Time/Date tooltip hidden behind start menu

[Guest]

As of a few days ago, when I hover my mouse over the Windows XP clock, the
date that pops up does so BEHIND the startmenu. I can't see it.

I went into settings and changed the tooltip font to a larger font and now I
can see slightlymore, but still not much of it.

Anyone heard of this? I searched google.groups and could not find anything
on this. I also searched the microsoft knowledge base.

Thanks for your help, in advance.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Common problem. Either stop explorer.exe and start it again or reboot.

To kill explorer and restart it.

Open the Task Manager...
Ctrl + Shift + Escape | Click on the Processes tab | Locate and highlight
explorer.exe | Right click explorer.exe | Click End Process | Click
Yes to the Task Manager Warning that pops up | Click File on the Toolbar |
Click New Task (Run...) | Type in: explorer | Click OK

End Process on explorer.exe will make your Desktop and all programs
disappear. This can be startling. Restarting explorer will bring
everything back.

This can fix/restore/reinitialize/refresh a lot of things.


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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