lost start bar from screen and all icons. How do i get them back

[Phil]

Lost the start bar and all icons from screen. Tried
fixing with aol diagnistic and start bar and icons
reappeared but dissapeared when rebooted.

 

[Mahadev Alladi[MS]]

Do you know how you lost them in the first place. Did you install some
software.

Try posting this to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support, you may
find more people responding to this.