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re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes'
Tuesday, January 13, 2004 at 11:15 pm
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Posted by Gary (2 messages posted)


I've been getting the dissappearing/reappearing icons and taskbar also. I hate this "feature" of Windows XP. Please let me know if there's a fix. Thank you. -Gary


On Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at 4:19 am, Rich Green wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes
:


>
>I've been having this same problem intermittently. Typically, I will be accessing
>some folder or drive in the left pane of Windows Explorer and all of the sudden my
>icons and taskbar will momentarily disappear and then reappear. Most everything
>seems OK with the exception of the Direct CD icon (normally in my task bar) which
>does not return after each of these occurrences. Subsequent use of Explorer may
>or may not cause a relatively lengthy hang that then in turn suggests reporting the
>error to Microsoft. I generally just restart the computer when the icon disappearance/reappearance
>act initially happens to avoid further difficulty.
>
>I see that this is also happening to others in some form or another. Has a fix for
>this minor bug been developed by Microsoft yet? If so, where can I find it?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Rich


Written in response to:
Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Rich Green: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at 4:19 am)

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*re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Jerry Wendle: Friday, January 30, 2004 at 10:48 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Rich Green: Wed, Jun 25, 2003, 4:19 am)
-re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Gary: Tue, Jan 13, 2004, 11:15 pm)
-re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Jerry Wendle: Fri, Jan 30, 2004, 10:48 am)
-Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (J0HN: Thu, May 19, 2005, 9:28 pm)
-re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (Ali: Tue, Jun 28, 2005, 2:37 am)
-re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (J0HN: Tue, Jun 28, 2005, 2:44 am)
-re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (Ali: Tue, Jun 28, 2005, 2:27 pm)
-re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (J0HN: Tue, Jun 28, 2005, 4:01 pm)
-re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (Ali: Wed, Jun 29, 2005, 12:37 am)
-re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (J0HN: Wed, Jun 29, 2005, 12:44 am)
*re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (Craig Ayliffe: Sat, Jul 8, 2006, 1:48 pm)
-re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (Du_Kine: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 7:36 pm)
*re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (J0HN: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 7:44 pm)
-re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (Louise Nash: Sat, Aug 13, 2005, 6:43 am)
-re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (Richard: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 1:00 pm)
-re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (J0HN: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 3:17 pm)
*re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (James: Mon, Aug 29, 2005, 3:36 am)
*re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (anna lee: Mon, Apr 3, 2006, 7:08 pm)
*re: Windows XP Explorer Crashing / Desktop 10 sec fresh icons vanish and reappear (Falcon: Tue, Jun 28, 2005, 7:37 am)
-re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (P Zeller: Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 11:09 pm)
-re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Michael Abrahamsen: Tue, Nov 8, 2005, 7:17 pm)
*re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (jimtomas: Wed, Nov 9, 2005, 1:28 am)
-re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ray Paulson: Thu, Jan 5, 2006, 10:01 am)
-re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (bupaje: Sun, Jan 8, 2006, 5:07 pm)
*re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (GundamMon: Thu, Jan 26, 2006, 3:48 pm)
-re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ron Galason: Fri, Apr 6, 2007, 6:21 pm)
*re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Jack: Mon, Oct 29, 2007, 4:13 pm)
-re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (rj: Sat, Nov 3, 2007, 12:13 pm)
*re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Marion: Wed, Nov 21, 2007, 8:28 am)
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