re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Sunday, March 16, 2003 at 7:19 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Marilyn (7 messages posted) Hi Jerry and Carol, We were not intentionally downloading any fixes. It came up automatically and we said no 5 times, but it finally just downloaded itself. Then, said to reboot system. We did and we have nothing on the desktop. I can access the desktop through another computer on the network however. Carol, we tried your suggestion, but scanreg/restore says bad command. And we can get into run, but don't know what you mean by repair IE. HELP!! Thank you Marilyn On Sunday, March 16, 2003 at 6:47 pm, Carol wrote: > >Those MS updates have been causing more problems lately. It's getting ridiculous... > >If you can't access any desktop icons or anything, the only thing I can suggest is >to restore a known good registry backup. Unless...do you have a Windows Keyboard? >If so, and you can bring up the start menu, you should be able to access RUN. Then >you should be able to repair I.E. That may fix the problem. > >To restore the registry, it's important this is done as soon as possible. If it's >over 5 days, it's too late. There are 5 backups by default. Once a day on bootup, >the registry is backed up. > >Reboot and hold the CTRL button down, until you get the boot menu. Choose Command >prompt only. At the C:\> type: scanreg /restore and press enter. > >Choose a date before this happened. When finished, type: win and hit enter >and see whether you can get back into Windows. > >Btw, I'm curious as to what "fixes" you installed. > > > > color=#0099FF>...Carol... > > Written in response to: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Sunday, March 16, 2003 at 6:47 pm) Responses to this message: re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Sunday, March 16, 2003 at 7:42 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (JmC: Sunday, March 16, 2003 at 7:42 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Marilyn: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 6:25 pm) 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 6:47 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (JmC: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 7:07 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Marilyn: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 7:19 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 7:42 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Marilyn: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 8:16 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 8:26 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Marilyn: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 8:48 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 9:11 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 9:35 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Marilyn: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 9:40 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 9:46 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Marilyn: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 9:58 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 10:18 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Brendon: Fri, Jul 29, 2005, 11:42 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (gewg_: Sat, Jul 30, 2005, 10:58 am) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Brendon: Sat, Jul 30, 2005, 3:00 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (JmC: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 7:42 pm) re: 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Marilyn: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 7:45 pm) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (JmC: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 6:51 pm) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 7:00 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum