No desktop icons

[Just Askin']

Hi, don't know what I did or didn't do, but I'm running winxp sp2 on an HP
laptop

reboots only to the desktop, no icons, I did ctrl/alt/delete and create new
task, tried msconfig to do a system restore, there were no points to restore
to, I also looked in running processes and noticed there was no
explorer.exe, so I tried again to start a new process, explorer.exe, and the
screen just flashes off. I can only get into the task manager, Are there any
other commands I can start to get this going?

thanks much

[DL]

Tried booting to safe mode, last good configeration?

"Just Askin'" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, don't know what I did or didn't do, but I'm running winxp sp2 on an HP
> laptop
>
> reboots only to the desktop, no icons, I did ctrl/alt/delete and create
new
> task, tried msconfig to do a system restore, there were no points to
restore
> to, I also looked in running processes and noticed there was no
> explorer.exe, so I tried again to start a new process, explorer.exe, and
the
> screen just flashes off. I can only get into the task manager, Are there
any
> other commands I can start to get this going?
>
> thanks much
>
>

[Just Askin']

Yes, that was the first thing I did.
The last reboot to safe mode, seems to have stuck there, cant get to a
desktop, even a blank one.
Any other suggestions? thanks

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
...
> Tried booting to safe mode, last good configeration?
>
> "Just Askin'" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi, don't know what I did or didn't do, but I'm running winxp sp2 on an
>> HP
>> laptop
>>
>> reboots only to the desktop, no icons, I did ctrl/alt/delete and create
> new
>> task, tried msconfig to do a system restore, there were no points to
> restore
>> to, I also looked in running processes and noticed there was no
>> explorer.exe, so I tried again to start a new process, explorer.exe, and
> the
>> screen just flashes off. I can only get into the task manager, Are there
> any
>> other commands I can start to get this going?
>>
>> thanks much
>>
>>
>
>

[Joe Wright]

Just Askin' wrote:
> Hi, don't know what I did or didn't do, but I'm running winxp sp2 on an HP
> laptop
>
> reboots only to the desktop, no icons, I did ctrl/alt/delete and create new
> task, tried msconfig to do a system restore, there were no points to restore
> to, I also looked in running processes and noticed there was no
> explorer.exe, so I tried again to start a new process, explorer.exe, and the
> screen just flashes off. I can only get into the task manager, Are there any
> other commands I can start to get this going?
>
> thanks much

Boot to Windows, press Ctrl/Alt-Delete, start the task iexplore.exe, go
to this link and run the .vbs file.

Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/xp_taskbar_desktop_fixall.vbs

--
Joe =o)

[Just Askin']

Thanks for trying but that didn't work, I got a script error and it shut
down.

I ordered recovery disks from the mfg. thanks again

"Joe Wright" > wrote in message
...
> Just Askin' wrote:
>> Hi, don't know what I did or didn't do, but I'm running winxp sp2 on an
>> HP laptop
>>
>> reboots only to the desktop, no icons, I did ctrl/alt/delete and create
>> new task, tried msconfig to do a system restore, there were no points to
>> restore to, I also looked in running processes and noticed there was no
>> explorer.exe, so I tried again to start a new process, explorer.exe, and
>> the screen just flashes off. I can only get into the task manager, Are
>> there any other commands I can start to get this going?
>>
>> thanks much
>
> Boot to Windows, press Ctrl/Alt-Delete, start the task iexplore.exe, go to
> this link and run the .vbs file.
>
> Restore Desktop Icons and Taskbar
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/xp_taskbar_desktop_fixall.vbs
>
> --
> Joe =o)