Where has my windows taskbar gone??

wickedy · 26 Oct 2007 at 11:57

It's not hidden; it's just not there! It appears briefly when Windows (XP) starts up but then disappears after a second.

I’ve fiddled with the taskbar properties but can’t get it to remain, even as being hidden.

I’ve tried terminating exporer.exe from Task Manager and re-running it.

I’ve disabled and un-installed Window Blinds.

It just disappeared overnight. Literally!

Any suggestions please?
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SuperJ · 26 Oct 2007 at 11:59

It isn't on an extended desktop or anything?

Admiral Huddy · 26 Oct 2007 at 12:00

Wrong forum, i'll get this moved to windows forum..

wickedy · 26 Oct 2007 at 12:03

SuperJ said:
It isn't on an extended desktop or anything?

I've got two monitors running, but it doesn't appear on either..

Thanks Huddy...

cooljimy84 · 26 Oct 2007 at 12:55

i had this on windozs ME never could fix it, ended up reinstalling windozs

Have u checked for viruss, spyware, reg problems ??

Bossk128 · 26 Oct 2007 at 14:26

Can you check your Start Menu settings by using windows key-R, then type "control" (enter) and looking at "Task Bar and Start Menu". There might be stuff in there that helps.

Also, it is possible to drag the start menu/task bar to any edge of the screen accidently- try the sides or the top?

Does Ctrl-esc bring up the Start menu?

swinnie · 26 Oct 2007 at 14:30

What about trying to 'drag' down the screen.

What about pushing the Windows key and seeing if the menu appears.

It could be that the resolution is incorrect.

Burnsy2023 · 26 Oct 2007 at 14:35

So the explorer.exe is still running in the background even though it doesn't show the task bar? Are any icons on your desktop when it crashes?

Burnsy

wickedy · 26 Oct 2007 at 15:47

Bossk128 said:
Can you check your Start Menu settings by using windows key-R, then type "control" (enter) and looking at "Task Bar and Start Menu". There might be stuff in there that helps.

Also, it is possible to drag the start menu/task bar to any edge of the screen accidently- try the sides or the top?

Does Ctrl-esc bring up the Start menu?

Yes WinKey-R works, but changing settings in these properties has no affect.

Taskbar not on sides or top of screen - it briefly appears at the bottom when Windows opens.

Ctrl-esc does bring up the Start Menu.

swinnie said:
What about trying to 'drag' down the screen.

What about pushing the Windows key and seeing if the menu appears.

It could be that the resolution is incorrect.

Resizing the bottom of an open window still snaps to where the taskbar would be and also to the bottom of the screen.

Menu appears when you press the keyboard Windows/Start key

Tried adjusting res but to no avail.

Burnsy2023 said:
So the explorer.exe is still running in the background even though it doesn't show the task bar? Are any icons on your desktop when it crashes?

Burnsy

Yep, tried stopping and restarting explorer.exe but nada... It's not hidden either... Windows doesn't crash, it just doesn't show the toolbar at all.But my usual desktop icons are still there.

Oh, and i've checked for viruses, adaware and reg problems, but there's nothing there....

I never realised what a pain it would be to have to alt-tab all the time...

Fire Wizard · 26 Oct 2007 at 15:59

Hey wickedy, check out Microsoft's Help and Support page.