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Disappearing icons, start menu

hutchins888, on Monday July 7, 2008 10:40:09 PM
Hello,toolbar, startup menu icons missing after starting i e 7 can't retrieve back to windows. Works fine in safe mode. Can you help? Please email.
Configuration: Windows Vista
Internet Explorer 7.0
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Itboy26, on Tuesday July 8, 2008 09:25:31 AM
i think that you have got a virus on your pc

Please scan your pc on safe boot and try booting again ,if the problem continue make all backup on safe mode and then format your drive.



The virus has infected your system files.
   
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renjiomega, on Sunday September 14, 2008 09:15:13 PM
I too have been recently havn problems with this and if this helps in any way i'm glad cuz i jus wanna help out others as i want to bre helped ....

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From time to time, Explorer (the application responsible for the taskbar, desktop, and Start Menu) will crash, and the taskbar and all your desktop icons will disappear. Now, there’s a built-in safeguard for this that relaunches Explorer automatically if such a crash is detected, but it doesn’t always work as it’s designed. For example, if you have a separate Windows Explorer window open and the Launch folder windows in a separate process option (in Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View tab) is enabled, and the taskbar disappears, Windows will mistakenly open another Windows Explorer window instead of reinstating your taskbar and desktop. Here's how to get your taskbar and desktop back:

Close all visible Windows Explorer windows. Other running applications can be left alone.

Press Ctrl-Alt-Del, and then click Task Manager.

In the Windows Task Manager application that appears, select New Task (Run) from the File menu.

Type Explorer and click Ok.
   
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alex, on Monday October 27, 2008 03:34:37 PM
i ahve try alt +crt+ del but its telling me that by task manager has been disable by my administrater
what should i do
   
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Deep, on Wednesday November 19, 2008 08:15:04 AM
download RRT.EXE from google and run in safe mode ur problem is solve after.
   
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catlam, on Friday November 21, 2008 03:17:13 PM
I have the same problem.. Last night my computer went blank.. now, all I can see on it is the wallpaper.. no icons, no start icon.. nothing. It looks like your advice is working well for others, so I would like to try it.... but I don't understand what it means to "download RRT.EXE from google".. Besides, I can't even get to google anyway. I can't do anything with my comp. I am using my comp at work right now. Please help. Thanks!
   
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koanvista, on Friday November 7, 2008 06:16:19 AM
thnx so much for advice on restoring taskbar and start menu using task manager. i was so frustrated. your a champ.
   
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Fedrizzi, on Tuesday November 11, 2008 07:21:58 AM
This helped my problem too

I did not have my desktop or toolbar. I just got a Mac and I run VM fusion ware which is great. But when it updated windows xp service pack and rebooted the desktop and toolbar went missing.

I tried the above direction

c alt del

then run task

explorer

That it self did not work

then i went to tasks and shut down one of the explorers. Then it worked.
So if above does not work then try to shut down one of the task.

Thanks
   
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mooglepie, on Monday November 24, 2008 08:50:48 AM
nice that worked, thanks!!!

from time to time my laptop will just poweroff on its own. so i'll reboot the machine only to find, after the blue windows screen is displayed, that a blank screen shows up with only my cursor. what to do is this:

hit ctrl, alt delete. click processes tab and select any Explorer running. hit end task and yes to end process. once there's no more of those on the list, go to Tasks or Programs tab and hti the new task button. type Explorer, and hit okay. alternately you could browse to firefox.exe's location or iexplorer.exe if you want to access the internet for help (which amazingly, works without the taskbar or desktop behind it)
   
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 Belle, on Tuesday November 25, 2008 12:19:50 PM
Yours helped. thank you so much.
   
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Stewrt, on Tuesday October 28, 2008 01:17:55 AM
I'Ve got the exact same thing, nasty lil bugger isn't it.

All the same symptoms you have, the crt/alt/del disabled. And having half of my start menu options disabled. Along with some popups and other things.

I did a scan in safe mode with AVG and Spybot S+D both found some things but it keeps coming back.


Ill post if I find a solution, but it doesn't look good.

Stu
   
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lee, on Friday October 31, 2008 10:06:48 AM
What oppirating system.
   
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stewrt, on Friday October 31, 2008 11:47:37 AM
Win XP Home,


I backed up and reformatted yesterday. I knew which file the virus came in which was a big help.

Stu
   
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