Re: Taskbar problems

Are you saying that the task bar disappears completely like is gone
completely - gone for good? Does it ever return during the same session, as
in suddenly reappear? In Safe Mode does the taskbar ever exhibit the
behavior you are experiencing?

"Pflueger" wrote:

The START menu does not work with the keyboard button when this happens.
Also, by the "blue bar" I did not mean the blue TASKBAR (that is missing); I
meant when I minimize a window, it will minimize to a small blue
window-header bar on the desktop which I can then maximize from itself (I
have wallpaper on desktop, no icons). When the taskbar disappears,
everything is frozen except for the windows I have open. If there are
programs running that are minimized to the taskbar when it disappears, I can
still open them from the task manager by bringing them to the front.

Basically what I am saying is the desktop (with wallpaper-no icons) is dead
to right click, the taskbar goes missing therefore no START menu including
no START menu from the keyboard. Anything that is open can still be run but
only from the task manager; any windows that are open can still be
max/minimized (but onto the desktop) and I have to use task manager to shut
down because no START.

I know it sounds a bit confusing because it is compounded -- but I hope
you'll bear with me because this problem makes for a lot of extra work.

Pflu



"RajKohli" <RajKohli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can you open your Start menu by pressing the START button from your
keyboard?
If yes, that means your TaskBar is get reduce. As you mention, you can see
a
Blue Bar at the bottom of your desktop. Right-click on that Blue Bar and
uncheck "Lock the Taskbar", if it is checked. Move your mouse pointer near
to
that Blue Bar border and your cursor will change to Up Down Arrow With
Base.
Hold down left mouse click and try increasing the size. See if this helps
you.

If that doesn't work then goto following link - Line No. 117.

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

Regarding no response on right-clicking on Desktop. Can you see the
Desktop
icons and are you able to open them like Recycle Bin? See the following
link:


http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/93790.asp

Hope this information help you, Let us know!
"Pflueger" wrote:

I need to know what causes my taskbar to disappear, including no access
to
the START menu. When that happens, windows will only minimize to a small
blue bar at the bottom of the desktop (I am able to maximize them
again),
and nothing happens at all when I right-click the desktop.

If I have programs running I can only bring them up using task manager I
access with ctrl-alt-del. Since the START menu doesn't appear I also
have to
use task manager to reboot or shut down.

Any ideas what is doing this and what I can do to prevent it? Thanks,

Pflu









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