TiMiSu1987 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 So I come home from college for the weekend and I find the family computer a wreck. The bar on the bottom of the window is gone, and every time I right click it just reloads my desktop. Anyone have any ideas to getting these things to work again? Link to post Share on other sites
porksandwich9113 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 sounds like a problem with explorer.exe starting up, but i could be wrong.. ill do a little research. Link to post Share on other sites
OceanV47 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 So I come home from college for the weekend and I find the family computer a wreck. The bar on the bottom of the window is gone, and every time I right click it just reloads my desktop. Anyone have any ideas to getting these things to work again? You can try system restore if all else fails! Restore it back to a time it worked! Link to post Share on other sites
TiMiSu1987 Posted October 1, 2005 Author Share Posted October 1, 2005 System restore was turned off. Link to post Share on other sites
Executioner Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 What OS is it running? Link to post Share on other sites
TiMiSu1987 Posted October 1, 2005 Author Share Posted October 1, 2005 XP Pro Link to post Share on other sites
Executioner Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 You can try system restore if all else fails! Restore it back to a time it worked! Is that the same as Last known Good Config? Link to post Share on other sites
Executioner Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Hmmm, I know or at least I think I know that XP has system restore points and a tool that lets you load your Last Knowns Good Configurations. You can try the LKGC by pressing F8 I believe after POST and selecting Last Known Good Configuration. It may work, it may not. If that doesnt work, you can boot to safe mode and work around in there. (Im just a user viewing the forums, not an expert.) Link to post Share on other sites
EclipseWebJS2 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Let me try something. Did you try sfc /scannow? You'll need your XP Pro install CD. Link to post Share on other sites
IntelGuy Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 If you hold the cursor at the bottom (or at any of the edges) does the taskbar pop up??? If you depress the windows key does the start menu pop up?? Link to post Share on other sites
moon Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 sounds like a problem with explorer.exe starting up, but i could be wrong.. ill do a little research. I have this problem frequently with 98SE. I right-click the desktop, select ' Active Desktop/ Customise, open the background tab, select the next one down in the list then, without OK-ing that, reselect my original background , click 'Apply' and Explorer fixes itself. Of course, that might not work for you. Link to post Share on other sites
TiMiSu1987 Posted October 2, 2005 Author Share Posted October 2, 2005 If you hold the cursor at the bottom (or at any of the edges) does the taskbar pop up??? If you depress the windows key does the start menu pop up?? The taskbar does not pop up. And neither does the start menu pop up either. Link to post Share on other sites
EclipseWebJS2 Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 Can you do sfc /scannow? Real handy at times. What this does is, it'll punch up the System File Checker to make sure all your system files are intact and in their original versions. If it finds that a file is missing or corrupt, it may request you insert the XP CD, and sonetimes if most of the CD files are on your hard drive, it'll check there instead and start replacing files right away. Link to post Share on other sites
TiMiSu1987 Posted October 2, 2005 Author Share Posted October 2, 2005 I cant get to my run box Link to post Share on other sites
JackeL Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 how about ctrl-alt-del then in the task manager's toolbar choose "file" > "new task(run)" type in: explorer.exe click o.k. or enter....does the taskbar come back? Link to post Share on other sites
TiMiSu1987 Posted October 2, 2005 Author Share Posted October 2, 2005 (edited) Nope. Just my documents open up. I'm running the SFC thing right now. UPDATE: the taskbar still wont show up and the right click is still a problem. Edited October 2, 2005 by TiMiSu1987 Link to post Share on other sites
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