I have a question about How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes:

. if i restart explorer, many apps which minimise to the small panel near the clock do not show up, although the processes are runnig they dont appear again. The only way to get them visible again seems to be to restart then, yet the same problem may occur. Also, sometimes explorer crashes if i end task internet explorer! why is that?

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1st, are the icons just hidden?  Have you tried clicking on the << in the taskbar 
just to the left of the system tray to see if the icons are hidden.

2nd, look in your Event Viewer under Administrative Tools on the Start menu to see 
if any error messages have been logged when Windows Explorer crashes. 

. if i restart explorer,
>many apps which minimise to the small panel near the clock do not show up, although
>the processes are runnig they dont appear again. The only way to get them visible
>again seems to be to restart then, yet the same problem may occur.
>
>Also, sometimes explorer crashes if i end task internet explorer! why is that?
>
>
>

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nope, they are not hidden. If explorer crashes, many of my systray icons just disapear. as for the administrative tools, all it says is that the shell stopped unexpectedly and explorer.exe was restarted. Ona side note, thi appears to be a general bug in windows, from whiat i found out. It seems that when explorer crashes, windows requests the applicatios running to redraw the systray icons (that is if windows requests, maybe the application has to check). However, many apps fail to do so, like windvd and so many others that all i can say is barely any support it. This is highly annoying, some processes may be minimised but it may be critical to gauge their progress, but there is no possible way to do so unless u restart it. If anybody could tell an alternative method toredraw the icons, please let me know. I am not interested in traysavers and such, any other ay?


On Thursday, November 13, 2003 at 4:05 pm, jcw wrote:
>

>1st, are the icons just hidden?  Have you tried clicking on the << in the taskbar 
>just to the left of the system tray to see if the icons are hidden.
>
>2nd, look in your Event Viewer under Administrative Tools on the Start menu to see 
>if any error messages have been logged when Windows Explorer crashes. 

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I don't recall anything specifically about a general bug in Windows as you describe, but the trick then is to stop your crashes back to the desktop. Returning to the Event Viewer, there should be more info (so-called "error signature") about the error: source, category, event ID, and description. I assume you getting no BSODs?


On Thursday, November 13, 2003 at 9:35 pm, aditya wrote:
>nope, they are not hidden. If explorer crashes, many of my systray icons just disapear.
>as for the administrative tools, all it says is that the shell stopped unexpectedly
>and explorer.exe was restarted.
>
>Ona side note, thi appears to be a general bug in windows, from whiat i found out.
>It seems that when explorer crashes, windows requests the applicatios running to
>redraw the systray icons (that is if windows requests, maybe the application has
>to check). However, many apps fail to do so, like windvd and so many others that
>all i can say is barely any support it. This is highly annoying, some processes may
>be minimised but it may be critical to gauge their progress, but there is no possible
>way to do so unless u restart it.
>
>If anybody could tell an alternative method toredraw the icons, please let me know.
>I am not interested in traysavers and such, any other ay?
>
>

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Yes, its event ID: 1002, I have exactly the same problem. And microsoft help doesn't have a lot to say about it.


On Friday, November 14, 2003 at 12:24 pm, jcw wrote:
>I don't recall anything specifically about a general bug in Windows as you describe,
>but the trick then is to stop your crashes back to the desktop. Returning to the
>Event Viewer, there should be more info (so-called "error signature") about the error:
> source, category, event ID, and description. I assume you getting no BSODs?
>

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What are the other 3 aspects of the logged error, and in the Event Viewer is the error under system, application or security?


On Friday, December 5, 2003 at 8:11 am, Kris wrote:
>Yes, its event ID: 1002, I have exactly the same problem. And microsoft help doesn't
>have a lot to say about it.
>
>

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It is a pretty common bug. Haven't found a real fix yet but here's one site with some tips http://www.tech-pro.co.uk/howto_013.html

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Not convinced that your cited article is addressing the same problem(s) described above.


On Sunday, December 7, 2003 at 9:57 pm, Sketchee wrote:
>It is a pretty common bug. Haven't found a real fix yet but here's one site with
>some tips
>
>http://www.tech-pro.co.uk/howto_013.html

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Having this same problem. System did not crash. It began to happen after the latest security upgrade from microsoft. I still get the Norton Antivirus an internet firewall icons each time I boot up but all the other ones disappeared. some of them come back once in a while but it is very erratic. They show up in the customize notifications as past items but are still running. Sure would like to find a fix.


On Thursday, November 13, 2003 at 7:44 am, Aditya wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes:

. if i restart explorer,
>many apps which minimise to the small panel near the clock do not show up, although
>the processes are runnig they dont appear again. The only way to get them visible
>again seems to be to restart then, yet the same problem may occur.
>
>Also, sometimes explorer crashes if i end task internet explorer! why is that?
>
>
>

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If you ever find a real solution, I would appreciate that you post it to me at Panther_Lover@hotmail.com. In my case, Explorer crashes when I click on the QuickLaunch icons, to open a folder. Then, the taskbar disappears for a few seconds, reappears with many icons in the tray, but a few ones are missing. The applications are still running, but the icon dont show up. Nothing precise is reported in the event viewer...


On Thursday, November 13, 2003 at 7:44 am, Aditya wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes:

. if i restart explorer,
>many apps which minimise to the small panel near the clock do not show up, although
>the processes are runnig they dont appear again. The only way to get them visible
>again seems to be to restart then, yet the same problem may occur.
>
>Also, sometimes explorer crashes if i end task internet explorer! why is that?
>
>
>

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The problem is quite simple. When the explorer restarts after it's crashed, it sends a message to the applications having icons in the tray, so that they can put them back there. If an application doesn't take that into account, its icons wan't be back in the tray once the explorer is restarted ; that's why some icons disappear while others don't. Bottomline is if one application's icon doesn't show up after a crash, the only thing to do is to restart the application (possibly after killing it with the task manager). There's nothing you can do about that.


On Thursday, November 13, 2003 at 7:44 am, Aditya wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes:

. if i restart explorer,
>many apps which minimise to the small panel near the clock do not show up, although
>the processes are runnig they dont appear again. The only way to get them visible
>again seems to be to restart then, yet the same problem may occur.
>
>Also, sometimes explorer crashes if i end task internet explorer! why is that?
>
>
>

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I am having the same annoyance as being described here... I guess I can give a bit more info into WHEN my system performs this shell restart..... I run Mozilla, which never performs a crash and shutsdown with event ID 1002 and shell restart, but when I use IE 6..... quite often I get the Event ID 1002, shell had to shut down and restart... icons in tray dissapear and some reappear... It happens WHEN I open a folder OR doubleclick IE6...... I try to use Mozilla Firebird whenever possible, but have to use IE sometimes... I would much prefer to be able to fix this.... I wonder if I reinstall IE6 everything would be okay? (prob not!) Please Help....


On Tuesday, January 13, 2004 at 6:26 pm, gondos wrote:
>The problem is quite simple.
>When the explorer restarts after it's crashed, it sends a message to the applications
>having icons in the tray, so that they can put them back there. If an application
>doesn't take that into account, its icons wan't be back in the tray once the explorer
>is restarted ; that's why some icons disappear while others don't.
>
>Bottomline is if one application's icon doesn't show up after a crash, the only thing
>to do is to restart the application (possibly after killing it with the task manager).
>There's nothing you can do about that.
>

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I have the same problems you mention. FlashFXP seems to vanish when my explorer crashes, and it doesn't seem to come back. Same happens with IRC. A real annoyance when you have important data on both and don't want to kill the process.

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I too have the same problem you discribe. One thing I have notice is the Microsoft icons such as the network connection, volume control and messenger disappear and don't come back. If the problem is with some programs ignoring the refresh request then why don't the Microsoft icons reappear? You would think MS programs would work correctly...


On Thursday, January 29, 2004 at 10:34 pm, Genesis wrote:
>I have the same problems you mention. FlashFXP seems to vanish when my explorer
>crashes, and it doesn't seem to come back. Same happens with IRC.
>
>A real annoyance when you have important data on both and don't want to kill the
>process.

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I have the same explorer crash, with code 1002, and 
loss of some tray icons, in Windows 2000 Pro. I can 
reproduce the problem by:
CTRL-R (run)
C:\some\directory\path
RETURN
WindowsKey-E (opens an Explorer.exe window)

I can avoid many of the crashes if i explicity tell RUN 
what application to use for a directory read:
CTRL-R
Explorer C:\some\directory\path

It's a drag for me, because I speed up my work by 
using key commands as often as possible, and 
avoiding the mouse. I also like to avoid double-clicking 
on "My Computer", because that takes the time to poll 
a whole bunch of devices, some of which may not be 
in ready states.


The only ways I have found to make the tray icons to 
reappear are less than satisfactory:
 - pskill the process, then restart it.
 - Restart Windows

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Yes same problem here Connection icon disappears, but I am still connected - annoying especially when trying to monitor activity. I too am running Norton Internet Security 2004, and their icons remain in the tray. Going to start montoring this.


On Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 11:58 am, Lemur wrote:
>

>I have the same explorer crash, with code 1002, and 
>loss of some tray icons, in Windows 2000 Pro. I can 
>reproduce the problem by:
>CTRL-R (run)
>C:\some\directory\path
>RETURN
>WindowsKey-E (opens an Explorer.exe window)
>
>I can avoid many of the crashes if i explicity tell RUN 
>what application to use for a directory read:
>CTRL-R
>Explorer C:\some\directory\path
>
>It's a drag for me, because I speed up my work by 
>using key commands as often as possible, and 
>avoiding the mouse. I also like to avoid double-clicking 
>on "My Computer", because that takes the time to poll 
>a whole bunch of devices, some of which may not be 
>in ready states.
>
>
>The only ways I have found to make the tray icons to 
>reappear are less than satisfactory:
> - pskill the process, then restart it.
> - Restart Windows
>

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FYI I have installed the JAVA WEB Start Console, having been prompted by Norton's IP Tracking Feature to do so, and having installed it, the problem as mentioned above has not resurfaced .


On Saturday, March 13, 2004 at 2:35 am, pete edwards wrote:
>Yes same problem here Connection icon disappears, but I am still connected - annoying
>especially when trying to monitor activity.
>
>I too am running Norton Internet Security 2004, and their icons remain in the tray.
>
>Going to start montoring this.
>
>
>
>On Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 11:58 am, Lemur wrote:
>>

>>I have the same explorer crash, with code 1002, and 
>>loss of some tray icons, in Windows 2000 Pro. I can 
>>reproduce the problem by:
>>CTRL-R (run)
>>C:\some\directory\path
>>RETURN
>>WindowsKey-E (opens an Explorer.exe window)
>>
>>I can avoid many of the crashes if i explicity tell RUN 
>>what application to use for a directory read:
>>CTRL-R
>>Explorer C:\some\directory\path
>>
>>It's a drag for me, because I speed up my work by 
>>using key commands as often as possible, and 
>>avoiding the mouse. I also like to avoid double-clicking 
>>on "My Computer", because that takes the time to poll 
>>a whole bunch of devices, some of which may not be 
>>in ready states.
>>
>>
>>The only ways I have found to make the tray icons to 
>>reappear are less than satisfactory:
>> - pskill the process, then restart it.
>> - Restart Windows
>>

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I see a similar problem, but it isn't necessarily tied to an Explorer crash as far as I can see. There are some tray icons that just don't reappear consistently when I re-boot, yet I can see that the underlying processes are running by using Task Manager. APC PowerChute Personal is one of these. And no, they're not simply hidden. Anybody else see this behavior?


On Tuesday, January 13, 2004 at 6:26 pm, gondos wrote:
>The problem is quite simple.
>When the explorer restarts after it's crashed, it sends a message to the applications
>having icons in the tray, so that they can put them back there. If an application
>doesn't take that into account, its icons wan't be back in the tray once the explorer
>is restarted ; that's why some icons disappear while others don't.
>
>Bottomline is if one application's icon doesn't show up after a crash, the only thing
>to do is to restart the application (possibly after killing it with the task manager).
>There's nothing you can do about that.
>
>On Thursday, November 13, 2003 at 7:44 am, Aditya wrote:
>>I have a question about How
>>do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes:

. if i restart explorer,
>>many apps which minimise to the small panel near the clock do not show up, although
>>the processes are runnig they dont appear again. The only way to get them visible
>>again seems to be to restart then, yet the same problem may occur.
>>
>>Also, sometimes explorer crashes if i end task internet explorer! why is that?
>>
>>
>>

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Well this may or may not help to narrow the problem. This problem started with me following a recent liv update of NIS2003. After some research it was suggested that this maybe conflict between XP and 2003 for this particular update (I was also have problems with my broadband speed and the computer had slowed somewhat as well.) I upgraded to NIS2004 and that worked beautifully - UNTIL I DID A LIVE UPDATE!!! Arrrgghhhh - back to square one! Uninstalling NIS solves the problem and returns all the icons but personally I would rather have the protection. However, the above does seem to confirm that this is an NIS problem.


On Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 3:15 pm, Rick wrote:
>
>
>Having this same problem. System did not crash. It began to happen after the latest
>security upgrade from microsoft. I still get the Norton Antivirus an internet firewall
>icons each time I boot up but all the other ones disappeared. some of them come back
>once in a while but it is very erratic. They show up in the customize notifications
>as past items but are still running. Sure would like to find a fix.
>

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I have a similar type of problem to those mentioned above - it may or may not be 
directly related!!
Windows XP Pro with all the usual anti-virus/adware/spyware software installed and 
run often.

An outline of the problem is 
1.   When I attempt to start any application/System function that uses explorer.exe 
I get the "Send to MS" message saying that explorer.exe has caused a problem.  
2.   Some applications work fine.  
3.   Everything works fine in Safe-Mode (as far as allowed).
4.   Some System tray icons are missing.
5.   Using Selective Startup in 'msconfig' does not isolate the problem.

I would appreciate any thoughts on this problem as I have done all the remedial actions 
I can think of.  Have I overlooked a virus? Or Spyware... or..........

Any help would be appreciated.

DC

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I seem to be narrowing down the problem. There is definately a compatability issue between XP Home and NIS2003 which has only arisen as a result of a recent update. XP Pro does not seem to have the same problem. While upgarding to NIS 2004 resolves the system speed and internet speed problems and prevents the timing out etc, depending whether you have a network installed you may appear to lose some of your notification icons and have problems with your email. The problem seems to be caused by the new network identification facility built into NIS2004. If you are running on a peer to peer network and had other computers running during the original installation it will set this as the default network, and after installation and some configuration everything seems to be fine and dandy. But later, should you boot up and the other pcs are not turned on, NIS thinks "I can't see the other PCs therefore you must be on a different network, therefore I'm going to screw up all your settings and block everything in a very unuser friendly way." Depending on how you use your network the best solution seems to be to uninstall NIS2004, turn all the other pcs on the network off and reinstall it on the machine you usually switch on first. You can install it on the others with this machine still running as it normally would be when you boot them up. I know this won't solve all the problems being reported in this thread but I know it has solved mine, and 2 colleagues. Regards Mike


On Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 7:26 am, Mike wrote:
>Well this may or may not help to narrow the problem.
>
>This problem started with me following a recent liv update of NIS2003. After some
>research it was suggested that this maybe conflict between XP and 2003 for this particular
>update (I was also have problems with my broadband speed and the computer had slowed
>somewhat as well.) I upgraded to NIS2004 and that worked beautifully - UNTIL I DID
>A LIVE UPDATE!!! Arrrgghhhh - back to square one! Uninstalling NIS solves the problem
>and returns all the icons but personally I would rather have the protection.
>
>However, the above does seem to confirm that this is an NIS problem.
>
>
>

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I suspect the Explorer.exe crash in XP is due to resources that have been exceeded or an explorer APP stack failure occured. Or perhaps a permission conflict between the virus running and the protection of on-access AV scanners.... File Handles and GUI objects both are much better handled than win98/ME but are not infinite. 98 was limited to 2MB regardless on how much RAM you had. I have XP Pro with 1GB of RAM can vouch for dozens of situations on different APPs that are "resource hogs" that cause Explorer.exe or another APP to crash. Check Ctl-Alt-Del > Process List and View > Select Columns and add File Handles and GUI Objects. If you have several apps with handles > 1000, wonder why and reduce it if possible or trim all the fat in startup APPS and resource hogs. For example AVG is much leaner than NAV and is adequate. AVAST (ashserve) an A.V. APP can consume 9999 handles when on-access scanning is monitored in popup lists when , svchost.exe can be sharing many Services to find out RUN > CMD Tasklist.exe -svc and compare PIDs with Process list in Task Manager. and see the # Handles. Don't confuse VM or memory of APP in memory and resources. Get Proc. Explorer from Sysinternals.com to see and learn. Your Best tools are un-install, Restore, run SFC /SCANNOW and disable most Startups and un-ncessary APPS to trim your XP resources and it will run faster and smoother. But don't discount a worm causing a stack overflow in explorer from the on-access AV scanner in NAV or the TCP rule scanner in NIS or similar resource hogs.


On Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 2:52 am, Mike wrote:
>I seem to be narrowing down the problem.
>
>There is definately a compatability issue between XP Home and NIS2003 which has only
>arisen as a result of a recent update. XP Pro does not seem to have the same problem.
>
>While upgarding to NIS 2004 resolves the system speed and internet speed problems
>and prevents the timing out etc, depending whether you have a network installed you
>may appear to lose some of your notification icons and have problems with your email.
>
>
>The problem seems to be caused by the new network identification facility built into
>NIS2004. If you are running on a peer to peer network and had other computers running
>during the original installation it will set this as the default network, and after
>installation and some configuration everything seems to be fine and dandy. But later,
>should you boot up and the other pcs are not turned on, NIS thinks "I can't see the
>other PCs therefore you must be on a different network, therefore I'm going to screw
>up all your settings and block everything in a very unuser friendly way."
>
>Depending on how you use your network the best solution seems to be to uninstall
>NIS2004, turn all the other pcs on the network off and reinstall it on the machine
>you usually switch on first. You can install it on the others with this machine
>still running as it normally would be when you boot them up.
>
>I know this won't solve all the problems being reported in this thread but I know
>it has solved mine, and 2 colleagues.
>
>Regards
>Mike
>

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i have the same problem. i am not using NIS2003 or 4 i am simply running xp normally. this error has become part of my normal life and it is starting to piss me off. i think the task manager needs a bring to front option when you right click so we might be able to pull the program back onto the screen. -dns


On Monday, June 7, 2004 at 6:05 pm, Tony Stewart wrote:
>I suspect the Explorer.exe crash in XP is due to resources that have been exceeded
>or an explorer APP stack failure occured. Or perhaps a permission conflict between
>the virus running and the protection of on-access AV scanners.... File Handles and
>GUI objects both are much better handled than win98/ME but are not infinite. 98 was
>limited to 2MB regardless on how much RAM you had. I have XP Pro with 1GB of RAM
>can vouch for dozens of situations on different APPs that are "resource hogs" that
>cause Explorer.exe or another APP to crash. Check Ctl-Alt-Del > Process List and
>View > Select Columns and add File Handles and GUI Objects. If you have several
>apps with handles > 1000, wonder why and reduce it if possible or trim all the fat
>in startup APPS and resource hogs. For example AVG is much leaner than NAV and is
>adequate. AVAST (ashserve) an A.V. APP can consume 9999 handles when on-access scanning
>is monitored in popup lists when , svchost.exe can be sharing many Services to find
>out RUN > CMD Tasklist.exe -svc and compare PIDs with Process list in Task Manager.
>and see the # Handles. Don't confuse VM or memory of APP in memory and resources.
> Get Proc. Explorer from Sysinternals.com to see and learn.
>Your Best tools are un-install, Restore, run SFC /SCANNOW and disable most Startups
>and un-ncessary APPS to trim your XP resources and it will run faster and smoother.
> But don't discount a worm causing a stack overflow in explorer from the on-access
>AV scanner in NAV or the TCP rule scanner in NIS or similar resource hogs.
>
>

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Hi guys I had this problem on XP, and I found this to be a good solution.  Bare in 
mind that editing the registry can be dangerous so please only do it if you confident 
with editing it.

Ripped from PcStats weekly newsletter...

====
One thing I find with Windows is that if one part of the system, like the task bar, 
has crashed, in order to fix it you have to reset all your 'explorer' functions. 
Perhaps I'm just being stubborn, but I like the order of the icons in my taskbar...

Of course you can change this in the registry. First load up regedit (Start -> Run 
-> Regedit then press ok) and follow this path HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Microsoft 
-> Windows -> CurrentVersion -> Explorer.

From there create the DesktopProcess DWORD and give it the value 1 which makes explorer 
split into many individual services. If this causes your system problems, simply 
change the value to 0 to disable.
From now on if you overclock too high, or a piece of software causes your system 
to become unstable, you no longer have to mess up your icons or reset explorer. Just 
reset the application which has actually locked up. =)
=====










On Wednesday, June 30, 2004 at 11:57 pm, dns wrote:

>i have the same problem. i am not using NIS2003 or 4 i am simply running xp normally. 

>this error  has become part of my normal life and it is starting to piss me off. 

>i think the task manager needs a bring to front option when you right click so we 

>might be able to pull the program back onto the screen.

>

>-dns

>

>

> 

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My icons started to disappear from the quick launch as also described by many other users. I followed the link below and disabled the SSDP and the UPPD services. Now all my missing icons are back. Thanks for the help!


On Sunday, December 7, 2003 at 9:57 pm, Sketchee wrote:
>It is a pretty common bug. Haven't found a real fix yet but here's one site with
>some tips
>
>http://www.tech-pro.co.uk/howto_013.html

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I had a similar problem – no explorer crash but system tray icons would randomly disappear. After poking around the system I found the following solution. In Windows XP, right click the taskbar and select Properties. Select the Taskbar tab and uncheck “Hide inactive icons”. I hope this helps.


On Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 3:15 pm, Rick wrote:
>
>
>Having this same problem. System did not crash. It began to happen after the latest
>security upgrade from microsoft. I still get the Norton Antivirus an internet firewall
>icons each time I boot up but all the other ones disappeared. some of them come back
>once in a while but it is very erratic. They show up in the customize notifications
>as past items but are still running. Sure would like to find a fix.
>

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I have Windows XP Professional and if the PC is rebooted without shutting down then the Quick Launch disappears. Restarting the PC and then right clicking on the taskbar followed by selecting toolbars and then quick launch brings them all back. I have Office 2003, Win XP Pro SP2, Norton Systemworks 2004. It happens on my Laptop too (same config).

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Not relevant. I disabled it before and Explorer.exe keeps crashing (rarely, but still as much as before).

I met a similar situation: when trying to delete an AVI file that Explorer is reading to extract duration, size and all, it crashes, probably due to an unexpected sharing violation. (I found this thread googling up a way to react to Explorer.exe crashes, ironically.)


On Monday, December 6, 2004 at 6:55 am, flatware wrote:
>I had a similar problem – no explorer crash but system tray icons would randomly
>disappear. After poking around the system I found the following solution.
>
>In Windows XP, right click the taskbar and select Properties. Select the Taskbar
>tab and uncheck “Hide inactive icons”.
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>
>
>

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To get open programs back press hold alt+tab, keep holding alt and press tab until you come to the program. As for restoring notifications... Can't find a fix


On Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 4:00 pm, Looce wrote:
>Not relevant. I disabled it before and Explorer.exe keeps crashing (rarely, but still
>as much as before).

I met a similar situation: when trying to delete an AVI file
>that Explorer is reading to extract duration, size and all, it crashes, probably
>due to an unexpected sharing violation.
>
>(I found this thread googling up a way to react to Explorer.exe crashes, ironically.)
>
>

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I have noticed this too.
That's how I found this thread.




On my systems, it's usually one or two icons:network icon is always there as is antivurus 
and pop up blockers.
the ones missing are sound and lately MS antispyware

My systems do not crash either, though I have seen that many times in past MS OS's.

Anyhow, fellas, this is a good thread, let's keep working until somebody figures 
this out!







On Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 6:04 pm, Peter Robinson wrote:

>I see a similar problem, but it isn't necessarily tied to an Explorer crash as far 

>as I can see.  There are some tray icons that just don't reappear consistently when 

>I re-boot, yet I can see that the underlying processes are running by using Task 

>Manager.  APC PowerChute Personal is one of these.  And no, they're not simply hidden. 

> Anybody else see this behavior?

>

>

> 

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I've had the problem with the icons disappearing from the task bar. This is a new laptop (Dell), with WinXP Pro. The only remaining icons are for McAfee Virus Scan and Adaware. After trying many things (and everything everyone else talked about), I finally tried to at least make my speaker icon appear by going to "Start>Control Panel>Sounds Speech and Audio Devices>Change the Speaker Settings>, and placing a check in the "Place volume icon in the taskbar". Once I do that ALL my icons return to the taskbar. This is a "workaround". Everytime I turn on my computer I have to do this as the check mark disappears from the above.


On Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 3:39 pm, Bart H wrote:
>I have noticed this too.
>That's how I found this thread.

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Well, I seemed to have fixed it. I got tired of always doing the workaround, so restored my computer to an earlier time (a few days earlier), then uninstalled both the McAfee virus scan and Adaware. Restarted my computer. Everything was fine, all icons there, etc. Then I reinstalled McAfee & Adaware, restarted, and everything was normal. All icons showed up like they were supposed to. I restarted over and over and never lost the icons from the taskbar.


On Thursday, September 22, 2005 at 7:55 pm, Judy wrote:
>I've had the problem with the icons disappearing from the task bar. This is a new
>laptop (Dell), with WinXP Pro. The only remaining icons are for McAfee Virus Scan
>and Adaware. After trying many things (and everything everyone else talked about),
>I finally tried to at least make my speaker icon appear by going to "Start>Control
>Panel>Sounds Speech and Audio Devices>Change the Speaker Settings>, and placing a
>check in the "Place volume icon in the taskbar". Once I do that ALL my icons return
>to the taskbar. This is a "workaround". Everytime I turn on my computer I have
>to do this as the check mark disappears from the above.
>
>
>

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Come on guys, Does any one has a straight solution to this error .If yes then please mail it or reply it to me as its very urgent for me .


On Friday, September 23, 2005 at 12:47 pm, Judy wrote:
>Well, I seemed to have fixed it. I got tired of always doing the workaround, so
>restored my computer to an earlier time (a few days earlier), then uninstalled both
>the McAfee virus scan and Adaware. Restarted my computer. Everything was fine,
>all icons there, etc. Then I reinstalled McAfee & Adaware, restarted, and everything
>was normal. All icons showed up like they were supposed to. I restarted over and
>over and never lost the icons from the taskbar.
>
>
>

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I've been able to restore my icons and the taskbar by using Windows Task Manager (the thing you get by doing a Control-Alt-Delete). Under the Applications tab, close all instances of Explorer. Under the Processes tab, select anything in the Image Name column called "Explorer" and right click to get the "End Process" choice. End the process. Now, under the File menu choice, choose "New Task (Run)" and type in "explorer." Press the Ok button. Works for me.


On Friday, February 17, 2006 at 11:36 pm, Hari wrote:
>
>Come on guys, Does any one has a straight solution to this error .If yes then please
>mail it or reply it to me as its very urgent for me .
>
>

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When explorer crashes, Some icons don't come back in the systray (notification area) and the quick launch toolbar disappears. To recover all icons log off and back on. Or use a program like 12 Ghosts Tray Protect. Quick launch can be restarted through the taskbar properties menu. (this is annoying) is there a way to automatically restart quick launch when explorer restarts (and put it where you want it, left side, right side, autohide, etc.)? Also, is there a freeware program that restores all systray (notification area) icons after explorer restarts? Or some other registry tweak. I've used the SSDP UPPD kill fix but this problem still occurs sometimes. Logging off and back on ends all applications so it is not the preferred solution to dissappearing tray icons, just the only easy one i've run into. Thanks to all who read and respond to this thread. I'm using Windows XP Pro with SP1 and I'm not using NIS. Also, I don't have any problems with icons not showing up after a reboot. For problems like that, try using VIS Boot or StartDelay. Thanks again. PAJ


On Sunday, November 19, 2006 at 9:25 am, davidjoho wrote:
>
>I've been able to restore my icons and the taskbar by using Windows Task Manager
>(the thing you get by doing a Control-Alt-Delete).
>
>Under the Applications tab, close all instances of Explorer.
>
>Under the Processes tab, select anything in the Image Name column called "Explorer"
>and right click to get the "End Process" choice. End the process.
>
>Now, under the File menu choice, choose "New Task (Run)" and type in "explorer."
>Press the Ok button.
>
>Works for me.
>
>

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The solution is at hand get it here http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wistinga/shidewin-1.1.zip?download this will restore missing windows and also show you all running hidden windows on your comp, you will be amazed at all the crap sitting on the desktop hidden from view


On Thursday, November 30, 2006 at 5:49 pm, Paul J. wrote:
> When explorer crashes, Some icons don't come back in the systray (notification
>area) and the quick launch toolbar disappears. To recover all icons log off and back
>on. Or use a program like 12 Ghosts Tray Protect. Quick launch can be restarted through
>the taskbar properties menu. (this is annoying) is there a way to automatically restart
>quick launch when explorer restarts (and put it where you want it, left side, right
>side, autohide, etc.)? Also, is there a freeware program that restores all systray
>(notification area) icons after explorer restarts? Or
>some other registry tweak. I've used the SSDP UPPD
>kill fix but this problem still occurs sometimes. Logging off and back on ends all
>applications so it is not the
>preferred solution to dissappearing tray icons, just the only easy one i've run into.
>Thanks to all who read and respond to this thread. I'm using Windows XP Pro with
>SP1 and I'm not using NIS. Also, I don't have any problems with icons not showing
>up after a reboot. For problems like that, try using VIS Boot or StartDelay. Thanks
>again. PAJ
>
>
>

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