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taskbar & desktop icons gone
Name: kenh Date: August 12, 2005 at 17:08:25 Pacific OS: winxp CPU/Ram: 1.5
Comment:
while surfing the other night, my desktop icons and taskbar disappeared. I have to hit ctrl/alt/delete and start programs from the task manager now. everything else seems normal. I CANNOT right click on the desktop to get the icons back - I have only my background picture and a mouse pointer on the screen. I tried system restore, but no luck. I searched the data base and saw this problem several times, but never with a solution. any bonafide gurus out there that can tackle this one?? thanks!
Name: Johnw Date: August 12, 2005 at 19:19:16 Pacific
Reply:
Restore XP Desktop Icons and Taskbar http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/nodesktop.reg
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Response Number 2
Name: Johnw Date: August 12, 2005 at 19:40:48 Pacific
Reply:
Here is more info. Alongside Tip 195 http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/xp_taskbar_desktop_fixall.vbs
Here is another way. http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_recover_my_desktop.htm
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Response Number 3
Name: andreko83 Date: August 25, 2005 at 10:00:48 Pacific
Reply:
This is the only thing that really fixed my computer.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
thanks!
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Response Number 4
Name: Johnw Date: August 25, 2005 at 18:09:51 Pacific
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