cannot create toolbar

[alex sanz]

I have lost the small icons for programs usually found
next to the start icon in the bottom taskbar. Besides the
program buttons, I lost the "show desktop button" forcing
me to minimize running programs to get to the desktop.How
do I restore these?
I tried already right clicking on an empty area and
clicking on toolbars and quick launch but I get a message
telling me "cannot create toolbar"

 

[John Gagnon]

This works...from another post:

I've had success in overcoming this error by running a
repair on IE6.
This allowed me to add the user's toolbar back to the
taskbar. This
was on a W2k machine.

*****
IE6 Repair (for Windows 2000)

Click Start/Run/

rundll32.exe setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance

When the dialog pops up, choose "Repair Internet Explorer".

Reboot PC.
*******
Log in, and right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars/Quick
Launch.

This seems to have worked for me. It appears that the
original
problem was due to spyware/registry interaction.
Hopefully this
helps. I tried all other suggestions from the postings
here and at
Microsoft. The IE repair did the trick.

Regards,
Mike