[help] Taskbar

I seem to be missing my taskbar anyone know how to get it back? The small icons on the top right of the screen are missing

#142602

Hold CTRL, ALT & DELETE.

Kill explorer.exe.

Click file, run, then type explorer.exe

This should kill and relaunch explorer, thus reviving your taskbar

#142615

or, if you are not using fast user switching, you can press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to get to the task manager

#142621

The icons on the top right corner of the taskbar are still missing not sure what to do?? I wish i could show you guys a pic but tumbnail are disable in this Thread

#142625

are you talking about your system tray?? Please post a screenshot. Somebody get Dreamz or somebody like that... they always have answers to stuff like this

#142626

Yea my System tray . I have a screenshot but i cant post it in here

#142630

Originally posted by Kite@Apr 10 2004, 04:39 PM
Yea my System tray . I have a screenshot but i cant post it in here

http://screenshots.haque.net/

#142632

:: fix it here ::

or place a shortcut to systray (X:\Windows\system32\systray.exe) in the common startup folder (X:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup)

reboot...

#142654

Originally posted by rooskee@Apr 10 2004, 09:15 PM
or, if you are not using fast user switching, you can press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to get to the task manager

CTRL+SHIFT+ESC works if you are using fast user switching.

#142687

did someone call for me? :lol:

anyway, you need to tell us more about your situation. did this just happen? what were you doing? have you tried a system restore?

i found a good solution to my own problem here: http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/index.php?showtopic=14264

here's what you should try:

-disable upnp and ssdp services by going to run > services.msc. that usually solves most people's problems with missing systray icons.

-the regtweaks didn't really work for me, but you can still try them. let me know if you're interested.

-as suggested, add a shortcut to systray.exe to the common startup folder. it's actually a holdover from 9x, and xp doesn't really need it, but it's worth a shot. in my case, it didn't help all that much.

-finally, as a last resort, you need to work with your startup items and services. sometimes removing some startup items can give your icons a chance to load. also, sometimes setting some services to auto can give you icons more time to load (i set the ones that were starting anyway to auto).

good luck!

#144054