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Name: Jaap den Butter
Date: August 29, 2009 at 01:21:08 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Subcategory: Software Problems
Comment:

My Windows XP starts up, but no desktop or start menu comes up. The only thing I can do is ctr-alt-del. Is there any way to get my desktop and start menu back?



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Name: clive_pearce
Date: August 29, 2009 at 01:57:16 Pacific
Reply:

Google

http://www.google.co.uk/search?
hl=en&q=no+desktop+or+start+xp&meta=&rlz=1I7GGLL_en-GB

UK MP's are thieving scumbags.
EU members are worse.


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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser4Real
Date: August 29, 2009 at 03:18:15 Pacific
Reply:

Go to Kellys-Korner
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_...
and scroll down to Item No. 195 (right column), click on "Restore Desktop Icons and
Taskbar".

Install the registry fix, then reboot your computer. See if that gets you going

Some HELP in posting on Computing.net plus free progs and instructions Cheers


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Response Number 3
Name: ACCUSER
Date: September 11, 2009 at 13:10:01 Pacific
Reply:

Try following:

1. Select CTL-ALT-DEL and bring up Task Manager.
2. Choose File, New Task (Run).
(Do not includes quotes " " when enter commands)
3. Enter "CMD" and press Enter to open a Command Prompt Window.
4. Enter "CD \" and press Enter.
(This gets you to root directory)
5. Enter "CD \Windows\System32" and press Enter.
6. Enter "REM SHDOCVW.DLL SHDOCVW.OLD" and press Enter.
(Do a Google search on this file, but in short Show Doc View is what allows you to see the desktop, among other things)
7. Enter "COPY SHDOCVW.BAK SHDOCVW.DLL" and press Enter.
8. Enter "Exit" and press Enter to exit Command Prompt Window.
9. Reboot your system.

Possible causes would be a bad Windows update from MS.


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Response Number 4
Name: ACCUSER
Date: September 11, 2009 at 13:11:08 Pacific
Reply:

Sorry, I meant REN, not REM. "REN" is short for Rename.


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