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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 10:43 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed H.
(1 messages posted)
I'de like to thank you for this post, i searched everywhere for an answer to my problem
to no avail, even through the microsoft website, and this is the only one that had
an answer :P
thanks!
~*~ Ed ~*~
On Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 3:23 am, Frank Hedlund wrote:
>My solution to "Taskbar disappeared or taskbar hidden", Windows XP SP2 Home ed.
>
>Hi, earlier this week I was experiencing a problem with my taskbar disappearing.
> I tried the tricks posted earlier in this thread, to no avail. It turned out to
>be a setup problem with multiple monitors.
>I'm Running Windows XP SP2 Home ed.
>My situation was:
>- taskbar not visible
>- nothing happened when I pressed the Windows key or Ctrl-Esc, though obviously
there
>was some contact to the taskbar menu, for instance by pressing the down arrow key
>and then the return key I could reach the Shut Down / Log off screen
>- strangely, other users of the computer (XP Home) DID have the taskbar allright.
>
>The problem started after I installed a new graphics card which supports multiple
>monitors. That procedure somehow corrupted the multiple monitors setting. I only
>have one monitor. Although the computer correctly reported only one monitor, other
>settings appear to have told a different story. I found out because primary and
>secondary monitor were presented in the same blue color on the setup screen.
>
>Solution: Go to the Display Properties screen, select the secondary monitor, select
>"disable" secondary monitor or " not active", then OK. The secondary monitor now
>changes to a faded blue color, indicative that it is non-existing.
>That procedure restored my taskbar.
>
>The problem must have been that the Taskbar had been there allright all the time,
>but that it had been displayed on the non-existing secondary monitor, and therefore
>not visible to me on the primary monitor.
>This issue took me two #¤!&% evenings to fix.
>
>How to get to the Display Properties screen:
>Start - Control Panel - Appearance and Themes - Display control panel icon. This
>should start the Display Properties window. Select the tab "Settings". If your
>graphics card supports multiple monitors the window displays screens marked 1, 2,
>3. Make sure to set 2 and 3 as "not active".
>
>OK - I know you dont have access to the Start button, precisely because you have
>this task bar problem ;-), here are some other ways to locate the Control Panel:
>a) Minimize all windows so you see the Desktop, Click on MyComputer, under "Other
>Places" click the icon for Control Panel
>b) If this does not work, somehow start the file explorer, for instance clicking
>on a folder on your desktop. Doubleclick the yellow folder icon on the left of
your
>Address Bar, in the drop down list select Control Panel. (If you dont have the
>address bar visible, get it with Alt-View-Toolbars then select address bar.)
>
>Hope this will save some other people's time out there
>Frank, Denmark
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