On 27 Nov 2007 at 12:21, Peter Ekkerman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There are various reasons for- and various answers to this problem.
> The Taskbar is run or started by Windows Explorer - explorer.exe and
> is also part of your desktop theme.
Didn't know this. Now I do. Thanks for the tip.
> Reasons why the corruption occurs,include power glitches,malware etc,
> so an other advice is to run a malware scan.
> Also using a non-default desktop theme can lead to this.
I have malware scan (as part of an anti-virus suite) running all the time, so that
is probably unlikely. There was a power outage before the problem started, so
that is the most likely reason.
> Quick fixes:
>
> Open TaskManager (Ctrl-Alt-Del)
> Check in process list for explorer.exe. If found,terminate it.
> Then > File > New Task(Run) and type explorer.exe > OK
> If not found,do the same as above.
> *This may not hold on a reboot,which seems to be in your case.
Tried this. Didn't work.
> Restore Taskbar and Start Menu & more!
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
> 117. Restore Taskbar and Start Menu
Did this. Didn't work either.
> 164. Restore Taskbar to Default Functionality
> 195. Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar
Didn't try these as they don't seem to be directly relevant to my problem, or so it
seemed to me.
> or for more choices:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
> <http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus%21.htm>
I did this last. Downloaded Taskbar Is Missing .vbs file. Ran it. Viola! Taskbar
showed up again.
> Somewhat longer:
> Do a System Restore to before this trouble happened.
Did this. Couldn't restore to any of the 10 or 12 restore points.
> Run System File Checker sfc
> Start > Run and type in: sfc /scannow >OK
> This may start rightaway or otherwise ask you to run it at next reboot.
> It may detect faults with explorer.exe.
> Reboot after the check.
Ran it. Nothing happened after a momentary display of a DOS window.
> Repair or replace explorer.exe
> The default location is under C:\WINDOWS , but if you do a search in
> that folder
> you'll find several locations of the exe. (I've got at least 10)
> They are not all the same version,which you will see from the hint
> or under Properties of the file.
> Check the existing one first and replace with the same version or later.
> You may have to rename the old one first because security may not let
> you overwrite it.
I only had two versions. Replaced it from another folder. Didn't work.
> Hope this helps.
> Peter Ekkerman.
Certainly did.
However, because the other suggested steps seemed simpler, I did not try
kellys-korner until the last. But after I tried kellys-korner 117, which failed to
solve the problem, I thought I would never solve it.
With one last try at kellys-korner taskbarplus, I was pleasantly surprised to see
the missing taskbar coming back.
Thanks once again for all the suggestions.
I hope my experience will help someone else if this problem occurs on his
computer.
> Chew Yoke Lim said the following on 27/11/2007 12:01 AM:
> > Hi
> >
> > I run Windows XP SP2 as my sole OS on my computer.
> >
> > One morning last week, after I started up my computer, the taskbar at the
> > bottom did not appear. Hence, when I minimize running programs, they cannot
> > be called up again for subsequent use. I have to resort to <Alt> <Tab> to step
> > through to the program i want to resume using.
> >
> > I tried various things to recover the taskbar.
> >
> > Under Control Panel, I opened up the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties to lock
> > the taskbar and set it to be on top of all other windows. That did not work.
> >
> > The only time I get a semblance of a taskbar is when I minimize the Language
> > bar, but it appears to take the height of the Language bar, and not the usual one
> > I used to have.
> >
> > I can set the Quick launch bar, and the clock and other icons on the right end of
> > this strange taskbar can be seen, as is the arrow for showing hidden icons,
> > which does work.
> >
> > However, the minimized programs are still not seen, and it appears as if the
> > whole taskbar is the Language bar, because when I right-clicked the bar, it gives
> > options for Language bar changes only.
> >
> > The few times when I shut down my computer, there was a message which had
> > never appeared before. It says the svchost.exe is not able to read something in
> > some memory location.
> >
> > What does that mean, and could that be the reason for the missing taskbar?
> >
> > Anyone any clues?
> >
> > Thanks for any pointers.
> >
> >
> > Yoke Lim
> >
> > ----------------------------
> > Chew Yoke Lim
> > Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
> > E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > ----------------------------
Yoke Lim
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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