Lost Desktop

[Glen]

I'm having trouble getting my desktop back. To understand
the issue, I'll give a quick (I hope) history.

I was trying to set up VPN for work on my home computer.
I have DSL and when I had trouble connecting after
installing it (it hung on "connecting...") I played around
with the local area connections. I even tried to create
a "bridge connection" which was a major mistake, but I
think I got rid of that.

Well, I got to a point where I was able to get to
a "blank" screen (no desktop) and was able to do a control-
alt-del to get to the task manager. I created a new task
and ran the VPN setup again which detected that VPN was
already set up and asked if I wanted to uninstall it. I
uninstalled it and it got rid of that "bridge connection"
so I thought I was good to go. When I rebooted I go
directly into "windows" but still, I get only a "blank"
screen (my wallpaper) but no start menu or icons.

I've tried just about everything I can think of. I can
create a new task and open a DOS window, Word, MS Money,
but I can't get to Windows Explorer or get my desktop
back. I found another forum that said to right click and
do a "show desktop" but when I right click I don't get a
popup menu.

If anyone has any ideas how I can get my desktop back I'd
really appreciate it. What gets me is that I can run some
applications but not explorer.exe. Oh yeah, I tried
bringing up the "control panel.lnk" but no dice.

Post a reply or send me an email, but PLEASE HELP!!!

Thanks,
Glen

[Chris Lanier]

Try

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 195 (right column) "Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar"

Install the fix, then reboot your computer.

"Glen" > wrote in message
...
> I'm having trouble getting my desktop back. To understand
> the issue, I'll give a quick (I hope) history.
>
> I was trying to set up VPN for work on my home computer.
> I have DSL and when I had trouble connecting after
> installing it (it hung on "connecting...") I played around
> with the local area connections. I even tried to create
> a "bridge connection" which was a major mistake, but I
> think I got rid of that.
>
> Well, I got to a point where I was able to get to
> a "blank" screen (no desktop) and was able to do a control-
> alt-del to get to the task manager. I created a new task
> and ran the VPN setup again which detected that VPN was
> already set up and asked if I wanted to uninstall it. I
> uninstalled it and it got rid of that "bridge connection"
> so I thought I was good to go. When I rebooted I go
> directly into "windows" but still, I get only a "blank"
> screen (my wallpaper) but no start menu or icons.
>
> I've tried just about everything I can think of. I can
> create a new task and open a DOS window, Word, MS Money,
> but I can't get to Windows Explorer or get my desktop
> back. I found another forum that said to right click and
> do a "show desktop" but when I right click I don't get a
> popup menu.
>
> If anyone has any ideas how I can get my desktop back I'd
> really appreciate it. What gets me is that I can run some
> applications but not explorer.exe. Oh yeah, I tried
> bringing up the "control panel.lnk" but no dice.
>
> Post a reply or send me an email, but PLEASE HELP!!!
>
> Thanks,
> Glen

[Glen]

Thanks for the try, but I can't install the fix because it
doesn't recognize VBScript. I went through and tried to
update the registry manually but this doesn't seem to fix
it either.

If you have any other suggestions I'd definately try.

Thanks again,
Glen

>-----Original Message-----
>Try
>
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>Line 195 (right column) "Restore Desktop Icons and
Taskbar"
>
>Install the fix, then reboot your computer.
>
>"Glen" > wrote in message
...
>> I'm having trouble getting my desktop back. To
understand
>> the issue, I'll give a quick (I hope) history.
>>
>> I was trying to set up VPN for work on my home computer.
>> I have DSL and when I had trouble connecting after
>> installing it (it hung on "connecting...") I played
around
>> with the local area connections. I even tried to create
>> a "bridge connection" which was a major mistake, but I
>> think I got rid of that.
>>
>> Well, I got to a point where I was able to get to
>> a "blank" screen (no desktop) and was able to do a
control-
>> alt-del to get to the task manager. I created a new
task
>> and ran the VPN setup again which detected that VPN was
>> already set up and asked if I wanted to uninstall it. I
>> uninstalled it and it got rid of that "bridge
connection"
>> so I thought I was good to go. When I rebooted I go
>> directly into "windows" but still, I get only a "blank"
>> screen (my wallpaper) but no start menu or icons.
>>
>> I've tried just about everything I can think of. I can
>> create a new task and open a DOS window, Word, MS Money,
>> but I can't get to Windows Explorer or get my desktop
>> back. I found another forum that said to right click
and
>> do a "show desktop" but when I right click I don't get a
>> popup menu.
>>
>> If anyone has any ideas how I can get my desktop back
I'd
>> really appreciate it. What gets me is that I can run
some
>> applications but not explorer.exe. Oh yeah, I tried
>> bringing up the "control panel.lnk" but no dice.
>>
>> Post a reply or send me an email, but PLEASE HELP!!!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Glen
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