Taskbar/Start Button

[Guest]

I cannot get the start button and task bar to display on one of the accounts.
I have gone to the Appearances and Themes under the Control Panel. When I
click on the Taskbar and Menu button, nothing happens.

In mean time, the task bar does not display. I have also tried to click and
drag it from the bottom in hopes that it is hidden there, nothing happens
then either.

HELP.

 

[asdfyellow]

It should appear if you press the Windows key (bottom left of the
keyboard, between the ctrl and alt keys).

 

[Triple-S]

Hi Steve,

funnily enough - exactly the same thing happened to me a few hours before
you submitted your message!

When I hit the Window key the Stat menu appears at the top left of the
screen - there is NO Task bar - I have tried dragging (I have two screens,
turned on the secondary and everything) but the bar is completely missing.

I am fairly familiar with Windows and have tried all the usual things I can
think of - and I have tried a couple of System Restores but with no luck.
All of my updates are up to date and I have NIS2006 running.

The machine appears to be running perfectly apart from this - and I am able
to Alt-Tab between programs... but this is a real pain. And more than
anything else - I miss the clock!

Any suggestions??

Thanks in advance.

 

[Triple-S]

I have been tearing my hair out trying to get to the bottom of this - but
have got nowhere!

Some further info though...
- my other accounts on the same machine appear to be fine with the Start bar
/ task bar in the normal place.
- any dialog boxes (like Norton something or other, Windows messages, or
gmails message alert) all appear in the usual lower right hand corner.
- I have expanded the resolution to the max the card will take and panned
around the screen to check for the bar anywhere, but with no luck.
- system restore will not restore anything giving the message that 'no
changes have been made' to the computer - which is not the case.

Hope this helps someone somewhere.

 

[Triple-S]

Hi folks,

just a quick note to let you know I got my toolbar back by downloading a fix
from this link...

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

I downloaded the first option and everything now seems to be working fine.