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One day I turned on my computer, and my start menu was missing in action. I also have object dock running, which was dislocated and reseted (all my saved icons were gone) where my start menu should have been. Any solution to find my start menu?
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Tom
Custom build-
amd 3700+
gigabyte k8nsc-939 motherboard
1 gb crosair ram
windows x64 xp
160gb westerngate hdd
ati x700 pro graphic card
using Taskbar Repair Tool Plus? You can download it here : http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
I downloaded and tried out the repair tool.
when I repair it, the start menu appears and when I click out of it, the start menu disappears again :T
press the Windows Key?
Have you checked to see if the Taskbar is set to Autohide?
If the "taskbar repair tool" works but the "cure" doesn't stick it is possible that somewhere along the line your registry or portions of it got write protected. Check that.
One way to check is to open REGEDIT and navigate to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects\ (that might be \StuckRects2) and with that key selected and highlighted press the delete key then reboot (that rebuilds the key).
If that fails to help open REGEDIT again. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
There are 3 sub keys (that we are interested in): Explorer
ShellBrowser
WebBrowser
In each of these sub-keys is the entry for ITBarLayout. DELETE ONLY ITS VALUE!
Try this Registry file which does all the above (except for the ITBarLayout) without your having to open the editor. Just download it, scan it, then double click it to merge it with the registry: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/nodesktop.reg
Microsoft has some other suggestions when all else fails:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318027
I'm not familiar with that program. If its the one made by Stardock, have you checked with their tech support since it sounds like your problem is associated with that program? Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
Use the repair tool again long enough to get the Start Menu back again, then get to RUN and type
SFC /SCANNOW and press Enter
Have your XP cd handy as you will need it. This command will let XP repair or replace any system files that have either disappeared or have been corrupt enough to not be able to run. You will have to click OK each time the window says insert the cd as for some reason it doesn't realize the cd is still in the drive.
Once it's finished, reboot the computer, and get into SafeMode by pressing the F8 key a couple of times during the black and white bootscreen sequence, then go to Start/Control Panel and Add-Remove Programs and uninstall your Object Dock program from there.
Reboot the computer and once at the normal desktop, if everything is OK, try reinstalling the program. If you have the same thing happen again, you will know what the culprit is and uninstall it again until you can get some good tech advice from the people who wrote it about why it's not working correctly.
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