my start bar isn't showing, what do I do?

Question

My start bar that is green and in the lower left of the screen isn't showing, including with the other things.
So the whole bottom of my screen isn' showing...
how do I get it back?

Explorer.exe did NOT work.

Answer 1

restart your computer this happens to me alot
and you might want to get an anti virus thing because
this has stated happening to me once i got a virus.

and if that doesn't work, bring it in to best buy or a computer
help store. they will know and make it all better or you might
have to buy a new computer

Answer 2

Try to put the mouse, just at the bottom of the screen, if the mouse changes to a double arrow pointer, then keeping the left button pressed move the pointer up. The bar will show up then

If that doesnt work, maybe for some reason your monitor screen has been changed. Go to the monitor (physically) and wit the menu try to make the screen smaller from the top and bottom.


Good luck

Answer 3

Mess with the little buttons on your monitor. Find the place where you adjust the top-bottom length and press +/- signs until you see your taskbar (that's BTW what it's called)

Answer 4

Right click on the desktop, choose properties, the desktop tab, and click on "Restore Defaults". That might work.

Answer 5

have you tried to hit the windows logo key?? that will usually bring up the start bar. someone may have hit the hide button in the prefrences. try that....

Answer 6

Source: This is an excellent link with good explanations and graphics.
http://www.coolnerds.com/XP/Taskbar/xpTaskbar.htm

Answer 7

go to start, then run..., then type in explorer.exe and it should come up... stratch that. press ctrl+alt+delete, then go to applications, then go new task, then type explorer.exe