Task Manager has disappeared

[David Ryan]

My task manager has disappeared. (I have XP Home).

C:\WINDOWS\System32\Taskmgr.exe does not exist.

Ctrl+Alt+Del does nothing.

C:\WINDOWS\TASKMAN.EXE exists (15KB), but when I try and
open it, nothing happens. Similarly for
C:\WINDOWS\System32\TASKMAN.EXE

I recently had the klez virus, but it is gone. My
computer is free of viruses, according to Norton AV 2004.
I only got Norton AFTER the klez virus incident. I
*think* (not certain) that it is since klez that the task
manager has not been working.

How can I get it back? Can the exe file be downloaded or
copied from another computer?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm and scroll down
to the topic titled "Task Manager - Control/Alt/Delete - Doesn't Work"

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| My task manager has disappeared. (I have XP Home).
|
| C:\WINDOWS\System32\Taskmgr.exe does not exist.
|
| Ctrl+Alt+Del does nothing.
|
| C:\WINDOWS\TASKMAN.EXE exists (15KB), but when I try and
| open it, nothing happens. Similarly for
| C:\WINDOWS\System32\TASKMAN.EXE
|
| I recently had the klez virus, but it is gone. My
| computer is free of viruses, according to Norton AV 2004.
| I only got Norton AFTER the klez virus incident. I
| *think* (not certain) that it is since klez that the task
| manager has not been working.
|
| How can I get it back? Can the exe file be downloaded or
| copied from another computer?
|
|
|
|