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no icons
Name: okie Date: March 1, 2004 at 03:19:01 Pacific OS: xp home CPU/Ram: p4 2.8 gig 512 ddr
Comment:
in xp there is only wallpaper on screen, no icons or toolbars etc. on technet many ppl have same question. if you go to task manager and "New Task" type in "explorer", they come back. this is all i can find on net . if someone can find out why plz mail me at "gregh77@hotmail.com" also happening on win98 system as well.
Name: scout211 Date: March 1, 2004 at 05:01:22 Pacific
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Is this on startup? When this occurs does explorer appear in task manager under processes. If not, try booting in safe mode, - is explorer running now? Find your PROGMAN.INI in document and settings. Open it with notepad. Typically it should show nine or ten groups. Make sure at least the following are there
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