Can't access system tray or windows clock

[Joe7dust]

I ran an .exe file in order to remove that little blue line at the bottom
that is supposedly a "hidden" taskbar, and now I can't seem to undo it.

When I load windows the taskbar is there, but without the clock and the
system tray icon'd programs. Then I run the hidetaskbar.exe and it goes away
completely which is great, but how do I access the system tray programs?

In particular, I'm having trouble with Trillian (a chat client that controls
aim, icq, yahoo, msn all at once). When it starts up it goes immediately to
the system tray, so it has been rendered completely inaccessible to me. I
can't alt+tab to it, I can't switch to it in the processes window, I can't
even access it's options to change it so that it doesn't minimize to the
system tray on startup. =\ ugh.

I can't remember the website I got the file from, and I don't even know if
they have an undo version. Please help

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Joe,

Have you tried using System Restore yet? Pick a day that pre-dates the
software you ran. That'd be the simplest solution.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Joe7dust]

I have made a lot ofchanges since then that I don't want to lose, so system
restore is a last resort.

 

[Joe7dust]

Are you sure I should try this with XP? Says vista all over it.

 

[Nonny]

I have made a lot ofchanges since then that I don't want to lose, so system
restore is a last resort.

Rick didn't mean putting in your restore discs.

System Restore is a Windows tool to turn the clock back when something
gets fouled up in your system settings.

Type SYSTEM RESTORE into Help and Support.

Read "what is system restore"... there is a link there to take you to
it.

Try restoring to a point in time before your trouble began

 

[Rick Rogers]

You posted your question in a Vista group, so it was assumed you have Vista
installed as you did not state otherwise. There are several XP groups
available, and the advice there may be different. You might try MVP Kelly's
Taskbar Repair tool: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com