Desktop doesn't show off

[Guest]

I have windows XP home edition, and when I star windows the desktop only
shows the background, no icons or anything, just the background, I tried
restarting it but it keeps showing the background only...anyone know why is
this happening or how can I solve it?

Thanks

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Next time you reboot to the Desktop, open the Task Manager, go to File>New
Task(Run...) and type in

explorer

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[AlFlo]

Firzen,
I had exactly that problem 2 days ago. For almost 1 day, I had to bring up
TaskManager by hitting the alt-cont-del keys, and then running explorer.exe
( as described by Mr Will Denny)
However, if it helps, I had resolved the problem by clicking start, then run
and type in sfc /scannow. You need your XP cd in the PC.
Let it run and after its finished, my desktop came back normal. Been OK
since then.
Hope this will help you.

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[Will Denny]

Hi

Yes, either sfc /scannow or a System Restore back to a point before the
problem started.

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[Guest]

Thanks for answering, but when I type explorer or explorer.exe it only shows
a window saying that there is no program associated for that action, and it
happens the same with sfc /scannow even with my XP cd in the PC and sometimes
it won't let me open the task manager.

anymore ideas? or how can I open system restore?

Thank you

 

[AlFlo]

When you are at the Task Manager, use the browse button to go to the
c:\windows directory to select the explorer.exe Do not just type in
explorer.exe
In my case, I get my desktop back this way and from here, I ran the sfc
/scannow.
Hope this can help.
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[Guest]

It still shows me the error message, "there is no program associated for this
action create and association in control panel, folder options". And I now
went to c:\windows and selected the explorer exe

 

[S. Taylor]

Your file association have been damaged. Find fixes for the commone
filetypes
(including exe's) at http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
As for the desktop try #195 right hand column at
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Guest]

Thanks, but I can't open anything in my PC (laptop), the posts I have made
are from another PC I have, I downloaded the files in my other PC, and tried
to pass them to my laptop by usb and cd but when I try to open them via task
manager the same error message appears, "there is no file assosiation for
that action"

 

[S. Taylor]

Rename the xp_exe_fix.reg to exefix.reg and move it into the C:\ root.
From a command prompt type in reg import C:\exefix.exe
If that fails, let me know if the reg /? command works from a command
prompt.

 

[Guest]

It didn't work, neither the reg /? command, it only shows the message that
there is no program associated for that action

 

[S. Taylor]

well as a last resort try this:
I a command prompt type these commands

copy c:\windows\reg.exe c:\windows\reg.com
If that fails use :

ren c:\windows\reg.exe reg.com
If neither commands is successful then skip the rest.

If successful use the reg import c:\exefix.reg command

When done use ren c:\windows\reg.com reg.exe to reset the filename.


If that fails, then im out of ideas and can only suggest a repair install.