What is it about the WinXP Quick Launch that makes it so very sensitive?

[Melinda Meehan]

What is it about the Quick Launch bar that makes it disappear whenever the
WinXP OS locks up and has to be rebooted?

Is there something really really special about the QuickLaunch bar that is
related to booting WinXP that every other Windows interface doesn't have
(or does have)?

For example, if the software locks up and I have to shut windows down with
the power button, invariable, the Windows Quick Launch bar disappears - yet
all the other interfaces such as the pop-up menus, the start menu, the
control panel, etc. work just fine.

What is so special (or badly written) about the Windows QuickLaunch bar
that only this one GUI component disappears whenever the Windows machine is
shut down unnaturally?

What is it about the Quick Launch bar that is so sensitive to boot Windows
operation that all the other GUIs don't have?

 

[Sharon F]

What is it about the Quick Launch bar that makes it disappear whenever the
WinXP OS locks up and has to be rebooted?

Is there something really really special about the QuickLaunch bar that is
related to booting WinXP that every other Windows interface doesn't have
(or does have)?

For example, if the software locks up and I have to shut windows down with
the power button, invariable, the Windows Quick Launch bar disappears - yet
all the other interfaces such as the pop-up menus, the start menu, the
control panel, etc. work just fine.

What is so special (or badly written) about the Windows QuickLaunch bar
that only this one GUI component disappears whenever the Windows machine is
shut down unnaturally?

What is it about the Quick Launch bar that is so sensitive to boot Windows
operation that all the other GUIs don't have?

Where do you keep your Quick Launch (QL)? If not on the taskbar, it is
viewed as window. Forcing a Windows shutdown gives QL a "closed window"
state. It will not reappear until you turn it back on and reposition it on
the desktop.

If you keep QL on the taskbar, beats me why it doesn't reappear.

Wild guesses: It is a per user item. Perhaps it's lack of appearance is a
sign that there's some troubles with your user account settings.

QL is also a part of "active desktop." Active Desktop is always on with XP
(unless turned off in policy) and a part of Internet Explorer's shell
integration. If the system is locking, Explorer (and IE shell components)
are involved so the disappearance could just be an offshoot of the
underlying problems that are causing the repeated lockups.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Where do you keep your Quick Launch (QL)? If not on the taskbar, it is
viewed as window. Forcing a Windows shutdown gives QL a "closed window"
state. It will not reappear until you turn it back on and reposition it on
the desktop.

If you keep QL on the taskbar, beats me why it doesn't reappear.

Wild guesses: It is a per user item. Perhaps it's lack of appearance is a
sign that there's some troubles with your user account settings.

QL is also a part of "active desktop." Active Desktop is always on with XP
(unless turned off in policy) and a part of Internet Explorer's shell
integration. If the system is locking, Explorer (and IE shell components)
are involved so the disappearance could just be an offshoot of the
underlying problems that are causing the repeated lockups.

Actually the Quick Launch can be a bar on any edge of the screen.
Unfortunately, I don't know the answer to the problem, which I have never
experienced.

 

[Sharon F]

Actually the Quick Launch can be a bar on any edge of the screen.

And the reason I asked where it was kept on their desktop

 

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