Windows Missing???

[JCisso]

I have a bit of an issue here. I lost power earlier in
the week while my computer was on. When it booted back up
I lost all my icons, start menu, etc... I was able to
access the internet by going through the task manager.
Does anyone know where my icons might have gone and how
to get them back? I am currently running Windows XP Home
Edition. Also when I go to the task manager Alt+Ctrl+Del
it shows no programs running? Shouldnt something be
running in the backround at all times with windows?
Please help.

Thank you

Jason

[Joel Estes]

Try the Restore and see if that works.

Joel

"JCisso" > wrote in message
...
> I have a bit of an issue here. I lost power earlier in
> the week while my computer was on. When it booted back up
> I lost all my icons, start menu, etc... I was able to
> access the internet by going through the task manager.
> Does anyone know where my icons might have gone and how
> to get them back? I am currently running Windows XP Home
> Edition. Also when I go to the task manager Alt+Ctrl+Del
> it shows no programs running? Shouldnt something be
> running in the backround at all times with windows?
> Please help.
>
> Thank you
>
> Jason

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You may or may not see programs (Applications) running when you first boot
your computer, but you will see a number of Processes running.

While in Task Manager, go to File, New Task and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Look in the right pane for the Shell value. It should read Explorer.exe
If it doesn't, post back with what it does contain.

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"JCisso" > wrote in message
...
> I have a bit of an issue here. I lost power earlier in
> the week while my computer was on. When it booted back up
> I lost all my icons, start menu, etc... I was able to
> access the internet by going through the task manager.
> Does anyone know where my icons might have gone and how
> to get them back? I am currently running Windows XP Home
> Edition. Also when I go to the task manager Alt+Ctrl+Del
> it shows no programs running? Shouldnt something be
> running in the backround at all times with windows?
> Please help.
>
> Thank you
>
> Jason