windows xp, start bar, and all icons are gone.

[Sandymk]

Hi can anyone help..? When we get on our user accounts the screens are
blank, there are no icons, no start bar nothing. I can use task manager, but
am unable to find control panel... I have tried everything i can think of.
The window button on the keyboard doesnt bring any thing up either...

 

[Gerry]

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Dave]

As of yesterday I have the same problem too. Having seen similar issues
before I tried running task manager and noticed that explorer was not
running, so I started it. Still none of my icons or start bar showed up, but
you can get to what would be on your desktop and control panel from there. I
also found that my antivirus software had been disabled. After starting it
and doing a scan it found 4 viruses, which it cleaned, but even after
rebooting it still has the same problem, and my antivrus software was
disabled again. I can run it, but am unable to enable real-time file
protection anymore. I then ran chkdsk and it found several issues, but
again, I still have the same issue of no start bar, no icons, and several
things that should launch on startup never do.

I could use some more help here myself.

 

[Elmo]

As of yesterday I have the same problem too. Having seen similar issues
before I tried running task manager and noticed that explorer was not
running, so I started it. Still none of my icons or start bar showed up, but
you can get to what would be on your desktop and control panel from there. I
also found that my antivirus software had been disabled. After starting it
and doing a scan it found 4 viruses, which it cleaned, but even after
rebooting it still has the same problem, and my antivrus software was
disabled again. I can run it, but am unable to enable real-time file
protection anymore. I then ran chkdsk and it found several issues, but
again, I still have the same issue of no start bar, no icons, and several
things that should launch on startup never do.

I could use some more help here myself.

Try these:

Malwarebytes© Corporation
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

SuperAntispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html