Taskbar and start menu missing

[Guest]

Hi, I have a pc running win xp and 2 days ago the taskbar and start menu are
missing. I've made sure auto hide wasn't on, and tried dragging it up and so
on but nothing seems to work. It acts like it's real small. Like it's there,
but real small. When I minimize something you can't go and re-open it either
and where the start menu button would be seems to be blank also.

The taskbar is also not locked. I read some help files which mentioned an
issue like this but those issues had the task bar appearing in safe mode.
This case is the same if I'm in safe mode or not. Either way it will not
work.

Does anyone have any solutions please?

Thanks,
Dave

 

[Guest]

Hi Dave,

It seems that your profile is corrupted. I would suggest you to create a new
user and then check the issue.

Regards,

Jitesh Biswas

 

[Guest]

Thank you. How can I create a new user though? I have no access to the
control panel or anything that I can figure as I can't access the start
button.

Dave

 

[Guest]

Hi Dave,

You can try these steps:

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del
2. Click Task Manager
3. Click New Task on the Applications Tab
4. Type : nusrmgr.cpl
5. Press OK

This will launch the User Accounts Dialog Box

6. Create a new user and then check the issue

List of Control Panel Shortcuts:

Accessibility Options access.cpl
Add New Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl
Date and Time Properties timedate.cpl
Display Properties desk.cpl
FindFast findfast.cpl
Folder Properties * folders
Fonts Folder * fonts
Internet Properties inetcpl.cpl
Joystick Properties joy.cpl
Keyboard Properties main.cpl keyboard
Mouse Properties main.cpl
Network Properties ncpl.cpl
Password Properties password.cpl
Phone and Modem options telephon.cpl
Power Management powercfg.cpl
Printers Folder * printers
Regional settings intl.cpl
Scanners and Cameras sticpl.cpl
Sound Properties mmsys.cpl sounds
Sounds and Audio Device Properties mmsys.cpl
System Properties sysdm.cpl
User settings nusrmgr.cpl
TweakUI tweakui.cpl

Regards,

Jitesh Biswas

http://jiteshbiswas.tripod.com

 

[Guest]

Thanks, that got me to a user accounts screen. It's blank though. It has a
hom icon and forward and back. None of those do anything. Did I misunderstand
something?

Dave