Icons and tasbar now missing in action......

[Guest]

I'm running XP Home on an HP laptop, which has worked beautifully for over
two years, and suddenly when I rebooted after uninstalling a couple of
programs (the right way), there is nothing. I can get into Safe Mode, but am
unable to restore (have gone back a month with no help) or restore to last
good configuration. My laptop did not come with a recovery disc for Windows.
HP wanted $300 and for me to send it to them so they could fix it. Help! I
work from home as a part time job and really need my laptop back......any
helpful hints would be greatly appreciated. I am posting this from work, but
can check from my husband's desktop computer for reponses. Thank you!

 

[TaurArian [MVP]]

One of Kelly's tweaks might do the trick - instructions at the top of page.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 117 – Restore Taskbar and Start Menu

or Line #195 "Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar"
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

[Guest]

Actually, I discovered the problem last night in reading some of the other
posts to this site. I had StopZilla installed, and in their last update,
they had blacklisted explorer.exe. All I had to do was stop the stopzilla
processes from running, and run explorer.exe, and my problem resolved. I
have since uninstalled Stopzilla and called them to discontinue their
service! What a pain in the neck.

I had tried Kelly's fixes, but since Stopzilla was still running, it didn't
work, Stopzilla immediately removed explorer.exe again. I just wish HP had
known about this......

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the feed back, it may assist someone else.
Kaylene