Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Monday, January 26, 2004 at 10:17 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Jim Aikin (3 messages posted) 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! Responses to this message: re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (BKW: Monday, January 26, 2004 at 1:16 pm) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Raz: Sunday, July 25, 2004 at 5:48 am) 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