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Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
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Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 5:15 pm
Posted by darci
(7 messages posted)
I have a question about My
Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
OK. Tried the 'dragging from bottom' bit, the disable/enable autohide/lock part,
and the 'bar is not hidden anywhere else on the screen. DL'd the 'XP taskbar desktop
fixall' from that site mentioned in many threads, and the 'bar popped briefly into
view but just as quickly went away! The taskbar also shows itself during reboot but
by the time XP finishes loading, it goes on vacation again. I created another account
with admin status, switched, and there it is, working fine. Switch back over to my
account, and no, it isn't there. Incidentally, this happened after I installed the
Aston shell and gave it a try and then switched the shell back to Windows. I uninstalled
the Aston, deleted the bits that remained, and then cleaned the registry of any leftovers.
Any new answers to this dilemma would be great - my XP disc is at the bottom of a
box under more boxes a few miles away in storage (yeah, smart). Thanks!
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 11:34 pm
Posted by Big John
(105 messages posted)
It sounds as if you may have oversized our screen. Try shrinking the screen with
the monitor buttons. I had some software the changed my screen and took me a while
to figure it out. You can also try http://www.coloradoesa.com/xpdesktopprob.html
but it sounds like you did all that.
Good Luck! BJ 
On Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 5:15 pm, darci wrote:
>I have a question about My
>Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?:
>
>OK. Tried the 'dragging from bottom' bit, the disable/enable autohide/lock part,
>and the 'bar is not hidden anywhere else on the screen. DL'd the 'XP taskbar desktop
>fixall' from that site mentioned in many threads, and the 'bar popped briefly into
>view but just as quickly went away! The taskbar also shows itself during reboot
but
>by the time XP finishes loading, it goes on vacation again. I created another account
>with admin status, switched, and there it is, working fine. Switch back over to
my
>account, and no, it isn't there. Incidentally, this happened after I installed the
>Aston shell and gave it a try and then switched the shell back to Windows. I uninstalled
>the Aston, deleted the bits that remained, and then cleaned the registry of any
leftovers.
>Any new answers to this dilemma would be great - my XP disc is at the bottom of
a
>box under more boxes a few miles away in storage (yeah, smart). Thanks!
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 9:55 am
Posted by darci
(7 messages posted)
Thanks for the reply - yep, tried the latter out, and the resizing-screen as well;
There is a space left open at the bottom where the TB should be, a nice clear 1/2
inch band showing the desktop underneath a full-sized window or the start menu (via
ctrl+esc/winbutt...)
On Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 11:34 pm, Big John wrote:
>It sounds as if you may have oversized our screen. Try shrinking the screen with
>the monitor buttons. I had some software the changed my screen and took me a while
>to figure it out. You can also try http://www.coloradoesa.com/xpdesktopprob.html
>but it sounds like you did all that.
>
>
>
> Good Luck! BJ
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Monday, January 30, 2006 at 8:33 pm
Posted by darci
(7 messages posted)
...on top of this, I did a registry-edit by deleting the StuckRects2 key in the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
StuckRects] string which - evidently in other cases - after a reboot, repairs and
regenerates the TB. Not in my case though. Still trying...
On Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 11:34 pm, Big John wrote:
>It sounds as if you may have oversized our screen. Try shrinking the screen with
>the monitor buttons. I had some software the changed my screen and took me a while
>to figure it out. You can also try http://www.coloradoesa.com/xpdesktopprob.html
>but it sounds like you did all that.
>
>
>
> Good Luck! BJ
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re: Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?'
Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 1:50 pm
Posted by helpguy
(1 messages posted)
Hi,
Here is how i solved the same kind of issue.
Just open the task manager by hitting the famous CTRL-ALT-DEL sequence.
Go the process tab and kill every existing instances of "explorer.exe". (clic the
name in the list then the "end process" button)
Then go to File / New Task and type explorer.exe
And here it is !!
To my understanding, the first explorer instance check if the taskbar exists, If
there is none, it creates it. It will restore your missing desktop icons as well.
This happens quite often to me and this tip worked every time. It is better than
rebooting (which usually solves the problem). In your case, as a reboot doesn't fix
it, i suspect an explorer is launched automatically at startup.
Laurent (aka helpguy)
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