my OS can't find the desktop

[deetramm]

when I start up my computer it cant find my desktop, an explorer window comes
up the I hv to press cntrl-alt-delete to get to the task manager, they I
click "new task" and type explorer.exe and a"new" desktop comes up. what can
I do to get my old desktop back? Pls help

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Dee,

This should help:

Hit ctrl+shift+escape to open Task Manager. On the applications tab, click
'new task'. Type regedit and click ok, the continue at the prompt.

Expand the keys in the left pane by clicking the triangles at left to reach
this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Click on this key and locate the 'shell' string in the right pane. Double
click it, replace the contents with just

explorer.exe

Click ok, then close the registry editor and reboot the machine.

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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

 

[deetramm]

thank you so much, I'll try it and let you knw.