Windows XP desktop and start menu is gone...?

Question

Please help me haw can I get to Settings ond start menu... How do I link to restore point... I don't have a desktop anymore. So I need to go to settings so I can restore, but I need the exact address on explorer. Because all I can use is explorer now. But I can not even see the start menu... Thanks...

Answer 1

try to open up task manager, ctrl+alt+del, open up new task, and type in explorer.exe

Answer 2

Are you missing the desktop all the time or has it just happened this one time? What I'm trying to figure out is if your explorer.exe process is running on your system. Please try bringing up the task manager and verify that it is or isn't running so we can troubleshoot further.

1) Launching TaskManager:


2) Switch to the Processes tab and sort by Image Name

3) Look for "explorer.exe" in the list.

If "explorer.exe" is not running, try running it manually and we can troubleshoot more as a follow up.

1) Launch Task Manager (if you closed it already)

2) Click the "Applications" tab

3) Click the "New Tasks..." button

4) Enter "Explorer.exe" in the Open box and hit "OK".

This should bring up the desktop and hopefully your start menu.

If the explorer.exe process seems to be the problem and it doesn't come up automatically, we'll need to do some more research.

Answer 3

Try bumping your cursor against all 4 sides of the screen, sometimes you can mistakenly move the task bar to another side. This is done by left clicking on the task bar and holding the mouse button while you reposition the bar. Hope this helps. If all else fails, press Ctrl-Alt-Del, all at once, this will bring up task manager, thus allowing you more options.

Answer 4

that happens when there is a virus or some problems with explorer. press CTRL+ALT+DEL then go to processes and check if iexplorer.exe is running, if it is not, then click run type iexplorer.exe

Answer 5

safe mode time - you can access stuff that you may still have

or reboot the entire mess by reloading windows