re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Monday, January 26, 2004 at 1:16 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by BKW (82 messages posted) If Ctrl+Alt+Del brings up the taskmgr... Then click File, click New Task (RUN...)... Then type explorer.exe and press enter... I've seen this commonly on our network... As we use SMS to push out updates (anti-virus definitions, new apps, etc...) and not all the pc's are setup the same, meaning many pc's have been around for years with older configurations... so the updates don't always work... but the explorer.exe tip above should open to the desktop if the OS isn't completely hosed.... Best of Luck... On Monday, January 26, 2004 at 10:17 am, Jim Aikin wrote: >I've tried several of the methods suggested in this forum, but my Taskbar is still >invisible on boot-up, and I have no desktop icons. Ctrl-Alt-Del launches the Task >Manager, and most apps seem to run correctly, but Windows Explorer won't launch. >I'm on a laptop, and scanreg doesn't appear to be installed on it. Using F8 to launch >the last known good configuration doesn't help, because Windows thinks everything >is hunky-dory. This condition started just after I received a message on boot-up >saying the Registry had been damaged. I've contacted the manufacturer of the laptop, >but who knows whether they'll answer? Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Written in response to: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Jim Aikin: Monday, January 26, 2004 at 10:17 am) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Jim Aikin: Monday, January 26, 2004 at 1:35 pm) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (pbyk: Monday, January 26, 2004 at 4:45 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Jim Aikin: Mon, Jan 26, 2004, 10:17 am) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (BKW: Mon, Jan 26, 2004, 1:16 pm) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Jim Aikin: Mon, Jan 26, 2004, 1:35 pm) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Wild Idea: Sun, Feb 1, 2004, 8:02 am) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (pbyk: Mon, Jan 26, 2004, 4:45 pm) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Steph28: Mon, Jan 26, 2004, 5:06 pm) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Raz: Sun, Jul 25, 2004, 5:48 am) 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 XP Discussion Forum