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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 9:45 am
Posted by Derek
(30 messages posted)
Have you tried pressing CTRL+ESC or the Windows Key? That should bring up your start
menu, even if the taskbar has been shoved to the bottom of the screen. If you can
get to Control Panels, then Taskbar and Start Menu, you can probably find a way to
get it back, then. If you take off "Lock the Taskbar" then you SHOULD see something
at the bottom of the screen to drag the size back up again. Other than that, I have
no clue.
Derek
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 12:24 am, Ville Paakkinen wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
>
>When I was using command prompt in XP and exited it My taskbar and all my icons
disappeared
>from the desktop. Is there anyway to get them back, because restarting the system
>doesn't help. I have been running programs from the taskmanager.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Friday, November 23, 2001 at 3:59 pm
Posted by Mark
(333 messages posted)
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 12:24 am, Ville Paakkinen wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
>
>When I was using command prompt in XP and exited it My taskbar and all my icons
disappeared
>from the desktop. Is there anyway to get them back, because restarting the system
>doesn't help. I have been running programs from the taskmanager.
Obviously this is not going to help now, but it would have a least been worth a try
using the System Restore function. That may have worked, it may not have done - but
it's always worth making a backup first, just in case.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, May 11, 2002 at 6:18 pm
Posted by mikester10
(2 messages posted)
My kid had the same problem.
Went in as administrator and deleted his IDENTITY.
Gave him another IDENTITY and it works fine.
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 12:24 am, Ville Paakkinen wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
>
>When I was using command prompt in XP and exited it My taskbar and all my icons
disappeared
>from the desktop. Is there anyway to get them back, because restarting the system
>doesn't help. I have been running programs from the taskmanager.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 8:16 am
Posted by kots
(1 messages posted)
Derek,
Even, I am having the same problem and i can't even right click on desktop, nothing
is coming up when i press windows button or Ctrl+ESC but a beep. I have Windows 2000
server and Active Directory is installed. I tried Xteq Systems X-Setup, Tweak UI
tool from Windows 2000 server cd but nothing is working. I can see the icons of desktop
when i view from Explorer.
Anyone, Please suggest me how do i get back my Task bar and desktop.
Thanks
Kots
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 9:45 am, Derek wrote:
>Have you tried pressing CTRL+ESC or the Windows Key? That should bring up your
start
>menu, even if the taskbar has been shoved to the bottom of the screen. If you can
>get to Control Panels, then Taskbar and Start Menu, you can probably find a way
to
>get it back, then. If you take off "Lock the Taskbar" then you SHOULD see something
>at the bottom of the screen to drag the size back up again. Other than that, I
have
>no clue.
>
>Derek
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Monday, December 23, 2002 at 8:24 am
Posted by N.
(1 messages posted)
I had the same problem. I asked on Experts-Exchange and someone referred me here.
I managed to solve this problem by using the Windows XP Repair function that you
get when you boot off of the CD. Now everything is back to normal although I did
have to reinstall some drivers (but I didn't lose programs or work).
Hope this helps if you still have the problem!
N.
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 12:24 am, Ville Paakkinen wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
>
>When I was using command prompt in XP and exited it My taskbar and all my icons
disappeared
>from the desktop. Is there anyway to get them back, because restarting the system
>doesn't help. I have been running programs from the taskmanager.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, August 23, 2003 at 11:50 am
Posted by martin
(1 messages posted)
Try pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and in the applications tab press the button "New task"(or
something like that, i dont remember) and write "explorer"(without the commas).
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 12:24 am, Ville Paakkinen wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
>
>When I was using command prompt in XP and exited it My taskbar and all my icons
disappeared
>from the desktop. Is there anyway to get them back, because restarting the system
>doesn't help. I have been running programs from the taskmanager.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Friday, August 29, 2003 at 7:15 am
Posted by Stacey
(1 messages posted)
We found a trojan (backdoor.sdbot.gen) and removed it , the taskbar and desktop icons
reappeared. We had to run it on another anti-virus program because Norton didn't
catch it. Hope this fixes your problem.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Friday, October 31, 2003 at 4:27 am
Posted by TommyT
(1 messages posted)
Yeah sometimes this happens to me on Win2k. Try using the inwdows key to get the
start menu visible again and then go to settings on the menu. Go into the task bar
and menus settings. Check the autohide checkbox and then repeat the whole process
again except this time clearing it. It should come back then
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Sunday, October 3, 2004 at 8:44 pm
Posted by Bonnie Williams
(2 messages posted)
Please help. My entire desktop has disappeared and I want it back. How do I get
it restored?
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 12:24 am, Ville Paakkinen wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
>
>When I was using command prompt in XP and exited it My taskbar and all my icons
disappeared
>from the desktop. Is there anyway to get them back, because restarting the system
>doesn't help. I have been running programs from the taskmanager.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, October 16, 2004 at 3:05 pm
Posted by Kris
(1 messages posted)
Oh man, id been sitting here for the past 2 hours trying everything i could think
of, thank you so much
On Saturday, August 23, 2003 at 11:50 am, martin wrote:
>Try pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and in the applications tab press the button "New task"(or
>something like that, i dont remember) and write "explorer"(without the commas).
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Monday, December 20, 2004 at 6:34 pm
Posted by C. Shannon Razler
(1 messages posted)
While my Thinkpad-modified version of XP Pro has proven 99.999999 stable, a recent
install on a new P4 machine shows at least two disturbing, posibly related problems
including the taskbar/icon vanishing act - which seems to occur when a request is
made to do something "impossible" - like refresh a file still showing open on the
screen though it has been deleted (why the situation eists in the first place is
a mystery...).
My easy solution has been either to three-finger-salute and force a shut-down of
all non-responding apps and folders. If this doesn't solve the problem than rebooting
corrects it. Considering this is SP2-included edition, it seems there's more sloppiness
coming out of Redmond.
The second problem concerns a significant lack of folder-style memory and a very
annoying default to Tiles/Auto Arrange/By Name though "W2K Classic" styles are specified
throughout. Anyone got an idea where in Registry to fix this one - along with the
chronic failure to FAIL to start various crucual and standard services, esp. print
spooling?
On Sunday, October 3, 2004 at 8:44 pm, Bonnie Williams wrote:
>
>Please help. My entire desktop has disappeared and I want it back. How do I get
>it restored?
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Monday, March 14, 2005 at 1:37 am
Posted by David
(1 messages posted)
Go to :
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
download the script and run it!
It will reset the taskbar to XP default.
D.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Friday, March 25, 2005 at 1:15 pm
Posted by Tom
(1 messages posted)
Thank you so much. I've been using Windows with no Taskbar for months, and that fixed
it!
On Monday, March 14, 2005 at 1:37 am, David wrote:
>Go to :
>
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>
>download the script and run it!
>
>It will reset the taskbar to XP default.
>
>D.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Friday, April 22, 2005 at 11:27 pm
Posted by adolf
(1 messages posted)
Bring Up Task Manager --> Select Applications Tab
Click on New Task button
Type explorer, the press ok button.
This should now restore the taskbar.
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On Friday, March 25, 2005 at 1:15 pm, Tom wrote:
>
>Thank you so much. I've been using Windows with no Taskbar for months, and that
fixed
>it!
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, April 30, 2005 at 12:06 am
Posted by Paul
(1 messages posted)
you can usually get IEexplorer running, goto :
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
and run their anti-virus.
On Friday, April 22, 2005 at 11:27 pm, adolf wrote:
>Bring Up Task Manager --> Select Applications Tab
>
>Click on New Task button
>
>Type explorer, the press ok button.
>
>This should now restore the taskbar.
>
>-------------------------------------
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 3:38 am
Posted by Ewald Hesse
(1 messages posted)
Thanks brother! That solved the problem. My taskbar was there but it showed no running
programs, minimized or not.
-EH
On Monday, March 14, 2005 at 1:37 am, David wrote:
>Go to :
>
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>
>download the script and run it!
>
>It will reset the taskbar to XP default.
>
>D.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 12:13 pm
Posted by SLaw
(1 messages posted)
fantastic solution. no one was able to solve this for me before. everytime i minimized
my program it disappeared. after i ran the link below it fixed the problem. another
problem i was having was the menu and tabs on the task manager had disappeared.
to get this back press ctr+alt+backspace. just a side tidbit since when the icons
dont show in the taskbar the only way to know what programs are open is the taskmanager.
and if that does not work properly it make life hard.
On Monday, March 14, 2005 at 1:37 am, David wrote:
>Go to :
>
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>
>download the script and run it!
>
>It will reset the taskbar to XP default.
>
>D.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Friday, October 28, 2005 at 6:12 pm
Posted by K
(1 messages posted)
OMG Thanks so much. So simple too. Just control+alt+delete and do a new task and
type explorer. Then just like that it was all back. Thank you!
K
On Saturday, August 23, 2003 at 11:50 am, martin wrote:
>Try pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and in the applications tab press the button "New task"(or
>something like that, i dont remember) and write "explorer"(without the commas).
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Monday, October 31, 2005 at 1:37 pm
Posted by gerry
(1 messages posted)
That does not work here. All that does is take me to my documents. This happened
once before and I don't know how I fixxed it; but I did.The problem started somewhere
in Cartoon Network- maybe Totally Spies.This is an adware/spyware/virus problem not
a simple fix like typing explorer.
On Friday, April 22, 2005 at 11:27 pm, adolf wrote:
>Bring Up Task Manager --> Select Applications Tab
>
>Click on New Task button
>
>Type explorer, the press ok button.
>
>This should now restore the taskbar.
>
>-------------------------------------
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at 5:58 pm
Posted by Ryan Frank
(1 messages posted)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
That link is a life-saver. I was suffering from the same MIA taskbar problem. None
of the windows key, ctrl+alt+del, remedies were working. I downloaded and used the
simple app. from that link and it came right back up. Whomever it was that suggested
that tool, Kudos to you my friend. Thank you.
On Monday, March 14, 2005 at 1:37 am, David wrote:
>Go to :
>
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>
>download the script and run it!
>
>It will reset the taskbar to XP default.
>
>D.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, December 24, 2005 at 10:22 am
Posted by K
(1 messages posted)
When I tried to download the "Taskbar is Missing" download, Norton AntiVirus detected
a high risk Malicious Script. I wouldn't say this is a download you want.
On Monday, March 14, 2005 at 1:37 am, David wrote:
>Go to :
>
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>
>download the script and run it!
>
>It will reset the taskbar to XP default.
>
>D.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, December 24, 2005 at 6:33 pm
Posted by David
(1 messages posted)
That's an error on Norton's part, not the script.
Because the script resets the taskbar to the default settings. It may appear to be
malicious to Norton but in fact resetting the taskbar is exactly what you the user
wants!
Of course, it's up to you, I used the script and it worked as did many others in
this thread.
If you are uncertain, download the script, open it in notepad and check the code.
It's legit.
at the end of the day, it's up to you, suffer a missing taskbar or get it back easily!
On Saturday, December 24, 2005 at 10:22 am, K wrote:
>
>When I tried to download the "Taskbar is Missing" download, Norton AntiVirus detected
>a high risk Malicious Script. I wouldn't say this is a download you want.
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 7:03 am
Posted by brian
(1 messages posted)
I had the same problem and went to
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm and performed the first script download
"Taskbar is missing" and it restored my taskbar perfectly. I have an IBM Thinkpad
T42.
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 12:24 am, Ville Paakkinen wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
>
>When I was using command prompt in XP and exited it My taskbar and all my icons
disappeared
>from the desktop. Is there anyway to get them back, because restarting the system
>doesn't help. I have been running programs from the taskmanager.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 10:32 pm
Posted by Buddy Glass Jr
(1 messages posted)
The Kelly's Korner VBS fix works. It's not malicious - Norton is just lame that way.
Run it, or suffer hours of head pounding, rebooting, and registry digging. I did,
and now I finally get to go to sleep.
On Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 7:03 am, brian wrote:
>I had the same problem and went to
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm and performed the first script
download
>"Taskbar is missing" and it restored my taskbar perfectly. I have an IBM Thinkpad
>T42.
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 12:16 am
Posted by Ian
(1 messages posted)
I just downloaded a taskbar fix at http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
Fixed a problem I had for about two months in about five seconds. Wish I had done
this long ago!
On Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 10:32 pm, Buddy Glass Jr wrote:
>The Kelly's Korner VBS fix works. It's not malicious - Norton is just lame that
way.
>Run it, or suffer hours of head pounding, rebooting, and registry digging. I did,
>and now I finally get to go to sleep.
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 8:03 am
Posted by leemon
(1 messages posted)
kellys fix is a go go so simple cheers me dears
On Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 12:16 am, Ian wrote:
>I just downloaded a taskbar fix at http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>Fixed a problem I had for about two months in about five seconds. Wish I had done
>this long ago!
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Friday, August 4, 2006 at 1:19 am
Posted by perry
(10 messages posted)
Hi,
Open the following link anf run the
task bar repair tool. The task bar will come back....
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
Best of luck...
:-Q
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Monday, August 28, 2006 at 2:16 am
Posted by Luke Bacon
(1 messages posted)
Have tried all the methods described here and am still without taskbar/desktop icons/everything!!
Any ideas!!?
(I can open firefox, ie, etc using new task from task manager, but explorer appears
to do nothing)
On Friday, August 4, 2006 at 1:19 am, perry wrote:
>Hi,
>
>
>Open the following link anf run the
> task bar repair tool. The task bar will come back....
>
>
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>
>Best of luck...
>:-Q
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 11:45 am
Posted by Liz
(1 messages posted)
Thank you all soooo much!! I have been an idiot to reinstall windows 2x before
to fix this when it happened, and all I did this time was type Explorer- worked
like a charm.
Does anyone know if this is a virus, or am I running conflicting programs to have
this happen? Also, do I have to download the Kelly's fix to keep it from happening
again?
Thanks again- I am bookmarking this site!
On Friday, August 4, 2006 at 1:19 am, perry wrote:
>Hi,
>
>
>Open the following link anf run the
> task bar repair tool. The task bar will come back....
>
>
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>
>Best of luck...
>:-Q
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at 2:03 pm
Posted by Martin
(1 messages posted)
The Kelly's Korner fix didn't work for me. Any other suggestions out there?
On Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 10:32 pm, Buddy Glass Jr wrote:
>The Kelly's Korner VBS fix works. It's not malicious - Norton is just lame that
way.
>Run it, or suffer hours of head pounding, rebooting, and registry digging. I did,
>and now I finally get to go to sleep.
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Monday, October 30, 2006 at 10:28 am
Posted by A.R.
(1 messages posted)
You can do the Kelly's Corner fix manually if u want. Go to the task manager (CTRL,ALT,DEL)
and go to File and click on New Task. In the box type in explorer.exe and it should
come back. (If it doesnt close all instances of explorer.exe and do the same process
over again). Good luck!
On Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at 2:03 pm, Martin wrote:
>The Kelly's Korner fix didn't work for me. Any other suggestions out there?
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Monday, November 13, 2006 at 2:12 pm
Posted by AJ
(1 messages posted)
Someone help, nothing on this page has worked. Kelly's Corner and the manual fix
have done nothing and i'm now on day 5 without a taskbar.
On Monday, October 30, 2006 at 10:28 am, A.R. wrote:
>You can do the Kelly's Corner fix manually if u want. Go to the task manager (CTRL,ALT,DEL)
>and go to File and click on New Task. In the box type in explorer.exe and it should
>come back. (If it doesnt close all instances of explorer.exe and do the same process
>over again). Good luck!
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 8:40 pm
Posted by MIke Siddi
(1 messages posted)
Hi,
I was in the same boat as you, nothing on this page worked until it occurred to me
that the explorer was already runing when i was trying to run it again in the task
bar.
I went to the task Manager, clicked on the processes tab and looked for explorer.exe.
Highlighted it, and clicked end Process; all my Icons on my desktop disappeared.
Then i clicked File, New Task and typed Explorer in the edit box and voila my task
bar is back.
On Monday, November 13, 2006 at 2:12 pm, AJ wrote:
>Someone help, nothing on this page has worked. Kelly's Corner and the manual fix
>have done nothing and i'm now on day 5 without a taskbar.
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Monday, December 11, 2006 at 6:51 am
Posted by tina
(1 messages posted)
None of the mentioned strategies helped resolving the problem in my case, although
some led to a transient reappearance of the taskbar before it disappeared again.
And no, it wasn't simply hidden, although yes, this option was activated, but deactivating
it didn't bring the taskbar back.
However, I realized that the taskbar was present at system startup until the launch
of a certain program. In my case this was ObjectDock (from Stardock). Somehow my
user profile of ObjectDock has been corrupted and subsequently the taskbar option
of this program was set to remove the taskbar. Closing this process via the task-manager,
closing explorer.exe and restarting explorer.exe via >file >new task brought my taskbar
back.
So, if you don't know how to resolve the issue, try to close all processes of accessory
programs that potentially alter your taskbar, then close explorer.exe (all via the
task-manager) and finally relaunch explorer.exe as described.
If this didn't work I would suggest to "repair" your Windows XP as a last resort.
A broken registry could be the cause if it's not a common software-interference problem.
Alternatively you could try to delete your XP user profile (after backing up user
data in the hidden folder "application data" under >C: >documents and settings >respective
user) and create a new one. This will only work if the user is not "the" Administrator
(many users can be Administrator but only one user can be "the" Administrator, i.e.
named Administrator besides having Administrator privileges...if you know what I
mean).
GOOD LUCK!!!
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Yes! Thank you!
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 1:05 am
Posted by Trish
(1 messages posted)
Oh wow! Piece of cake! I know this was posted like three years ago but thanks so
much for the help!
Trish
On Saturday, August 23, 2003 at 11:50 am, martin wrote:
>Try pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and in the applications tab press the button "New task"(or
>something like that, i dont remember) and write "explorer"(without the commas).
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Monday, December 25, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Posted by Rev.Dr. Spyder X
(1 messages posted)
A very big Happy Holidays and a bigger thank you for figuring out the taskbar problem
for me! I've tried all these others but the objectdock was my problem. Thanks again!
On Monday, December 11, 2006 at 6:51 am, tina wrote:
>None of the mentioned strategies helped resolving the problem in my case, although
>some led to a transient reappearance of the taskbar before it disappeared again.
>And no, it wasn't simply hidden, although yes, this option was activated, but deactivating
>it didn't bring the taskbar back.
>
>However, I realized that the taskbar was present at system startup until the launch
>of a certain program. In my case this was ObjectDock (from Stardock). Somehow my
>user profile of ObjectDock has been corrupted and subsequently the taskbar option
>of this program was set to remove the taskbar. Closing this process via the task-manager,
>closing explorer.exe and restarting explorer.exe via >file >new task brought my
taskbar
>back.
>
>So, if you don't know how to resolve the issue, try to close all processes of accessory
>programs that potentially alter your taskbar, then close explorer.exe (all via the
>task-manager) and finally relaunch explorer.exe as described.
>
>If this didn't work I would suggest to "repair" your Windows XP as a last resort.
>A broken registry could be the cause if it's not a common software-interference
problem.
>
>Alternatively you could try to delete your XP user profile (after backing up user
>data in the hidden folder "application data" under >C: >documents and settings >respective
>user) and create a new one. This will only work if the user is not "the" Administrator
>(many users can be Administrator but only one user can be "the" Administrator, i.e.
>named Administrator besides having Administrator privileges...if you know what I
>mean).
>
>GOOD LUCK!!!
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Friday, January 26, 2007 at 1:03 am
Posted by btouuk
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I just wanted to echo my thanks for the answer about the objectdock. I too had tried
many other suggested solutions and none had worked until now.
Thank you!
Bela
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Posted by Steve
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I have tried all the fixes on here and so far this is the only one that works. However,
this doesn't get rid of whatever caused this does it? I have tried scanning with
AVG it found nothing, the Symantec site says the backdoor trojan thingy was easy
to remove but I couldn't find anything on how to remove it. I am continuing to look
as I think this thing will come back once I close down. BTW thanks to all who have
given suggestions on how to fix this.
On Monday, October 30, 2006 at 10:28 am, A.R. wrote:
>You can do the Kelly's Corner fix manually if u want. Go to the task manager (CTRL,ALT,DEL)
>and go to File and click on New Task. In the box type in explorer.exe and it should
>come back. (If it doesnt close all instances of explorer.exe and do the same process
>over again). Good luck!
>
>
>
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Problem solved with one of the scripts
Friday, April 27, 2007 at 4:54 am
Posted by Julesybabes
(1 messages posted)
Since installing and uninstalling an Alienware GUI interface my Taskbar had been
stuck on the left hand sie of the screen. Just recently the icons had been stuck
on Large size. Additionally there was a weird partition down the middle of the Taskbar
with large icons on one side and small ones on the other.
The fixall script sorted it out in a jiffy. Many thanks for the helpful post.
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Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 6:07 am
Posted by Amelia
(1 messages posted)
Thanks so much! Of all the answers to this thread, yours was the only one that worked!
On Friday, October 31, 2003 at 4:27 am, TommyT wrote:
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>Yeah sometimes this happens to me on Win2k. Try using the inwdows key to get the
>start menu visible again and then go to settings on the menu. Go into the task bar
>and menus settings. Check the autohide checkbox and then repeat the whole process
>again except this time clearing it. It should come back then
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Sunday, August 26, 2007 at 3:14 am
Posted by Stacey
(1 messages posted)
LEGEND!
This worked great
thanks heaps budd
even though you posted this YEARS ago it brought back my desktop icons and my taskbar!
Thanks heaps : ]
and so simple too!
Stacey
On Saturday, August 23, 2003 at 11:50 am, martin wrote:
>Try pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and in the applications tab press the button "New task"(or
>something like that, i dont remember) and write "explorer"(without the commas).
>
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 7:55 am
Posted by Ed R
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The following worked for me!
ctrl-alt-del -- to Task Manager
File, New Task (Run...)
Type "control" and hit enter -- to bring up Control Panel
Double click the Taskbar and Start Menu icon
Uncheck the "Lock the Taskbar" box and apply.
On Sunday, August 26, 2007 at 3:14 am, Stacey wrote:
>LEGEND!
>
>This worked great
>thanks heaps budd
>even though you posted this YEARS ago it brought back my desktop icons and my taskbar!
>Thanks heaps : ]
>and so simple too!
>Stacey
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 9:27 am
Posted by Nigel Young
(1 messages posted)
Thank you, thank you, thank you - I have had my Task Bar missing for some months
now (I have no idea how it went) and have been living of the Alt Shift keys...! Thia
sight that was recommended (www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm ) was fantastic
- one click and I was done.
Thank you thank you thank you
On Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 7:03 am, brian wrote:
>I had the same problem and went to
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm and performed the first script
download
>"Taskbar is missing" and it restored my taskbar perfectly. I have an IBM Thinkpad
>T42.
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Posted by Jacque Goar
(1 messages posted)
Thanks a bunch. This worked!!
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 11:56 am
Posted by ben
(1 messages posted)
OK, here's what worked for me. My taskbar was missing, as were my desktop icons.
None of the key combinations would bring up a start menu, and the kelly's korner
download did nothing, either. Here's what I did:
Open an Explorer window. If you can't get to one, then here's how to get one from
IE (and Firefox, too, I think). Open the file menu (Page in IE7), and select "Save
As". This will bring up a save dialog box. Find a folder icon, and right-click
on it to bring up a context menu. Select "Explore", and voila! Your have a file
explorer open.
Next, navigate to the control panel and open "Taskbar and Start Menu". Change a
setting (I toggled "Hide Inactive Icons") and click "Apply". It seems that Windows
applying settings to the taskbar restores it. Hope this helps someone!
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Sunday, January 6, 2008 at 7:17 am
Posted by jim
(1 messages posted)
This is a very old thread, but for those finding this through a search engine....
Summary: Kill off all explorer processes and start a new one which should then
manage the task bar.
Steps:
Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up the Task Manager
Click the Processes Tab
Sort by Image Name (click "Image Name)
End all "explorer.exe" tasks
Click the Applications tab
Click the "New Task..." button
Type "explorer" in the "Open:" drop-down (or select it from the drop down)
Close the Task Manager
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 12:24 am, Ville Paakkinen wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
>
>When I was using command prompt in XP and exited it My taskbar and all my icons
disappeared
>from the desktop. Is there anyway to get them back, because restarting the system
>doesn't help. I have been running programs from the taskmanager.
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re: Yes! Thank you!
Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 7:29 am
Posted by maria
(2 messages posted)
Dude how does it help? i do that same thing and my documents pops up what should
i do then?
On Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 1:05 am, Trish wrote:
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>Oh wow! Piece of cake! I know this was posted like three years ago but thanks so
>much for the help!
>
>Trish
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 7:51 am
Posted by maria
(2 messages posted)
omg omg dude i figured out how to get it back man i was so lucky i found it on youtube
on youtube search XP start button tutorial and in the description it says how to
fix it and stuff if you had my problem like on shell its supposed to be explorer.exe
but it was explorer4.exe so it screwed it up.
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 9:45 am, Derek wrote:
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>Have you tried pressing CTRL+ESC or the Windows Key? That should bring up your
start
>menu, even if the taskbar has been shoved to the bottom of the screen. If you can
>get to Control Panels, then Taskbar and Start Menu, you can probably find a way
to
>get it back, then. If you take off "Lock the Taskbar" then you SHOULD see something
>at the bottom of the screen to drag the size back up again. Other than that, I
have
>no clue.
>
>Derek
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Friday, April 11, 2008 at 11:06 am
Posted by Charlotte Taylor
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I have this same problem and nothing so far has worked. However you can still acess
open programs e.g internet explorer but pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete together, choosing
the programme and clicking Switch To.
Other than that I have no idea.
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 12:24 am, Ville Paakkinen wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
>
>When I was using command prompt in XP and exited it My taskbar and all my icons
disappeared
>from the desktop. Is there anyway to get them back, because restarting the system
>doesn't help. I have been running programs from the taskmanager.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Friday, April 11, 2008 at 11:56 am
Posted by MartinM
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This is a very long thread, full of possibilities.
When you say "nothing has worked", did you work through them all ?
Particularly the post before yours, and this tweak (row 117, LH column) at kellys-korner.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Posted by Steve
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Here's something I haven't seen mentioned - two separate video cards might be enabled.
I tried the onboard video on a lark (it sucked) and when I switched back to the card,
windows 'helpfully' extended my desktop onto the second monitor.
Turning the desktop extension off and then disabling the second graphics card for
good measure worked for me.
On Friday, April 11, 2008 at 11:56 am, MartinM wrote:
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>This is a very long thread, full of possibilities.
>
>When you say "nothing has worked", did you work through them all ?
>
>Particularly the post before yours, and this tweak (row 117, LH column) at
>href="http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm">kellys-korner.
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 3:03 am
Posted by Na-iem
(1 messages posted)
Thanks! This worked like a charm.
On Monday, March 14, 2005 at 1:37 am, David wrote:
>Go to :
>
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>
>download the script and run it!
>
>It will reset the taskbar to XP default.
>
>D.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 10:56 am
Posted by Hari Katla
(1 messages posted)
Try this,
Open Task Manager by pressing ctrl + shift + esc
Find a process called Explorer.exe
End that process
Use File -> new task
and type explorer.exe in the popup,
Hope it works...
On Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 7:04 pm, Steve wrote:
>Here's something I haven't seen mentioned - two separate video cards might be enabled.
>
>I tried the onboard video on a lark (it sucked) and when I switched back to the
card,
>windows 'helpfully' extended my desktop onto the second monitor.
>
>Turning the desktop extension off and then disabling the second graphics card for
>good measure worked for me.
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Friday, July 25, 2008 at 5:25 am
Posted by ish
(1 messages posted)
THIS WAS REALLY HELPFUL!
Thanks so much.
On Friday, March 25, 2005 at 1:15 pm, Tom wrote:
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>Thank you so much. I've been using Windows with no Taskbar for months, and that
fixed
>it!
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Monday, September 22, 2008 at 1:58 am
Posted by Ginna
(1 messages posted)
I found out how to fix it on youtube.com here is the video to help you all out. Its
a super easy fix. Just use your mouse at the bottom of the screen. You will see just
watch it. Cheers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gy8GWVbQcU
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 9:45 am, Derek wrote:
>
>Have you tried pressing CTRL+ESC or the Windows Key? That should bring up your
start
>menu, even if the taskbar has been shoved to the bottom of the screen. If you can
>get to Control Panels, then Taskbar and Start Menu, you can probably find a way
to
>get it back, then. If you take off "Lock the Taskbar" then you SHOULD see something
>at the bottom of the screen to drag the size back up again. Other than that, I
have
>no clue.
>
>Derek
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Monday, December 29, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Posted by DJ
(1 messages posted)
I had the same exact problem, I spent about 20 minutes looking through forums and
such, until I looked at my display settings. I forgot, when you have two display
adapters(two video cards i.e. on-board and another card) you can choose if your display
goes onto the other card(for another monitor). The way to fix this is; right click
on the desktop, click properties, select advanced tab(after this you should see a
big 1 and 2) click on 2 and uncheck "extend my windows desktop onto this monitor".
This should solve your woes.
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 12:24 am, Ville Paakkinen wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
>
>When I was using command prompt in XP and exited it My taskbar and all my icons
disappeared
>from the desktop. Is there anyway to get them back, because restarting the system
>doesn't help. I have been running programs from the taskmanager.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Posted by esa
(1 messages posted)
just disabled my secondary display ( LCD TV ) and got my taskbar back.
now, reenable it, is ok now.
once thought i lost ie too... was on the tv...
damn dual displays...LOL
hope this helps you!
On Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 8:16 am, kots wrote:
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>Derek,
>
>Even, I am having the same problem and i can't even right click on desktop, nothing
>is coming up when i press windows button or Ctrl+ESC but a beep. I have Windows
2000
>server and Active Directory is installed. I tried Xteq Systems X-Setup, Tweak UI
>tool from Windows 2000 server cd but nothing is working. I can see the icons of
desktop
>when i view from Explorer.
>
>Anyone, Please suggest me how do i get back my Task bar and desktop.
>
>Thanks
>Kots
>
>
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 6:03 am
Posted by shanna
(1 messages posted)
Thanks! I also had this problem and didn't know how to fix it! You Rock!!!!!
On Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 1:05 am, Trish wrote:
>
>Oh wow! Piece of cake! I know this was posted like three years ago but thanks so
>much for the help!
>
>Trish
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 10:24 am
Posted by wendy
(1 messages posted)
This TOTALLY worked for me too (I ran some reader rabbit kids games and my whole
taskbar disappeared)...I just went to that link, clicked on the "taskbar is missing"
on the left list and viola - yeah! thank you so much!
On Friday, March 25, 2005 at 1:15 pm, Tom wrote:
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>Thank you so much. I've been using Windows with no Taskbar for months, and that
fixed
>it!
>
>
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Posted by Mohammed Sarmadawy
(1 messages posted)
Start taskmanager "CTRL+ALT+DELETE", click "New Task..." and type in "explorer.exe",
there you go, it should be fine again!!
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 12:24 am, Ville Paakkinen wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
>
>When I was using command prompt in XP and exited it My taskbar and all my icons
disappeared
>from the desktop. Is there anyway to get them back, because restarting the system
>doesn't help. I have been running programs from the taskmanager.
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Monday, August 31, 2009 at 3:45 am
Posted by carl
(1 messages posted)
thank you for this quick and easy download link it worked a treat so thanks again.
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Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 6:28 am
Posted by Amelia
(1 messages posted)
This happened to me as well, but only when I used the internet. I restored down the
page, and restored it back to full again and all taskbars came back. Couldn't find
an answer anywhere, so trial and error came up with an answer to my problem. Hope
this helps.
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 12:24 am, Ville Paakkinen wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
>
>When I was using command prompt in XP and exited it My taskbar and all my icons
disappeared
>from the desktop. Is there anyway to get them back, because restarting the system
>doesn't help. I have been running programs from the taskmanager.
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