no icon on desktop

[Guest]

I am using Windows XP. On logging on there are no Icons and no Start task
bar. the screen only display the picture i put on the desktop.
i have to use task master to run the wanted program. please advise how to
restore the icons and start menu on desktop. Thanks. Raymond

 

[Kelly]

Hi Raymond,

This is generally due to display drivers. I have a workaround available
here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

If you are wanting to troubleshoot this issue, go to the Task Manager and
end process on explorer.exe. While still open, then go to File/New Task and
type in: explorer.exe

 

[Resonate]

If system restore is enabled go back to a time when they were still there.

To access system restore you must be in safe mode.

 

[Shmo]

Raymond,
I'm not sure if you already solved this issue. But, it sounds like you
got a rogue process running not letting explorer.exe to run. You
verify this by ending processes on task manager. I tried to end
explorer.exe and went to new tasks and entered explorer.exe and the
icons reappeared. Now I know that something is not letting explorer
run.

This is how I have fixed this.
1. Check for Spyware using spybot and ad-aware
2. check for viruses Norton, Mcafee etc..
3. Run regedit and back up registry
4. Go to Hkey local machine, software, microsoft, windows, current
version
5. Look in "run" and find those processes that you are unfamiliar with
by searching google on it etc.. ex.. winlog, h4fdgt.exe, newussr.exe
and delete them
6. do the same for "run once" and "run services"

Scared to delete then try this
7. You can also disable them by using msconfig by unchecking the
potential process first then delete them from the registry..

Hope this helps... If not you then anyone with this problem.

John.