no desktop or startbar

naylor1 · 03-04-2007, 11:48 AM

please can anyone give me any advice my operating system is windows xp and everytime i reboot i find that there is no desktop or startbar. The only way i can access programs is through alt control and delete and usung task manager. i have looked on the processers and there is no explorer.exe and when i go to run it u can see the start bar appear across bottom of screen then go away again straight away.i was thaninking about rebooting but i cant find ma xp disk so i dnt think thats possible or is it? any help on my problem?............................thanks

thunderlord · 03-20-2007, 10:14 PM

hi naylor

when u go to safe mode do u see startbar and desktop ? how to go safe mode ? press F8 while booting to get menu in dos mode choose safe mode then go safe mode btw where is your cd xp ?

colfaxintl · 11-21-2008, 05:35 PM

You don't have your taskbar on autohide by any chance?

03-04-2007, 11:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
naylor1 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1	no desktop or startbar please can anyone give me any advice my operating system is windows xp and everytime i reboot i find that there is no desktop or startbar. The only way i can access programs is through alt control and delete and usung task manager. i have looked on the processers and there is no explorer.exe and when i go to run it u can see the start bar appear across bottom of screen then go away again straight away.i was thaninking about rebooting but i cant find ma xp disk so i dnt think thats possible or is it? any help on my problem?............................thanks

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03-20-2007, 10:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
thunderlord Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 65	hi naylor when u go to safe mode do u see startbar and desktop ? how to go safe mode ? press F8 while booting to get menu in dos mode choose safe mode then go safe mode btw where is your cd xp ?

11-21-2008, 05:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
colfaxintl Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sunnyvale Posts: 3	You don't have your taskbar on autohide by any chance?