Re: Desktop Still Crashing

Hi Sharon.. thanks for the response... yes I agree logging off and on again
is by far the easier..so this is what I will do... although I think I did
find the culprit.. Incredimail was acting strangely.. the notification
"thingie" was quivering when it announced I have mail.. so I uninstalled it
and resinstalled it .. also my Intellimouse finally bit the dust..and it
caused a lot of "desktop" problems while it was dying. icons moving all over
the place, the taskbar jumping up to the side, which I hate.. I finally
replaced it on a temporary basis with a generic ball mouse... I think all
these things aided and abetted my desktop crashing.. it seems to be working
ok now.. at least the last few times I booted, all the icons have loaded to
the taskbar.

I will look at startup and figure out which ones that don't have to load..

Please don't worry about not having enough coffee, everyone is entitled to
not have enough coffee from time to time.. :) again I sure do thank you for
all the information

Rainy

ps. I did visit the link.. and found this bit of information,

begin quote
Classic Theme and Notification Area:

If you are using the Windows Classic theme in Windows XP, the icons in the
notification area on the right side of the taskbar may disappear when you
select a High Contrast scheme in the Color Schemes box on the Appearance
tab.

To work around this problem, right-click a blank area of the taskbar, and
then click Lock the Taskbar. Or, change the size of the taskbar, and then
restore it.
end of quote

Which leads me to believe that using windows blinds and the classic view
lead to my problem in the first place.. am I right?


Thanks again.. Rainy


"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ulkrZwkiFHA.3692@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 22:43:00 GMT, Rainy wrote:
>
>> Hi again.. I found this thread from Sharon F.. but when I followed the
>> instructions.. it did not do as expected...
>> To restart Explorer, Not sure why I needed to restart Explorer, not
>> having a
>> problem with explorer, just the desktop... I'm a little confused right
>> now..
>>
>> here are her instructions..
>>
>> "I would close all open windows (including running programs). Then open a
>> command prompt window (Start> Run: type cmd and click OK). Leave that
>> window and task manager up. Then using Task Manager, end the Explorer
>> process. The desktop will disappear. Then use Task Manager's File> Run to
>> start explorer.exe again. The desktop will return."
>>
>> when I got to the part about "ending explorer, the desktop will
>> disappear"... it did not disappear.. so couldn't follow through with the
>> rest of it.. The desktop stayed put during the whole thing.. hope I am
>> making myself clear... :) Maybe I am not understanding what I was to do..
>> Rainy ps. didn't have anything to do with the registry.. sorry about
>> that..
>> my memory is not all that good sometimes.. lol
>
> Rainy, I must not have had enough coffee when I typed those directions.
>
> "Ending Explorer in Task Manager" part is right. The desktop should
> disappear. It may restart on its own - a definite flicker off and then
> flicker back on - due to failsafes that reload the shell if it fails. But
> most times it just disappears. Restart it using File> Run in Task Manager
> and typing in explorer.exe
>
> But having the cmd window open is only useful for typing commands - for
> example, deleting files that refuse to delete from the Windows Explorer
> file management interface. Since it ignores the presence of a cmd window,
> you get the shell hooks for some file types out of the way and can perform
> the delete without them interfering. Apparently my fingers took over for
> my
> brain when I typed that part. Sorry for the confusion.
>
> In regards to using this method as an attempt to load tray icons that
> failed to show up with the initial startup, you may have mixed results
> with
> this method. Some icons that didn't load may show up. However, there's a
> down side. You may lose some that loaded the first try but don't have the
> ability to reload a second time. Personally, I think log off/log on is the
> best approach and least trouble.
>
> For programs that don't behave well in the tray, consider disabling them
> from running at startup. Make shortcuts for them and placing the shortcuts
> into the quick launch toolbar. They'll still be only a click away. They
> won't be adding "extra weight" to your startup axis.
>
> If you'd like to research some other suggested workarounds for tray icons,
> check out MVP Kelly Theriot's page here:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_n.htm
>
> After the page comes up, scroll down to the section titled "Notification
> Area."
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User


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