hey guys, i started my computer in XP the other day, and no icons and no start menu appeared. i figured it was jsut a loading problem, so i waited for 5 minutes. still nothing appeared. i tried retarting, turnign it on/off, and even let it sit for a day. still no task bar/icons. its a real pain and i have no idea what to do! any ideas? thanks!
press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to bring up task manager. Click File, New task (Run) type explorer.exe and see if you get them back. If you do and a restart still doesn't bring them back then you have a problem with explorer.exe not working correctly.
Easiest solution would be to do a repair install like edklite suggested.
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