| 2 renjiomega, on Sep 14, 2008 9:15:13 pm BSTI 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. | 3 alex, on Oct 27, 2008 3:34:37 pm GMTI ahve try alt +crt+ del but its telling me that by task manager has been disable by my administrater
what should i do | 9 Deep, on Nov 19, 2008 8:15:04 am GMTDownload RRT.EXE from google and run in safe mode ur problem is solve after. | 10 catlam, on Nov 21, 2008 3:17:13 pm GMTI 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! | 52 ditto, on Mar 17, 2009 1:36:04 pm GMTWhen booting icons appear and quickly disappear and I am left with a blank wallpaper--no startup or anything. I cut it off and wait and reboot, but same thing happens over & over. It does not go to safemode. So, should I try f11 for a recovery? | 75 Goldie, on Sep 5, 2009 4:41:30 pm BSTI have the same problem, my daughter downloaded a virus last week. I installed eset an antivirus software that was recommended by my (IT) co-worker. I'm still not able to retreive my desk top or start up menu all I have is my wallpaper. What do you recomend? |
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| 40 Micki12, on Feb 22, 2009 10:47:36 pm GMTI have the same problem as alex my computer says the adminstator is disabling the task manager what do i do...
o and im at the library looking this up so i can't acess the internet either
im connected just nothing is happening |
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| 7 koanvista, on Nov 7, 2008 6:16:19 am GMTThnx so much for advice on restoring taskbar and start menu using task manager. i was so frustrated. your a champ. | 70 Maharet53, on Jul 26, 2009 6:01:41 pm BSTI lost my start up button, cannot get into my computer/ control panel exceipt thru the task manager.
HELP!!! |
| 73 dhileepan, on Aug 8, 2009 6:05:58 am BSTWhat is a advice plzzz tell i have same problem |
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| 8 Fedrizzi, on Nov 11, 2008 7:21:58 am GMTThis 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 | 11 mooglepie, on Nov 24, 2008 8:50:48 am GMTNice 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) | 13 exDiller, on Dec 6, 2008 3:45:39 pm GMTMooglepie,
Sounds like your laptop may be overheating and shutting down to save the CPU. Could get expensive if this is the case and you fry your cpu. Unless you need a good reason to get a new one :-P
Make sure the fans on the bottom are not blocked!
Cheers,
D | 15 Gord.G, on Dec 10, 2008 7:13:28 am GMTHi,
Apparently i dont seem to be going anywhere with all the solutions. I can access my task manager even when booting from safe mode. What can i do.
Plz help |
| 59 watt, on Apr 19, 2009 4:37:59 pm BSTI am aggre with him .many time we faced and solve this problem
wattvolt |
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| 14 mlf, on Dec 8, 2008 8:00:26 pm GMTI was so mad and every one I called wanted $200 to fix it, But you are the best I did what you said.
hit ctrl, alt delete. click processes tab and select any Explorer running. hit end task and yes to end process.
As soon as I deleted one of them my computer was back. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!! |
| 33 KT, on Feb 14, 2009 7:14:13 pm GMTPerfect! Once I killed the old explorer.exe process and restarted explorer, i got all of them back. Thank you! That was a very annoying problem. |
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| 22 nita, on Jan 25, 2009 2:36:31 am GMTHello,
may i ask how you went to tasks and shut down one of the explorers?? |
| 25 nita, on Jan 28, 2009 6:32:57 pm GMTHello fredrizzi,
may i ask how you went to tasks and shut down one of the explorers?? |
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| 12 Belle, on Nov 25, 2008 12:19:50 pm GMTYours helped. thank you so much. |
| 16 caligirl, on Dec 11, 2008 12:22:50 am GMTThanks so much renjiomega. I did exactly what you said and it worked perfectly. |
| 19 Redd8605, on Dec 26, 2008 1:00:48 am GMTIm having the same problem as everyone else how do I reformat my drive | 71 Bon, on Aug 4, 2009 5:13:43 am BSTMy screen has cut off the left and right sides,I cannot get it back where I can access my home pages or msg.s |
| 72 Bon, on Aug 4, 2009 5:13:44 am BSTMy screen has cut off the left and right sides,I cannot get it back where I can access my home pages or msg.s |
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| 20 nick, on Jan 14, 2009 2:45:11 pm GMTGrt man ,thanks , it really worked ... |
| 27 Vic, on Feb 2, 2009 7:05:27 am GMTIm having the same problem....
I ctrl>alt>delete,
New task, and I type "explorer"
The desktop icons come, but then a few seconds later, they go away again.
and it keeps doing that for a while...
it comes, and goes.... a few times...
then after a few times doing that...
it goes back to blank screen (just wall paper) and thats it.
I have tried everything.
the root thing, safe mode, any other ideas?! |
| 32 Relieved, on Feb 9, 2009 2:37:07 am GMTThank you. Your fix for retrieving the start menu and the active icons bar worked for me. |
| It worked! but guess what? it disappeared! it brought up everything that i wanted (my files and desktop stuff) but then, along with the rest off the stuff on my desktop, it disappeared! again! |
| 38 db, on Feb 17, 2009 4:49:52 am GMTHi, I have the same problem, I followed your instruction, it did work, I was able
to get my icons back when I type explorer.exe but when i restart my computer
my icons does not automatically display, i have to alt ctrl del togo to the task mgr
all the time to get my desktop icon back. is there a way to have this auto. like
it was before? thanks for any help.
david |
| 39 anonymous, on Feb 19, 2009 10:47:49 pm GMTThank you so much i couldn't find out what was wrong |
| 44 munira, on Feb 25, 2009 12:20:00 pm GMTI do not have any task manager on my windows after pressing ctrl alt delete what should i do to bring icons on my windows |
| 49 tc, on Mar 7, 2009 3:38:16 am GMTHi
i m having the same problem and i pressed ctrl-alt-del to solve it but my task manager is not visible can u help me for that
thankyou | 68 Bengilo, on Jun 26, 2009 12:37:49 am BSTI've tried the ctrl alt del, but the task manager is not visible. Pls help. |
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| 54 guest, on Mar 18, 2009 5:23:25 pm GMTFollowed your advice, many thanks ! my start menu and taskbar have retuned, again many thanx |
| 58 dankavan12, on Apr 12, 2009 12:42:27 am BSTI did that but whenever I log on I have to to do is there a way to do it once anf or all.
Thanks a lot! :) |
| 60 Ronnie, on Apr 20, 2009 4:38:00 pm BSTThank You my lovely, it worked a treat! x |
| 66 VT, on Jun 12, 2009 7:01:40 am BSTThanks dude keep doin wat u do ur awesome |
| 67 mara, on Jun 15, 2009 6:22:30 am BSTI was doing a search on Bing to find out how to solve this problem because my taskbar and windows start up is constantly disappearing when I restart the computer. Your advice here worked perfectly and I want to thank you for posting and sharing. Now I know what to do when I have the problem. Thank you so much.
Mara |
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All my icons and start menu are gone