how to get my toolbar back?

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• May 25, 2005

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hi,

i'm into a little bit trouble, i've lost my toolbar!
no sign of it.Believe me i didn do a thing.
even the win logo key doesnt activate and bring it up!!!
it seems like it's been deleted from the program manager or somethin.
i may need to add that i havent draged it down or closed. it's totaly gone!
so i've lost start menu programs.clock volume ctrl and etc
please help me with this

thanks a lot.

 

Kevin007

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• May 25, 2005

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what toolbar?

 

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• May 25, 2005

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Can you post a Screenshot of your desktop? That may be able to help us. I dont think it can be deleted.

BTW, it is called the Taskbar.

Have you run any AV or Spyware removal programs?

 

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• May 25, 2005

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ctrl-alt-del
Applications tab
New task (bottom right)
type: explorer.exe <hit enter>

 

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• May 25, 2005

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OK, thanks......the problem is with my taskbar. i correct myself.
it didn work kendan.

what shall i do to take it back?
there may be a clue, yesterday i just plugged my friends monitor to test.
it was a 21 inch sony.after that i plugged my own 15 inch then i guess i ran into this problem.!!!!?????

 

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lol

Try messing with your display settings then Or even the ones on your monitor.

 

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• May 26, 2005

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You may have inadvertently moved/hidden the taskbar somehow...try clicking and dragging on the edges of the screen, that may bring it back.

 

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• May 27, 2005

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hey man! that's not what i did.
if i've made it hidden or moved or if my screen size doesnt strecth enough to show it, so the win reserved keys should have poped it up to some extent, but when i hit it nothing happens.
btw:what specific setting you mean Kendan?
I'm gonna try a fresh instalation of xp.

 

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• May 27, 2005

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Open taskmanager and check under "processes" if you have explorer.exe running (while all IE and explorer filemanager windows are closed!)

If there is none and ctrl+esc and the win key both don't give you the start menu, some crappy malware might have changed the "shell" entry in your registry. autoruns from sysinternals.com will show it if it's like this.