted)
Steve,
I didn't get to work on it today but one further piece of evidence is that if I boot
in SafeMode with Networking the problem occurs. However when I double clicked on
the screen a window came up called "Tasks" with a "Nuts & Bolts" logo on it. It had
a menu line and under files was a Run App line. I clicked on that and typed in "explorer"
in the dialog box and everything (taskbar, icons etc.) appeared on the screen as
it should. It seems that something is stopping Explorer from running. I will try
your NoIDE idea tomorrow.
Dave
On Thursday, February 28, 2002 at 4:38 am, Steve Easton wrote:
>Dave it's normal for the bootlog to list those devices as failed to load as they
>are TSR devices ( terminate stay resident ) Run regedit in safe mode and search
for
>a value called: NoIDE if found delete it. It sounds to me as if there's an IDE
>controller problem.
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>On Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 9:27 pm, Dave Harding wrote:
>Steve,
>I tried your suggestion of removing Childs 0001 & 0001 with no luck. I also tried
>replacing Explorer and then re-installing Windows also with no luck. Bootlog says
>that 5 virtual drivers failed to load including vshare, ebios and vpowerd although
>they were referenced properly in System.ini. I can try replacing Rundll. My other
>problem is that someone in the office misplaced the Win95 CD and I'm having to use
>an older version on floppies.
>D.
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>On Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 11:08 am, Steve Easton wrote:
>If it goes into safe mode you should be ok, the last two things that load/execute
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>in either mode are rundll and explorer.exe
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>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
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>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
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>If it gets there Click start, run, type: regedit and click ok. click the plus signs
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>by: Local Machine. ENUM and MF. Under MF will be CHILD 0000 and CHILD0001. delete
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>them both and restart the machine and tell it normal mode if prompted. It "should"
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>say: found new device loading software." When it asks to reboot tell it NO and it
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>will again say "found new device" Keep telling it NO until it is done and in the
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>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
>button, no taskbar and no icons. The wallpaper is visible and so is the mouse cursor
>which will move.
>Control+Alt+Delete brings up an empty Task list window with 6 buttons, none of which
>work except to close the window.
>Any help? I need this computer for a seniors' class.
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