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desktop icons and foldlers and start menu don't appear on desktop

 
 
julio
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      20th Oct 2003
help! yesterday, i restarted my machine (Windows XP home)
and the desktop icons, folders, and start menu don't
appear on my desktop. i can access everything by going to
the task manager, accessiong the run window, and clicking
on browse, but I've lost my WYSIWYG.

i reinstalled the system, no change, I downloaded and
installed the service pack from microsoft, no change.

when i start in safe mode, no problems occurr. but i'm not
sure where to go from there.

twice when i have restarted, I see all the missing stuff
pop up for half a second before it goes into the blue shut
down screen

my daughter was playing shockwave games from disney before
this happened.

and before that, windows had done an automatic software
update, and I had restarted. then, i got a dialog box
asking me to fill in my email information including
password and servers. it was saying that rundll.exe needed
that information. i did fill it in, but I was suspicious
of spyware or hackers (i have DSL and zone alarm for a
firewall).

any insight would be appreciated...
 
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Julio
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      20th Oct 2003
1) see my email above

2) I forgot to mention that my wallpaper DOES appear on
the desktop. just not my icons forlders and task bar


>-----Original Message-----
>help! yesterday, i restarted my machine (Windows XP home)
>and the desktop icons, folders, and start menu don't
>appear on my desktop. i can access everything by going to
>the task manager, accessiong the run window, and clicking
>on browse, but I've lost my WYSIWYG.
>
>i reinstalled the system, no change, I downloaded and
>installed the service pack from microsoft, no change.
>
>when i start in safe mode, no problems occurr. but i'm

not
>sure where to go from there.
>
>twice when i have restarted, I see all the missing stuff
>pop up for half a second before it goes into the blue

shut
>down screen
>
>my daughter was playing shockwave games from disney

before
>this happened.
>
>and before that, windows had done an automatic software
>update, and I had restarted. then, i got a dialog box
>asking me to fill in my email information including
>password and servers. it was saying that rundll.exe

needed
>that information. i did fill it in, but I was suspicious
>of spyware or hackers (i have DSL and zone alarm for a
>firewall).
>
>any insight would be appreciated...
>.
>

 
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