re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes'
Sunday, August 14, 2005 at 6:16 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Rich Kurtz
(11387 messages posted)
If you can't find your CD then you don't have many options.
What happens if you open Task Manager and click on File then Run and enter explorer?
Does the Desktop come up?
Do you have a C:\I386 directory on your harddrive? If so you can run Windows install
from there and try a Repair install from your harddrive rather than from CD. Not
sure if it will work or not but it's worth a try. Change the C:\I386 and enter winnt