Doug Knox MS-MVP
April 12th 03, 01:00 AM
With the Task Manager open, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE
This should restart the shell. If not, in Task Manager, Click File, New
Task and enter REGEDIT Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Look in the right pane for a value called Shell. It should read
EXPLORER.EXE (it may be all lower case as well). If it doesn't, double
click the Shell value and enter explorer.exe If the Shell value doesn't
exist, right click in a blank area of the right pane, select New, String
Value and name it Shell. Then modify it as above.
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"peteG" > wrote in message
...
> Log on screen, background wallpaper and music - but
> nothing else - no icons, start taskbar etc....Ctrl/Alt/Del
> gives use of Taskmanager but Explorer.exe not running, and
> will not, nor will some other apps and utilities.
>
> Attempting to understand what has gone wrong - so system
> restore is not an option - YET!!
This should restart the shell. If not, in Task Manager, Click File, New
Task and enter REGEDIT Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Look in the right pane for a value called Shell. It should read
EXPLORER.EXE (it may be all lower case as well). If it doesn't, double
click the Shell value and enter explorer.exe If the Shell value doesn't
exist, right click in a blank area of the right pane, select New, String
Value and name it Shell. Then modify it as above.
--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Associate Expert
ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
"peteG" > wrote in message
...
> Log on screen, background wallpaper and music - but
> nothing else - no icons, start taskbar etc....Ctrl/Alt/Del
> gives use of Taskmanager but Explorer.exe not running, and
> will not, nor will some other apps and utilities.
>
> Attempting to understand what has gone wrong - so system
> restore is not an option - YET!!