Upon start up only wallpaper shows, no icons

Same problem anyone help?

You can Ctrl - Alt - Del, and under the Applications tab click "New" and type in "explorer". This will bring up your desktop. You can then try the many suggestions that you have read about.

I also have this problem sometimes. I have no idea about the reason or a permanent solution, but I used to solve it by clicking "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "Del", then go to "Processes" tab, select the "EXPLORER" process and click "End Task". Then goto "Shut Down" menu, select "Log off". It will show you all available user accounts. Select your account and it will work fine.

I've had a similar problem, if your computer is windows xp then there is a simple fix.
If your computer fails to show icons and start bar this is because windows explorer has not started for some reason or other. to simply turn this on hit "ctrl+alt+del" to bring up the task manager.

Select file in the top left corner and new task.

Type into the box "explorer" without the quotation marks and you should have your precious icons back, i would then do a scan to see if a virus has caused this.

Hi m8s,
First I would like to express my deepest gratitude for those of you who are finding time to help poor bums like me.

With that said, I would like to somewhat expend the domain of the problem;

There are three user accounts on my machine. I was able to get to the “wall paper & no icons” by logging into the one of the secondary (no admin privileges) accounts, but every time I try to login into the main account, my machine freezes. Additionally, task manager would not start any new process, not even explorer.

To make things funnier, it is an old laptop with a DVD drive that is out of commission, so I cannot even reinstall the OS. I already see my hard drive in a nice little enclosure so that I can salvage at least some of the data (I hope).

As a final thought, after researching this and other forums, I am pretty damn sure that it is some nasty malware creating the havoc.

CTL+ALT+DEL then click file and new task. then type explorer.exe and press ok

I have been suffering with this for a while now, I have tried everything. I just ran hijack this and have no real idea of what I am looking at. Any help?

Have tried everything mentioned in this thread... to no avail...

Those keys are not to be found in the location of the registry you sugesed. Only a map named explorer.

When trying to install any anti virus or anti spyware software I get the message that the admin does not allow this installation, even when logged ni as sys admin. So I guess this spyware changes this, too.

Need a fix fast for this problem.
thanks

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe

Just went into regedit and removed and I am up and working.

Koodos

That was the ticket. Thank You. Joe

I have a Win2K Pro machine that is having the same issue with the start up. Just shows the wallpaper and nothing else. When using CTRL-ALT-DEL, Task Manager will not launch. Nothing works loading in safe mode or last known good config. Trying to figure something out because the original disks for this machine are no where to be found.

Any suggestions here?

Thanks in advance,
Brad

I have the solution. I spent 5 days until I found a solution to this Trojan Virus problem. Each time you boot up and click on one of your software icons ALL the icons and control bar on the bottom of the screen disappear. I tried all the leading anti-virus software and none worked. I got on a Microsoft blog site and kept seeing the same software mentioned as a solution. I used SUPERAntiSpyware 4.21 to clear the Trojan out and then Uniblue “Registry Booster 2” to fix the registry problems caused by the virus.. This Trojan virus is a very difficult virus to kill, but this SUPERAntiSpyware did the trick.

Another unrelated problem that I had on ALL of our computers that Microsoft could not solve, but our staff did…. When we installed SP3 all of our windows xp systems were stuck in a continuous boot-up loop after rebooting. Once we re-booted the system after the SP3 installation the computers were stuck on the “Windows XP graphic” on the screen with a continuous scroll bar. THE SOLUTION: Get rid of all firewire cords on external devices and replace with USB cords if the drive or components can use USB. Windows xp with Service Pack 3 will not boot up completely with firewire cords attached to the computer. Microsoft spent 3 hours trying to solve the problem and finally told me it was a driver problem with WD USB drives. This was not the case.. INCORRECT. Just remove the firewired compents… You do not need any new drivers for you hard drives.

I hope this help someone out there.

Dear User,
It was a simple fix really. I went to the mall brought it to the apple store. ( I had Windows XP SP2)
and they fixed it for free. I sold the PC on eBay with a blank system. No OS (programmable) and bought a Mac. No Problems. =) Also I got a free iPod Touch b/c of the "Back to School" Special.
Sincerely,
Pissed of Windows User (Happy Steve Jobs User {Steve Jobs Creator of Mac and Apple})

Hi i am a total amateur and have the same problem. i did not solve it yet but i did find a way inn to copy files. I had no icons, no task bar just a screen saver, and the recovery discs were useless and ctl-alt del did nothing either. the only thing i was able to do was right click and it let me make a new folder on the screen. miraculously it stayed there and then i right clicked it again and it let me into explore then further into control panel. I managed to copy all my documents music photos etc on to an external drive. yipee. but when i tried to copy my favorites it froze so i turned off power retarted and now have black screen, but at least i got my files someone who is tech savvy could have done more. hope that helps someone