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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 11:34 pm
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Posted by Big John (105 messages posted)


It sounds as if you may have oversized our screen. Try shrinking the screen with the monitor buttons. I had some software the changed my screen and took me a while to figure it out. You can also try http://www.coloradoesa.com/xpdesktopprob.html but it sounds like you did all that.

Good Luck! BJ BJ 
ISN'T TALL, HE'S WIDE, THAT'S ALL!


On Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 5:15 pm, darci wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?
:


>
>OK. Tried the 'dragging from bottom' bit, the disable/enable autohide/lock part,
>and the 'bar is not hidden anywhere else on the screen. DL'd the 'XP taskbar desktop
>fixall' from that site mentioned in many threads, and the 'bar popped briefly into
>view but just as quickly went away! The taskbar also shows itself during reboot but
>by the time XP finishes loading, it goes on vacation again. I created another account
>with admin status, switched, and there it is, working fine. Switch back over to my
>account, and no, it isn't there. Incidentally, this happened after I installed the
>Aston shell and gave it a try and then switched the shell back to Windows. I uninstalled
>the Aston, deleted the bits that remained, and then cleaned the registry of any leftovers.
>Any new answers to this dilemma would be great - my XP disc is at the bottom of a
>box under more boxes a few miles away in storage (yeah, smart). Thanks!


Written in response to:
Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (darci: Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 5:15 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (darci: Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 9:55 am)
*re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (darci: Monday, January 30, 2006 at 8:33 pm)

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-Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (darci: Sat, Jan 28, 2006, 5:15 pm)
-re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (Big John: Sat, Jan 28, 2006, 11:34 pm)
*re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (darci: Sun, Jan 29, 2006, 9:55 am)
-re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (darci: Mon, Jan 30, 2006, 8:33 pm)
*re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (helpguy: Thu, Apr 20, 2006, 1:50 pm)
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