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Missing Start button and Toolbar

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by blueteddygirl, Jun 26, 2009.

  1. blueteddygirl

    blueteddygirl Guest

    My son is running Vista Home Premium on his laptop. Without any apparent
    explanation, the start button and toolbar disappeared, leaving a blank
    screen after logging on. Through investigation, I've managed to restore
    these by typing Explorer.exe in the New file (task manager) and running
    it, but when you log off, the same thing happens again - blank screen,
    no toolbar etc.

    Has he corrupted a file somewhere or is it a consequence of a virus
    etc? I've tried restoring to a previous date, but this doesn't help.

    Can anyone come up with a solution?




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    blueteddygirl
     
    blueteddygirl, Jun 26, 2009
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  3. Keith

    Keith Guest

    On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:00:52 +0100, blueteddygirl
    <blueteddygirl.48b28b4@vistabanter.com> wrote:
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    >My son is running Vista Home Premium on his laptop. Without any apparent
    >explanation, the start button and toolbar disappeared, leaving a blank
    >screen after logging on. Through investigation, I've managed to restore
    >these by typing Explorer.exe in the New file (task manager) and running
    >it, but when you log off, the same thing happens again - blank screen,
    >no toolbar etc.
    >
    >Has he corrupted a file somewhere or is it a consequence of a virus
    >etc? I've tried restoring to a previous date, but this doesn't help.
    >
    >Can anyone come up with a solution?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Hi, Check out this web page for ideas on how to restore a missing task
    bar:

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    Best Regards, Keith
     
    Keith, Jun 27, 2009
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  4. Dave-UK

    Dave-UK Guest

    "blueteddygirl" <blueteddygirl.48b28b4@vistabanter.com> wrote in message news:blueteddygirl.48b28b4@vistabanter.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >
    > My son is running Vista Home Premium on his laptop. Without any apparent
    > explanation, the start button and toolbar disappeared, leaving a blank
    > screen after logging on. Through investigation, I've managed to restore
    > these by typing Explorer.exe in the New file (task manager) and running
    > it, but when you log off, the same thing happens again - blank screen,
    > no toolbar etc.
    >
    > Has he corrupted a file somewhere or is it a consequence of a virus
    > etc? I've tried restoring to a previous date, but this doesn't help.
    >
    > Can anyone come up with a solution?
    >
    >
    >
    >
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    > blueteddygirl<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    If you feel OK using Regedit then you can check this key:

    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

    In the right-pane there should be a value called ' Shell '
    and it's data should be ' explorer.exe '.
     
    Dave-UK, Jun 27, 2009
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