Re: Explorer doesn't start anymore

Hi Wesley,

thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I didn't have luck with these steps.

I can boot in safe mode and log on. This works fine. Under the user
Administrator I created a new user account (also an administrator) and
rebooted, this time in normal mode. It didn't change the problem I'm having.

I also used the "Taskbar missing"-script under a safe-mode adminostrator.
But it didn't help as well.

Strangely, if I boot i normal mode log on as an administrator and see the
background picture, I can open the task manager and can choose File->Open and
search for executable programs. If I search under "office" (? don't know the
correct phrase for that in the english version of XP) for programs the
taskbar reappears but everything is extremely slow/frozen and there's only
action if I try to look under "office" - and then also not much. I cannot
even see the contents o office.

Would it help if I go back with a system restore? Are registry keys also
restored? Unfortunately my last backup is quite a while ago. I can't imagine
what has been screwed up, since I only granted write access and took it away
after executing RegMon from Sysinternals and the dictionary I tried to get to
run.

Would be very grateful for further assistance,
Mat

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

This behavior can occur if the Windows settings for a particular user
account are corrupted.

Taskbar Is Missing When You Log On to Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318027

Also...

[[To use the VBS Files: Download .vbs file and save it to your hard drive
(you may want to right click and use Save Target As). Double click the vbs
file. You will be prompted when the script is done. ]]

Taskbar is Missing
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/xp_taskbar_desktop_fixall.vbs


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:C57A1C9F-CE96-48B3-B624-B458C3B1448A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Mat <Mat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Hi,

I've got a big problem, because I can't access any program anymore (except
the task manager).

What I did: I was working under a user with limited rights (Windows XP
Media Center Edition) and tried to get to run a program under such an
account. After giving special rights to the group, that this user
belongs, for specific keys (which RegMon showed me) I granted this group
rights for all of the Root_Classes and HKLM in the registry (while being
logged on as limited user, regedit being executed with
administrator-rights). This didn't help so I took away the rights again
and logged off. After that time I can log in but nothing starts. The only
thing I see is the background picture and the only process that starts is
explorer (I can see that in task manager), but the task bar doesn't show
up, and nothing else as well.

I would be so grateful for any help, that doesn't say install everything
again from new.

Best,
Mat


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