My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back? Intended For Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95 Move the mouse to the bottom of the screen until the mouse cursor looks like you're about to resize something. Stretch the Taskbar up, so that it is visible. Note: this is the most commonly asked question by new users of Windows 98. To do this with the keyboard, type Ctrl-ESC, Alt-Space, S, and then use the Up Arrow to resize the taskbar. Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Sunday, August 5, 2001 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows XP] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (Ville Paakkinen: Wednesday, November 21, 2001) [Windows 95] Missing Taskbar (Frank Rossomondo: Thursday, November 29, 2001) [Windows XP] Question about 'My Taskbar is windows classic instead of XP.. (Al: Friday, January 11, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (Mary Ann: Friday, January 18, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (WILLIAM INSKIP: Saturday, November 30, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (leta: Wednesday, January 29, 2003) [Windows 98] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (Warren F. Adams: Sunday, May 11, 2003) [Windows Me] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (Dan: Saturday, June 28, 2003) [Windows XP] Settings perfect, disappear sometimes anyway (Yletc: Sunday, January 4, 2004) [Windows XP] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (Dan: Wednesday, May 11, 2005) [Windows 98] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (Pierce Graham: Monday, September 12, 2005) [Windows XP] Make sure your Security Accounts Manager is running! (Marfan: Friday, October 14, 2005) [Windows XP] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (Lennon Edwards: Tuesday, November 8, 2005) [Windows XP] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (Bob Warner: Thursday, January 26, 2006) [Windows XP] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (darci: Saturday, January 28, 2006) [Windows XP] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (David: Wednesday, February 22, 2006) [Windows Vista] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (dickm: Tuesday, August 14, 2007) [Windows XP] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (SHIRLEY PROPES: Thursday, April 10, 2008) [Windows XP] Comment about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (Duane Wilson: Thursday, May 8, 2008) [Windows XP] My taskbar is GONE (Melanie: Monday, March 2, 2009) [Windows XP] Question about 'My Taskbar has disappeared - how do I get it back?' (Mr. B: Sunday, April 19, 2009) Return to "Using Windows"