Sys Tray and Desktop icons appear then disappear help!

[Holiday]

Hello,

I have a Dell Dimn 8400 with Windows Media Center Installed.
The other day I started having boot problems. The destop blinks at me
on boot up then disappears. All I have is the background image. I can
run programs using task manager, but when I try to run explorer.exe,
The system tray and icons appear for a split second then vanish again,
as does the explorer.exe task in task manager. I pulled the drive and
installed on a clean machine and ran a virus scan. Two were removed.
Adware/spyware scan also performed, with a few removed as well.
Installed the drive back into the Dell, but still getting the same
problem. I've also checked the shell key and it is there.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell=explorer.exe
Any chance of fixing this without a repair install? I'll have to
converse with DELL if so, I don't have installation CD.

 

[MowGreen [MVP]]

I pulled the drive and installed on a clean machine and ran a virus scan. Two were

removed.
Adware/spyware scan also performed, with a few removed as well.

Are you 100% certain the malwares are gone ? You can either post what
they and the ad/spywares detected were and/or recheck the system here :
http://usa.kaspersky.com/services/free-virus-scanner.php

sfc /scannow should be run afterwards to ensure system files are intact
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html


Happy Holiday, Holiday

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
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[Elmo]

Hello,

I have a Dell Dimn 8400 with Windows Media Center Installed.
The other day I started having boot problems. The destop blinks at me
on boot up then disappears. All I have is the background image. I can
run programs using task manager, but when I try to run explorer.exe,
The system tray and icons appear for a split second then vanish again,
as does the explorer.exe task in task manager. I pulled the drive and
installed on a clean machine and ran a virus scan. Two were removed.
Adware/spyware scan also performed, with a few removed as well.
Installed the drive back into the Dell, but still getting the same
problem. I've also checked the shell key and it is there.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell=explorer.exe
Any chance of fixing this without a repair install? I'll have to
converse with DELL if so, I don't have installation CD.

Line 195. (r-h column) Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm