Hi Yoke Lim,
Thanks for the feedback.Glad it worked - at least one of them.
Since there are so many reasons or solutions when this happens,
I tried to cover the ones I knew about.
Since this happens every now-and-then,I ended up buying the licensed version
of TaskbarPlus.$5 seemed little for not having hours of frustration.
Actually M$ should have a simple method like the above,
instead, they offer - in typical M$ fashion -a convoluted and
complicated way
check this page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318027
Good luck,
Peter Ekkerman.
Chew Yoke Lim said the following on 03/12/2007 12:44 AM:
> 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]
>>> ----------------------------
>>>
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>
> Yoke Lim
>
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