Andrew E. said:You doughtfully need to perform a "repair installation" of XP..Simply once at
desktop,press Ctrl_Alt_Delete keys at same time,this opens task mgr,in task
mgr,click on applications tab,new task,type:cmd In cmd type:Sfc /Scannow
install xp cd,exit the menu page.Once Sfc is thru,type:CHKDSK C: /F Agree to
restart,type:EXIT Remove xp cd,restart pc.
Pat said:After I reboot my computer my desktop background loads but my Desktop Icons
and Start Menu are missing. I tried rebooting in Safe Mode to no avail.
Also I tried to run explorer.exe and it doesn't restore my desktop but it
does let me onto the internet.
Tap the SPACE BAR after a period OR comma you fool.
Elmo said:Pat said:After I reboot my computer my desktop background loads but my Desktop Icons
and Start Menu are missing. I tried rebooting in Safe Mode to no avail.
Also I tried to run explorer.exe and it doesn't restore my desktop but it
does let me onto the internet.
This is what ju.c suggested this morning in another post:
Desktop Icons and the Taskbar Fail to Load at Startup
This problem may be fixed by using one of these 4 repairs.
(1) Restore a Missing "userinit" Registry Value:
1. Copy below and paste into Notepad:
----------copy inside only----------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"Userinit"="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\userinit.exe,"
----------copy inside only----------
2. If your Windows is not on drive C: replace C: with your Windows
drive letter and Save-As Userinit.reg (or any name + .reg).
3. Double-click or right-click and merge into the registry.
4. Restart.
(2) Delete an Incorrect "Explorer.Exe" Entry in the Registry:
1. Open the Run box and enter: regedit
2. Go to this key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image
File Execution Options]
3. If you see "explorer.exe" as a subkey below, delete it.
4. Restart.
(3) Restore a Missing "explorer.exe" Entry in the Registry:
1. Copy below and paste into Notepad:
----------copy inside only----------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"Shell"="explorer.exe"
----------copy inside only----------
2. Save-As WinLogon.reg (or any name + .reg).
3. Double-click or right-click and merge into the registry.
4. Restart.
(4) Exlorer.exe is Missing:
If explorer.exe is not in C:\WINDOWS\ then insert your Windows CD and,
using the 'Task Manager' (File -> New Task), run the 'System File
Checker' utility with this command: sfc /scannow
If the 'System File Checker' didn't replace it, boot to the Recovery
Console with the Windows CD and copy explorer.exe manually:
1. Insert the Windows CD and restart.
2. When setup begins, choose the "Repair or Recover" option by pressing "R".
3. Once at the command prompt, enter:
expand D:\i386 /F:EXPLORER.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /y
(D: is the CD drive letter, C: is the Windows partition, change if
necessary
4. To exit the Recovery Console, type: exit.
If the desktop still does not load then, from within the Task Manager,
run a new
task to open the Registry Editor:
regedit.exe
and check the registry data from above, adding as necessary if it is
missing or incorrect.
ju.c
Elmo said:Pat said:After I reboot my computer my desktop background loads but my Desktop Icons
and Start Menu are missing. I tried rebooting in Safe Mode to no avail.
Also I tried to run explorer.exe and it doesn't restore my desktop but it
does let me onto the internet.
This is what ju.c suggested this morning in another post:
Desktop Icons and the Taskbar Fail to Load at Startup
This problem may be fixed by using one of these 4 repairs.
(1) Restore a Missing "userinit" Registry Value:
1. Copy below and paste into Notepad:
----------copy inside only----------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"Userinit"="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\userinit.exe,"
----------copy inside only----------
2. If your Windows is not on drive C: replace C: with your Windows
drive letter and Save-As Userinit.reg (or any name + .reg).
3. Double-click or right-click and merge into the registry.
4. Restart.
(2) Delete an Incorrect "Explorer.Exe" Entry in the Registry:
1. Open the Run box and enter: regedit
2. Go to this key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image
File Execution Options]
3. If you see "explorer.exe" as a subkey below, delete it.
4. Restart.
(3) Restore a Missing "explorer.exe" Entry in the Registry:
1. Copy below and paste into Notepad:
----------copy inside only----------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"Shell"="explorer.exe"
----------copy inside only----------
2. Save-As WinLogon.reg (or any name + .reg).
3. Double-click or right-click and merge into the registry.
4. Restart.
(4) Exlorer.exe is Missing:
If explorer.exe is not in C:\WINDOWS\ then insert your Windows CD and,
using the 'Task Manager' (File -> New Task), run the 'System File
Checker' utility with this command: sfc /scannow
If the 'System File Checker' didn't replace it, boot to the Recovery
Console with the Windows CD and copy explorer.exe manually:
1. Insert the Windows CD and restart.
2. When setup begins, choose the "Repair or Recover" option by pressing "R".
3. Once at the command prompt, enter:
expand D:\i386 /F:EXPLORER.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /y
(D: is the CD drive letter, C: is the Windows partition, change if
necessary
4. To exit the Recovery Console, type: exit.
If the desktop still does not load then, from within the Task Manager,
run a new
task to open the Registry Editor:
regedit.exe
and check the registry data from above, adding as necessary if it is
missing or incorrect.
ju.c
Pat said:Elmo said:This is what ju.c suggested this morning in another post:Pat said:After I reboot my computer my desktop background loads but my Desktop Icons
and Start Menu are missing. I tried rebooting in Safe Mode to no avail.
Also I tried to run explorer.exe and it doesn't restore my desktop but it
does let me onto the internet.
Desktop Icons and the Taskbar Fail to Load at Startup
This problem may be fixed by using one of these 4 repairs.
(1) Restore a Missing "userinit" Registry Value:
1. Copy below and paste into Notepad:
----------copy inside only----------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"Userinit"="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\userinit.exe,"
----------copy inside only----------
2. If your Windows is not on drive C: replace C: with your Windows
drive letter and Save-As Userinit.reg (or any name + .reg).
3. Double-click or right-click and merge into the registry.
4. Restart.
(2) Delete an Incorrect "Explorer.Exe" Entry in the Registry:
1. Open the Run box and enter: regedit
2. Go to this key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image
File Execution Options]
3. If you see "explorer.exe" as a subkey below, delete it.
4. Restart.
(3) Restore a Missing "explorer.exe" Entry in the Registry:
1. Copy below and paste into Notepad:
----------copy inside only----------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"Shell"="explorer.exe"
----------copy inside only----------
2. Save-As WinLogon.reg (or any name + .reg).
3. Double-click or right-click and merge into the registry.
4. Restart.
(4) Exlorer.exe is Missing:
If explorer.exe is not in C:\WINDOWS\ then insert your Windows CD and,
using the 'Task Manager' (File -> New Task), run the 'System File
Checker' utility with this command: sfc /scannow
If the 'System File Checker' didn't replace it, boot to the Recovery
Console with the Windows CD and copy explorer.exe manually:
1. Insert the Windows CD and restart.
2. When setup begins, choose the "Repair or Recover" option by pressing "R".
3. Once at the command prompt, enter:
expand D:\i386 /F:EXPLORER.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /y
(D: is the CD drive letter, C: is the Windows partition, change if
necessary
4. To exit the Recovery Console, type: exit.
If the desktop still does not load then, from within the Task Manager,
run a new
task to open the Registry Editor:
regedit.exe
and check the registry data from above, adding as necessary if it is
missing or incorrect.
ju.c
Ran regedit found the following on the userinit line:
C:\windows\system32\userinit.exe,C:\windows32\twext.ext
I edited the string to remove the c:\windows32\twext.ext to match what you
gave me. I then restarted my computer and had the same problem. Went back
into regedit and the old string was still there. I then found the unserinit
and twext.ext files and looked at the properties - both files were created on
November 24, 2008 -- do you know anything about the twext.ext file??? This
seems strange to me.
Pat G. said:Elmo said:Pat said:After I reboot my computer my desktop background loads but my Desktop
Icons
and Start Menu are missing. I tried rebooting in Safe Mode to no
avail.
Also I tried to run explorer.exe and it doesn't restore my desktop but
it
does let me onto the internet.
This is what ju.c suggested this morning in another post:
Desktop Icons and the Taskbar Fail to Load at Startup
This problem may be fixed by using one of these 4 repairs.
(1) Restore a Missing "userinit" Registry Value:
1. Copy below and paste into Notepad:
----------copy inside only----------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"Userinit"="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\userinit.exe,"
----------copy inside only----------
2. If your Windows is not on drive C: replace C: with your Windows
drive letter and Save-As Userinit.reg (or any name + .reg).
3. Double-click or right-click and merge into the registry.
4. Restart.
(2) Delete an Incorrect "Explorer.Exe" Entry in the Registry:
1. Open the Run box and enter: regedit
2. Go to this key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image
File Execution Options]
3. If you see "explorer.exe" as a subkey below, delete it.
4. Restart.
(3) Restore a Missing "explorer.exe" Entry in the Registry:
1. Copy below and paste into Notepad:
----------copy inside only----------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"Shell"="explorer.exe"
----------copy inside only----------
2. Save-As WinLogon.reg (or any name + .reg).
3. Double-click or right-click and merge into the registry.
4. Restart.
(4) Exlorer.exe is Missing:
If explorer.exe is not in C:\WINDOWS\ then insert your Windows CD and,
using the 'Task Manager' (File -> New Task), run the 'System File
Checker' utility with this command: sfc /scannow
If the 'System File Checker' didn't replace it, boot to the Recovery
Console with the Windows CD and copy explorer.exe manually:
1. Insert the Windows CD and restart.
2. When setup begins, choose the "Repair or Recover" option by pressing
"R".
3. Once at the command prompt, enter:
expand D:\i386 /F:EXPLORER.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /y
(D: is the CD drive letter, C: is the Windows partition, change if
necessary
4. To exit the Recovery Console, type: exit.
If the desktop still does not load then, from within the Task Manager,
run a new
task to open the Registry Editor:
regedit.exe
and check the registry data from above, adding as necessary if it is
missing or incorrect.
ju.c
Ran regedit found the following on the userinit line:
C:\windows\system32\userinit.exe,C:\windows32\twext.ext
I edited the string to remove the c:\windows32\twext.ext to match what you
gave me. I then restarted my computer and had the same problem. Went
back
into regedit and the old string was still there. I then found the
unserinit
and twext.ext files and looked at the properties - both files were created
on
November 24, 2008 -- do you know anything about the twext.ext file???
This
seems strange to me.
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