Taskbar is gone. I cant get it back evn through control panel?

Question

I lost my taskbar on XP and cant seem to get it back. I have tryed through control panel and doesnt work. Auto hide taskbar is unchecked, and taskbar on top of all windows in checked. And there is no way to pull it up from bottom because its just plain gone. I boot in safemode and its there but as soon as I reboot normally, its still gone. What do I do??? please help me.

Answer 1

hii there!!!
If this happens, your taskbar may be on
auto-hide - move your mouse to where the taskbar normally appears. If
it pops up, right click on it, choose Properties and then deselect
auto-hide. Alternatively, it may be that the loaded theme specifies
that the taskbar should be hidden – if you don’t want this, right-click
on an empty section of an ObjectBar bar and click Properties, then go
to Theme Tools/Theme Options… and uncheck “Hide Windows Taskbar”. If
that doesn’t work, try running the “Recover Hidden Taskbar” shortcut in
the ObjectBar directory (usually C:/Program Files/Object
Desktop/ObjectBar).
good luck!!!

Answer 2

Here is lots of information on the taskbar.


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

Taskbar
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000127.htm

Issues:
Issues and questions related to the Windows Taskbar.
Information about the Taskbar.
I've lost my Windows Taskbar how do I get it back?
My Taskbar moved to the left, top, or right side of the screen.
How do I resize the Taskbar?
I have lost an icon on my Taskbar / Systray how do I get it back?
Can I add an icon to my Taskbar or Systray?
I have a double row or two or more rows for the Taskbar.
How do I enable or disable the Taskbar Auto-hide?
Additional information on the Systray.

Answer 3

Go to control panel and select recover function. Recover to the date that last time you had the taskbar function. That'll show taskbar.

Answer 4

Go to this site:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Run Numbers: #117 or #164 or #298

One of them should do the trick.

Then scan your system with a good Anti Virus program.
Scan with Super Anti Spyware from :http://www.superantispyware.com Use the FREE HOME Version.

Download it, Install it, Check for an Update first, then Scan Comptuer and chose the Complete Scan option.

Sit back and let it do it's job (usually an hour or so). When it finishes, remove what it found.

GoodLuck

Answer 5

Your screen size or resolution may have changed. Right click on your desktop screen then select graphics properties. find maintain aspect ratio and select that. or just change the screen size to see if it shows back up.

Answer 6

You scan for malware. In Safe Mode. Don't forget to scan for adware and spyware, also.

Good luck.

Answer 7

go to start -> run, then type regedit and press enter

in registry editor, it have console tree locate the following location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
Software\
Microsoft\
Windows\
CurrentVersion\
Explorer\
StuckRects

delete "StuckRects" key(folder), if you see "StuckRects2" key(folder) delete it also

then reboot your computer