My Taskbar is missing and I have no Start button - what do I do?

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My taskbar hasn't disappeared but most of the programmes that were on it have. I've followed the help instructions to put them back but when I right-click on the task-bar no menu appears. (Win 2000 Pro)

hey dude
my p.c taskbar has gone ive tried evrything and it stil wont work and i havent got the disk to reinstall windows wat else can i do plz help me as i can not use my p.c btw what evr i done it has canceld my network form my donw stairs comp and has caneld the internet so can u plz help me thanks nath

Same here, I have tried almost all of the same and tried to refresh (update the windows). It did not work.

I true to run explorer.exe from the task manager but it appears for a fraction of a second and then disappears. Internet explorer also not working and could not see the control panel.

Is there any hack around this too.?

thanks

yesh me too. i got same problem... i cant find my taskbar so i fully scan my computer with anti-virus... and i went to firewall setting and it said that i cant open it cause theres some problem that causing it.

can anyone help me
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I have the same problem, my taskbar starts but disappears in a few seconds each time i restart the explorer.exe. Most help discussions just say to restart the explorer or to boot to safe mode. I think the only fix via the registry, but I'm not sure what to do.

same prob but only after installing a new GeoForce FX 5200 PCI card. Went back to onboard video and it works fine. Any help would be appreciated. Thinking driver...

Me too - no taskbar, no start button, clock, desktop icons - all missing. Ran all the checks available - no change. I did download IE 7 Beta 2 and can use that along with Firefox so can do most things I need to but it's cumbersome. Can't find my WIN XP Pro install disks (I do have them) but from the above I'm not too optimistic that a reinstall will help either. Lots of Google searching doesn't bring up any one good explanation or solution so the cause and fix remain elusive to me.

it helps to end explorer before you restart it using taskmanager

I am having a similar problem, howver it is related to ie6. I am runnning windows XP with ie 6, and everytime i load ie the status bard appears in a white box next to the logo in the right hand corner of ie. Also down the buttom it seems as though the start buttn plus all open window tabs are hidden until the blank grey bar is clicked. is there any way of fixings this?

Hi, my task button disappears from the bottom of the task bar. I can't see which application is active/open. Hence everytime, i have to use alt-tab or alt esc to select the application. Please help.

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