Re: All my desktop folders and tasbar disappeared!

Boot to Safe Mode (F8 on restart) and log on as the default "Administrator" account. Create a new use with the User Accounts app in
control panel. Copy the old profile to the new one.

811151 - How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151

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Mark L. Ferguson
FAQ for Windows Antispy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"mickey987" <mickey987.1slxpq@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:mickey987.1slxpq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> First time posting.
>
> I was using my home office computer this morning and I noticed that
> there were way too many windows open and my computer was starting to
> slow down a lot. I closed all my windows including Corel Draw and it
> started to slow down even worse. My computer basically paused for half
> a minute. When the program finally shut down, my folders on my desktop
> all disappeared, no my computer, no my documents, not shortcuts. My
> taskbar (right word?) disppeared also, (the blue bar on the bottom). I
> can't access the the start menu, there's just a darker blue ...square
> where it should be. Did my computer get a virus? Is there anything I
> can do? I haven't backed up my computer in a couple of months and I
> need to do finish some important work on there. :(
>
> Thanks for your time!
>
>
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> mickey987


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