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Desktop Missin??

nasty_crash · 2003-10-10 18:10:13

Well lads!! tried loggin onto my pc the other day and no start bar or icons came up on the desktop!! Any reason why this could be??? I have updated our virus scanner and all but no joy!! You can go the Crtl, Alt + Del menu and run your programs from there!! all the files and folders are still there!!

10-10-2003 6:10pm

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nasty_crash

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Well lads!!

tried loggin onto my pc the other day and no start bar or icons came up on the desktop!! Any reason why this could be??? I have updated our virus scanner and all but no joy!! You can go the Crtl, Alt + Del menu and run your programs from there!! all the files and folders are still there!!

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#2 10-10-2003 6:27pm

seamus

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What OS?

Ctrl-Alt-Del. File-->New Task-->
Type in "explorer.exe". Come back and tell us what happens

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#3 12-10-2003 8:31am

nasty_crash

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all the programs run through Crtl - Alt Del -> New Task!! Im using Windows XP. That 'explorer.exe' command didnt do anything but i can use explorer and all from the desktop, if you browse the files from the run command!!!

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#4 12-10-2003 3:06pm

Giblet

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Explorer.exe is your startmenu et al, not Windows Explorer.

Reinstall windows if this ain't working!!!

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#5 12-10-2003 3:24pm

Villain

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Try safe mode

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#6 13-10-2003 12:16am

Tivoli

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get the wasters that made the os help you fix it here..........

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318027

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