Quick launch icons quit working

[Roy Smith]

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I've got this annoying problem that I haven't been able to figure out.
Every so often the icons on the quick launch tool bar just quit working.
I can click on them and they give the appearance of being depressed,
but nothing happens. No error message, nothing. If I right click on
one of the icons, instead of getting a pop-up menu for that program,
I'll get the pop-up menu as if I had right clicked on an empty space on
the task bar. When this happens the I can fix it it to log off, then
log back on again or by opening the task manager and stopping and
restarting explorer.exe.

This is on a HP laptop running Windows XP Pro with SP3 installed. I've
done a thorough scan with Avast Home virus scanner and didn't find any
viruses. It's not a major problem, just a big inconvenience that I'd
like to get straightened out.

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Roy Smith


I use Firefox because I want to use software that complies
with Web standards. See <http://www.mozilla.org/>.

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[Elmo]

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I've got this annoying problem that I haven't been able to figure out.
Every so often the icons on the quick launch tool bar just quit working.
I can click on them and they give the appearance of being depressed,
but nothing happens. No error message, nothing. If I right click on
one of the icons, instead of getting a pop-up menu for that program,
I'll get the pop-up menu as if I had right clicked on an empty space on
the task bar. When this happens the I can fix it it to log off, then
log back on again or by opening the task manager and stopping and
restarting explorer.exe.

This is on an HP laptop running Windows XP Pro with SP3 installed. I've
done a thorough scan with Avast Home virus scanner and didn't find any
viruses. It's not a major problem, just a big inconvenience that I'd
like to get straightened out.

- --


Roy Smith


I use Firefox because I want to use software that complies
with Web standards. See <http://www.mozilla.org/>.

Maybe a repair of the Taskbar would help. Kelly has some repairs on her
site:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Line 117. Restore Taskbar and Start Menu
Line 164. Restore Taskbar to Default Functionality
Line 195. (r-h column) Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar
Line 298. Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!