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by: wuzup_ June 30, 2009 2:21 PM PDT

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lost my start menu and icons

by wuzup_ - 6/30/09 2:21 PM

when I started up my laptop a couple of days ago, I had only a black screen and cursor. I can somewhat navagate and get on line through the task manager, but thats all. I have vista home premium.It won't let me restore back any further than it started. I had AVG but it even quit working an I had to uninstall it. I ran malwarebytes and it didn't find anything.....help!!!


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That's an Explorer.exe problem...

by John.Wilkinson Moderator - 6/30/09 3:16 PM

In Reply to: lost my start menu and icons by wuzup_

Terminate the process and relaunch it using Task Manager or restart your computer as a quick fix. If the problem persists, post information about any/all recent installations, applications set to launch automatically at startup, et cetera.

Let us know.
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Lost icons

by wuzup_ - 6/30/09 6:58 PM

In Reply to: That's an Explorer.exe problem... by John.Wilkinson Moderator

I don't have explorer.exe and when I try to launch it from task manager, my start menue almost starts up but explorer exe. will not stay on the processes. I even checked out my registry and its not there either. I downloadeded advanced system care recently and also some new drivers. I uninstalled everything just to see. I also went to a site to download explorer.exe but it won't stay.


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Lost Desktop and Icons and Taskbar and soon.....my Mind.

by wuzup_ - 7/9/09 2:51 PM

In Reply to: That's an Explorer.exe problem... by John.Wilkinson Moderator

I tried to put explorer.exe back in the processes and the cpu jumps up to 100% and the task bar shows up for a second then goes away. I've tried just about every thing including a check for viruses. I have AVG and tried malwarebytes and even vundofix. Any HELP would be appreciated.


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Outstanding job sir. I spent 50 bucks on Wisefixer. You win.

by carver816 - 7/5/12 3:25 AM

In Reply to: That's an Explorer.exe problem... by John.Wilkinson Moderator

Thank you. You seem to know what you are talking about. Now I can go to bed. Again, thanks.


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try this step

by gauthamamal - 7/9/09 10:41 PM

In Reply to: lost my start menu and icons by wuzup_

it might be because the shell value the registry is corrputed... that is the reason you are losing the explorer on every restart.

Trey to start the explorer using the task manager and go to the following location in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\ and in the right side find the shell value and check whether the value is explorer.exe. If not right click on the shell and select modify and changes the value to exporer.exe.

Close the registry and restart the computer.......


I beleive it should work.


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Lost desktop,taskbar and Icons!

by wuzup_ - 7/11/09 6:42 PM

In Reply to: try this step by gauthamamal

I went into the registry b-4 to delete explorer and ie. exe and they were not there. Now when I went into the registry to the shell value , it alreay is explorer.exe, so I coulnt change any thing. Any more suggestions? Ive been working on this daily for over a week and its driving me #@$%&*@#@!!%^$#@@!@?


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lost start up and icons on Vista

by eleanorivers13 - 1/1/10 5:41 AM

In Reply to: Lost desktop,taskbar and Icons! by wuzup_

This has happened to me too. I have tried everything. Does anyone think the solution might be to buy Windows 7 and start over? I ask because the menu is not the first thing I lost. First lost dvd drive then lost Wi Fi capibility and dvd drive came back. I think it's Vista.


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Lost start menu and icons on Vista

by eleanorivers13 - 1/1/10 9:12 AM

In Reply to: lost start up and icons on Vista by eleanorivers13

Never mind responding to my request for help. I found the fix.

Go to Task Manager via Control Alt Del
Select New Task
Type in Explorer
Hit OK

Everything comes back.


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