re: I have lost all icons and start menu functions
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 11:26 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Tony
(1 messages posted)
Yes, I just copied explorer from another working system and all icons and desktop
worked good thank you...
On Monday, January 2, 2006 at 9:53 pm, Benjamin Choate wrote:
>It sounds like like the process for explorer (not internet explorer) is either not
>loading, or is being shutdown somehow. I don't know if XP can even start up without
>a functioning explorer.exe, but I know for sure that you can kill explorer after
>booting to produce the effect that you (and some of those that responded) are complaining
>about.
>
>You can see what I mean on a functional XP machine:
>(warning: read through before attempting)
>
>Hit CTRL-ALT-DEL to bring up the Task Manager.
>
>Click onto the Processes tab
>
>Find and highlight "explorer.exe" in the list of processes (you might want to click
>on "Image Name" at the top to list them in alphabetical order so as to find it more
>easily).
>
>Click "End Process", then "Yes" on the popup warning message.
>
>You'll notice that the Start Menu, Taskbar, and desktop icons have disappeared,
but
>any programs you have previously loaded are still there.
>
>To restore them select "File", "New Task(Run...)", then type "explorer" (without
>the quotation marks), and hit enter. This will reload explorer.exe and your icons,
>start menu, taskbar etc will reappear.
>
>For those struggling with this issue it seems to me that one easy way to test this
>would be to hit CTRL-ALT-DEL to bring up the Task Manager, then select the Processes
>tab and look to see if explorer.exe is there. If you can't find it, then that's
>the cause of your problem. You could then try to load it manually as I instructed
>above. If that doesn't work, it may be that the file itself has become corrupted
>or deleted and you'll need to replace it somehow (via system repair or reinstallation
>of the operating system etc.) I suppose it's also possible that some kind of virus
>is preventing explorer.exe from loading, so it might behoove you to run an anti-virus
>and adware/spyware scan before attempting anything drastic.
>
>If this isn't related, then you have my condolences. ;_(
>
>-Ben
>
>
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