XP cannot load destop

XP problems!!! I have no start menu or desktop icons.
Can't find explorer.exe from taskmanager. I tried to copy (c:\windows\explorer.exe) explorer.exe from other XP machine with no results(same version)I have scanned for viruses using f-prot(dated 5.1.2004). No viruses found.
I also run "SFC /SCANNOW" from a command prompt(replaces all of the protected system files) No results. Booting at Safe Mode won't work...

from the task manager goto file - new task (run..) type explorer.exe and see if that starts it up.

you can configure the icons to be back in the desktop in the display settings.

<b>MY PC SPECS</b>
Intel P4 2.0GHz | 256MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM | Nvidia GeForceFX 5200 64MB | Integrated Audio | Asus P4S333 SiS645 | Seagate 40GB 7.2KRPM HDD | WIN98SE

"from the task manager goto file - new task (run..) type explorer.exe and see if that starts it up."


Done that, it doesnt work.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by savoc on 01/07/04 00:20 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

And reinstalling is not an option. There are lots of files etc i want to keep...

Ok, I reinstalled Windows to same directory where the crappy one was (C:\WINDOWS). It worked! And all my progs and other stuff are there where they belong, in right places.

The BIG question here is, how to repair "disappeared" desktop without installing whole XP again? There have to be a simple answer for that. I suppose that i wasted more time to get desktop work again with all this "experimental, don't really know how" doings...