re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Thursday, April 1, 2004 at 10:01 pm Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by castor (5 messages posted) get a dos boot disk, type cd\windows\ , then type edit system.ini if the second line says shell=explore.exe add shell=C:\[path location]\ei6setup.exe Above it, it worked for me, On Monday, February 3, 2003 at 4:38 am, Stefanie D. wrote: > >I have a question about How >do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes: > >I have been checking this site and it is quite helpful, but for this particular question >I can't find a solution, as my current operating system is Windows Me and I can't >find a solution for that one. > >Anyway, everytime I start the computer nothing shows up save for the desktop and >mouse pointer which moves. The task manager displays no icons except if I were to >wait a few minutes it mentions 'Startmngr' (or something like it, sorry I'm not at >home to remember the exact spelling) caused an error. I know the problem is that >Explorer crashed but I'm not sure how I can go about fixing this problem. > >The computer will not let me restore a back up copy of the registry when I try to >do so (leaving me with 'operation failed' or an error). I am sorry if I am posting >this in the wrong fashion; it is urgent, as I do need this particular computer for >a class project. I would like to try and find a solution (if possible) before I resort >to reinstalling everything or bringing in the computer for service. Any help would >be gladly appreciated! Thanks. Written in response to: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Stefanie D.: Monday, February 3, 2003 at 4:38 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Stefanie D.: Mon, Feb 3, 2003, 4:38 am) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Jamie: Mon, Feb 3, 2003, 3:02 pm) Re:'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Tue, Feb 4, 2003, 2:43 am) re: Re:'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Stefanie D.: Tue, Feb 4, 2003, 11:59 am) re: Re:'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Tue, Feb 4, 2003, 1:12 pm) Correction: Instructions ''aren't'' difficult :) (Ms. Eagle: Tue, Feb 4, 2003, 1:22 pm) re: Re:'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Stefanie D.: Thu, Feb 6, 2003, 11:59 am) re: Re:'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Jack Gulley: Thu, Feb 6, 2003, 6:36 pm) re: Re:'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' HELP! (Caroline: Mon, Oct 6, 2003, 7:07 pm) re: Re:'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Fri, Feb 7, 2003, 1:07 am) re: Re:'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Stefanie D.: Fri, Feb 7, 2003, 4:42 am) re: Re:'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Fri, Feb 7, 2003, 9:45 am) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Brian G: Thu, May 8, 2003, 11:06 pm) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (castor: Thu, Apr 1, 2004, 10:01 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 Me Discussion Forum