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re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Monday, March 10, 2003 at 11:43 am Posted by cath chapman (9 messages posted) i dont know about getting the icon back, but if you go to the control panel and choose 'display' it gives you the display properties window and you can make your changes there On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 11:28 am, miekle wrote: >For some reason when I right click the desktop, and then choose >active desktop/customize active desktop, nothing happens. >In the control panel the Display icon has dissapeared , unfortunately >these are the only methods I know of to change resolution etc. It >would also be nice to have the icon back. > > any help gratefully recieved. > thank you. > Miekle > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Monday, March 10, 2003 at 11:45 am Posted by cath chapman (9 messages posted) sorry about that, jsut re-read your question, my answer wont help! meant to say that my graphics card has an icon in the control panel and i can access the display properties from there. hope that helps better On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 11:43 am, cath chapman wrote: >i dont know about getting the icon back, but if you go to the control panel and choose >'display' it gives you the display properties window and you can make your changes >there > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Monday, March 10, 2003 at 11:49 am Posted by JmC (14166 messages posted) Right click the Desktop, select 'Properties' and then 'Settings'. JmC On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 11:28 am, miekle wrote: >For some reason when I right click the desktop, and then choose >active desktop/customize active desktop, nothing happens. >In the control panel the Display icon has dissapeared , unfortunately >these are the only methods I know of to change resolution etc. It >would also be nice to have the icon back. > > any help gratefully recieved. > thank you. > Miekle > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Monday, March 10, 2003 at 12:31 pm Posted by miekle (3 messages posted) right clicking desktop only gives the menu, all items in menu have no response. On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 11:49 am, JmC wrote: Right click the Desktop, select 'Properties' and then 'Settings'. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Monday, March 10, 2003 at 1:13 pm Posted by JmC (14166 messages posted) If the menu selections are not greyed out, try these options. There's a problem somewhere, but being sure it' not a Virus or Spyware should be checked first. Download and run SpyBot to check for Spyware/crap on your system: SpyBot If you don't have an updated Anti-Virus program, run a free online scan: House Call Run 'System File Checker'. Select START/RUN, in the 'Open' box type SFC (System File Checker) and press enter. Follow the prompts and have your Win98 CD handy. JmC On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 12:31 pm, miekle wrote: >right clicking desktop only gives the menu, all items in menu have no response. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Monday, March 10, 2003 at 1:20 pm Posted by miekle (3 messages posted) no `display` in control panel. On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 11:43 am, cath chapman wrote: >i dont know about getting the icon back, but if you go to the control panel and choose >'display' it gives you the display properties window and you can make your changes >there > > [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 98 Discussion Forum