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re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Friday, May 30, 2003 at 8:54 am Posted by donthave1 (56 messages posted) from the run line with the xp cd run this sfc /scannow [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 3:22 am Posted by Daedelous (2 messages posted) It ran, finished, then vanished. Didn't show any results or anything. On Friday, May 30, 2003 at 8:54 am, donthave1 wrote: >from the run line with the xp cd run this >sfc /scannow > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Friday, July 4, 2003 at 10:50 am Posted by FlipMatic (1 messages posted) Same exact problem, only task manager works, explorer wont work, i use the run command to do just about everything else...tried the sfc /scannow command as well... any more suggestions? (I searched most of this forum and tried other suggestions but to no avail) On Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 3:22 am, Daedelous wrote: > >It ran, finished, then vanished. Didn't show any results or anything. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Saturday, January 24, 2004 at 12:01 pm Posted by scott (1 messages posted) same problem the way i do it now is to go to task manager then go to run then go to windoes then run downloaded program files and it loads explorer back up but i have to do this each time On Friday, July 4, 2003 at 10:50 am, FlipMatic wrote: >Same exact problem, only task manager works, explorer wont work, i use the run command >to do just about everything else...tried the sfc /scannow command as well... any >more suggestions? (I searched most of this forum and tried other suggestions but >to no avail) > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Friday, July 30, 2004 at 10:58 pm Posted by janie (1 messages posted) Did anyone ever find out what to do here, i am having the same problem!!! HELP!!!! On Friday, May 30, 2003 at 6:00 am, Daedelous wrote: >I have worked on my friend's computer for about 2 hours now and to no avail. Windows >loads up, but it only displays the wallpaper, with no right-clicking available, no >start menu...nothing. I ctrl+alt+deled and have worked with task manager and msconfig >quite a bit. I tried the aforementioned tip to run "explorer", but nothing seemed >to happen when I ran it. No "explorer" in the Processes window. I figure that is >the problem. Not sure how else to load it up. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Tuesday, June 7, 2005 at 11:32 am Posted by Mr Golden (1 messages posted) I discovered the solution. Go to regedit. Then delete these keys : 1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\iexplorer.exe and 2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe 3. Reboot. Enjoy! On Friday, July 30, 2004 at 10:58 pm, janie wrote: >Did anyone ever find out what to do here, i am having the same problem!!! HELP!!!! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at 5:07 pm Posted by Dooey (1 messages posted) Suppose you have this problem and on top of this it says 'Task Manager has been disabled by the Administrator.' [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 4:48 am Posted by popsy (1 messages posted) Thanks a lot man, I quoted you on http://forums.devshed.com/archive/t-121581/Missing-icons-taskbar-start-menu I tried almost everything, this is the real thing Thanks again On Tuesday, June 7, 2005 at 11:32 am, Mr Golden wrote: > >I discovered the solution. Go to regedit. Then delete these keys : > >1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution >Options\iexplorer.exe > >and > >2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution >Options\explorer.exe > >3. Reboot. > >Enjoy! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Friday, August 5, 2005 at 10:49 pm Posted by Melissa (1 messages posted) I followed your instructions, but after reaching Image File Execution Options, I cannot locate any explorer.exe or iexplorer.exe Please help, this is so frusterating. On Tuesday, June 7, 2005 at 11:32 am, Mr Golden wrote: > >I discovered the solution. Go to regedit. Then delete these keys : > >1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution >Options\iexplorer.exe > >and > >2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution >Options\explorer.exe > >3. Reboot. > >Enjoy! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Saturday, August 6, 2005 at 5:36 am Posted by Rod S. (2 messages posted) XP Home PC with same problem. Those registry entries were not there?? Any other ideas? On Tuesday, June 7, 2005 at 11:32 am, Mr Golden wrote: > >I discovered the solution. Go to regedit. Then delete these keys : > >1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution >Options\iexplorer.exe > >and > >2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution >Options\explorer.exe > >3. Reboot. > >Enjoy! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Friday, November 11, 2005 at 8:32 am Posted by ojebussaveus (1 messages posted) Same problem.. I can't find those keys where are they located? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 7:11 am Posted by bal (1 messages posted) having the exact same problem and no keys PLEASe help [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 6:41 pm Posted by cogs (202 messages posted) http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/99609816/m/438005156731 please read all b4 trying anything (always) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 11:24 pm Posted by Aaron (1 messages posted) well i like to keep things simple. i've been trying to get this damn trojan off my computer for 3 days so tonight i finally decided to do some browsing. i searched on google to find out what the problem was and what i had to do. this was the most helpful site i got what i needed up top   BUT THEY KEYS ARE NOT THERE? so what did i do. kept things real -opened the start menu -opened the "search" utility -searched for "iexplore.exe" now 4 or 5 different items came up i simply. deleted all of them jus boom out with it. windows said i needed a cd to save it or something to which i totally disregarded its advice. and continued it warned me that some files might not work properly and i made the decision that the risk is better than having some hacker on my comp.  i got a bunch of clear readings on my performance in the task manager.. no iexplorer.exe anymore.. and no unusual cpu usage. i think its saved for now. going to run virus scans for the last time to make sure everything is okay   thats all ya gotta do. search for it. and jus delete it.    good luck [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum