My taskbar is acting stupid, it forgets what it looked
like before and restarts with a default look with the
quick launch toolbar (explorer, show desktop, and
outlook) and search toolbars. This is terribly annoying
and just recently has been happening... Help anyone? By
the way, I running on XP professional. Thanks

Delete these keys or values from the registry. This will reset many things like saved folder settings.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer and delete the value
Shellstate

And these keys
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam



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"Nathan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:1532001c446b7$26b51e60$(E-Mail Removed)...
> My taskbar is acting stupid, it forgets what it looked
> like before and restarts with a default look with the
> quick launch toolbar (explorer, show desktop, and
> outlook) and search toolbars. This is terribly annoying
> and just recently has been happening... Help anyone? By
> the way, I running on XP professional. Thanks
>

Thanks David for your response. Unfortunately, my
taskbar still resets itself on each reboot. Any other
suggestions? I wonder why this happened all of a sudden
within the past week.

NoSaveSettings
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0

Description
Prevents users from saving certain changes to the
desktop. Users can change the desktop, but some changes,
such as the positions of open windows and the size and
position of the taskbar, are not saved when users log
off. Shortcuts placed on the desktop are always saved.

This entry stores the setting of the Don't save settings
at exit Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the
registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If
you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group
Policy deletes the entry from the registry and the system
behaves as though the value is 0.

Value Meaning
0 (or not in registry) The policy is disabled or
not configured. Changes to the desktop are saved.
1 The policy is enabled. Some changes to the desktop are not saved.

And delete this key as well
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2
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"Nathan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:156b501c446bf$ff6da490$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks David for your response. Unfortunately, my
> taskbar still resets itself on each reboot. Any other
> suggestions? I wonder why this happened all of a sudden
> within the past week.
>

David,
I tried your most recent suggestion with no luck. when I
restarted my computer, I saw the search assistant toolbar
(which I clicked off) and my quick launch toolbar undid
all my readjustments. I really am open to any other
suggestions you have.

Thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>NoSaveSettings
>HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\E
xplorer
> Data type Range Default value
> REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0
>
>Description
>Prevents users from saving certain changes to the
>desktop. Users can change the desktop, but some changes,
>such as the positions of open windows and the size and
>position of the taskbar, are not saved when users log
>off. Shortcuts placed on the desktop are always saved.
>
>This entry stores the setting of the Don't save settings
>at exit Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to
the
>registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy.
If
>you disable the policy or set it to Not configured,
Group
>Policy deletes the entry from the registry and the
system
>behaves as though the value is 0.
>
>Value Meaning
>0 (or not in registry) The policy is disabled or
>not configured. Changes to the desktop are saved.
>1 The policy is enabled. Some changes to the desktop are
not saved.
>
>And delete this key as well
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\Explorer\StuckRects2
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search assistant toolbar is probably resetting the configuration (as I've seen a few NG and Experts-Exchange posts). Running HijackThis and removing this bar might help!

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Windows XP Shell/User
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The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
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"Nathan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:15a1c01c44731$944647e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
David,
I tried your most recent suggestion with no luck. when I
restarted my computer, I saw the search assistant toolbar
(which I clicked off) and my quick launch toolbar undid
all my readjustments. I really am open to any other
suggestions you have.

Thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>NoSaveSettings
>HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\E
xplorer
> Data type Range Default value
> REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0
>
>Description
>Prevents users from saving certain changes to the
>desktop. Users can change the desktop, but some changes,
>such as the positions of open windows and the size and
>position of the taskbar, are not saved when users log
>off. Shortcuts placed on the desktop are always saved.
>
>This entry stores the setting of the Don't save settings
>at exit Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to
the
>registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy.
If
>you disable the policy or set it to Not configured,
Group
>Policy deletes the entry from the registry and the
system
>behaves as though the value is 0.
>
>Value Meaning
>0 (or not in registry) The policy is disabled or
>not configured. Changes to the desktop are saved.
>1 The policy is enabled. Some changes to the desktop are
not saved.
>
>And delete this key as well
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\Explorer\StuckRects2
>--