Right-click on the task bar and choose "Lock the Taskbar"-

If it's already ticked, untick it, reboot, then tick it again.. see if
that works.
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"Poppymarie" wrote in message
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| i am having trouble with my quick lauch taskbar. after running
spybot and
| adaware to rid my computer of spyware, i must have inadvertently
deleted a
| file having to do with quick launch. now everytime i restart my
computer it
| disappears. i have to go into "settings" and "toolbars" and re-check
the box
| for quick launch. this happens everytime my computer is restarted.
PLEASE
| HELP. i LOVE my quick launch bar and its a pain to have to re-select
it and
| organize it all the time!! THANKS