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Start Menu
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 10:43 pm
by Winger2
alright..on my friends computer, when she turns on the computer, there is no start menu. It is just, gone? She has to do everything through ctrl alt delete...do you have any ideas how to fix this?!
Thanks!
Winger
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:17 pm
by Wally
has she tried pulling it up from the bottom of the screen
If you can see part of it try rolling the mouse over it and clicking then drag up.
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 4:25 am
by dosraider
Once you get it back, maybe you can:
richtclick on it and select "lock toolbar".
That will prevent it to disappear.
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:41 am
by Winger2
ahh..It hink something happened. Like its not there..its just GONE?
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:48 am
by dosraider
It is there, it's just hidden off screen.
Try again what wally said:
lower you mouse pointer calmly to the bottem, when it changes to arows click left and hold ,pull your mouse up and the taskbar will re-apear.
It's just as you should want to resize a window.
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:18 pm
by Winger2
naw..didn't work :Angry:
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:37 pm
by Wally
Winger: Sounds like a virus or someone has played a late april fools trick on your friends computer.
Might be wise to do a virus or spyware check on it.
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:05 am
by dosraider
There excist a taskbar repair program:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
I never had to use it , so you're on yourself with this one.
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:25 pm
by emmzee
Could be a problem with explorer.exe? That's what shows the Taskbar, yea? You may wanna try System File Checker if none of the above stuff works (try that stuff first):
http://www.networkclue.com/os/Windows/commands/sfc.php
Be careful which files you replace using this!
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 5:27 pm
by Cakephatt
Whenever I exit explorer on my 98, the motion icons stop moving and the taskbar reappears onto my screen. It also has a nifty little arrow that tells me where to click. You can do this through the task manager, or ctrl+alt+delete.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 6:43 pm
by Wally
To save yourself time. Why not just reinstall windows?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 8:36 pm
by Cakephatt
Hey Wally, where did you get that tight picture of Jack Burton/MacReady/Col. Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil of Stargate/Wyatt Earp/Elvis? I don't know who he is though and it's driving me crazy. I alson heard that he did the voice of Elvis in Forest Gump. I think his first name is like Kent or Kevin or something.
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