Solve : Start menu gone?

1.	Solve : Start menu gone?
Answer» I rebooted the computer back to an earlier DATE and when i did that, the start menu and all the desktop items were gone, how do i get them back please? I'm running windows xp. we cant get anything up only the wallpaper comes up. only by doing control ALT delete can we open up the internet :-?some one help me plzs.x. really don't wanna take it back to factory settings :-/ help pleasei think that is because of the explorer.exe and i think the problem is that ur comp doesnt automatically starts explorer.exe Quote i think that is because of the explorer.exe and i think the problem is that ur comp doesnt automatically starts explorer.exe I don't really know how to fix your problem Kerry, but if lodoftheplat is right, then you can put 'explorer.exe' (located in C:\Wondows) in the Scheduled Tasks (located in Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools) and have it run every boot....dunno if it will work thoughTry to go to Start>Run>Then Type "MSCONFIG" then click the startup tab and tell us what is not checked. I know you guys are attempting to help but the above just sounds like poor guesswork... Kerry try the following: Go to Start/Run and type in sfc /scannow and hit Enter...have your XP CD handy as it will ask for it. LET it run til it finishes, do not interrupt it. After it's done re-boot and let us know what happens. How many user accounts are on this machine ? ? After this we can direct you to some online malware scans to see if you are infected. If not you might be looking at a repair install of Windows... Let us know. Quote I know you guys are attempting to help but the above just sounds like poor guesswork... Kerry try the following: Go to Start/Run and type in sfc /scannow and hit Enter...have your XP CD handy as it will ask for it. Let it run til it finishes, do not interrupt it. After it's done re-boot and let us know what happens. How many user accounts are on this machine ? ? After this we can direct you to some online malware scans to see if you are infected. If not you might be looking at a repair install of Windows... Let us know. Who are you to tell us that our ideas are poor guess work pffft. This is a LEARNING forum where if at first you dont succeed you try something else and everyone involved learns something new in the process. Patio you might be a more experienced technician than most here but making the new comers feel un welcome surely isn't the way to proceed. Quote Quote I know you guys are attempting to help but the above just sounds like poor guesswork... Kerry try the following: Go to Start/Run and type in sfc /scannow and hit Enter...have your XP CD handy as it will ask for it. Let it run til it finishes, do not interrupt it. After it's done re-boot and let us know what happens. How many user accounts are on this machine ? ? After this we can direct you to some online malware scans to see if you are infected. If not you might be looking at a repair install of Windows... Let us know. Who are you to tell us that our ideas are poor guess work pffft. This is a LEARNING forum where if at first you dont succeed you try something else and everyone involved learns something new in the process. Patio you might be a more experienced technician than most here but making the new comers feel un welcome surely isn't the way to proceed. Also...you mentioned that you would recommend a malware scan to...The funny thing is that is why I told kerry to check to see what was in the startup...Suspicious programs that a Mal ware scan would turn up. Read post #2 #3 and #4 and tell me he is going to be any closer to a solution... My statement was an observation nothing more. And YES this is a learning Forum, i agree. But not to learn troubleshooting at a user's expense. I stand by what i stated.I'll stand by patio's observations too. I know you're trying to help, but it does sound like you're guessing. It's a good place to learn, but not at anyone's cost. Quote I don't really know how to fix your problem Quote dunno if it will work though Doesn't sound very confident to me, and if it was my problem I wouldn't be very reassured. No OFFENCE intended, and I'm sure patio didn't intend any offence either. Just try to keep it to yourself if you're not sure, or read up a bit before posting, OK? No hard feelings, eh?Not pressing the "post" button is better than just guessing, and that's a fact. There is a systematic means of problem solving and the suggestions given do not qualify. The original poster needs to provide a lot more information and we can go from there in a systematic manner. There is a difference between learning on a forum and a "learning forum" as you envision it. This is the former. If you want the other type there are plenty of those elsewhere you can frequent. thanks guys and so sorry about the lack of info but a friend put me on to you guys and said you was good and im so not good at coms but love them and at the mo hate them :-?cos i have no idea wot im doing :-? all wot ur saying means goblyed - gop to me is there any one who would like to take over my com and do it for me as im so bad at this stuff but plzs help me and plzs dont do anythink bad to me? Quote Kerry try the following: Go to Start/Run and type in sfc /scannow and hit Enter...have your XP CD handy as it will ask for it. Let it run til it finishes, do not interrupt it. After it's done re-boot and let us know what happens. How many user accounts are on this machine ? ? After this we can direct you to some online malware scans to see if you are infected. If not you might be looking at a repair install of Windows... Let us know. Try patio's suggestions and get back to us. If you need help with them, let us know and we can try to simplify the instructions for you. OK? u guys r so sweet thanks ill try it now and get back to u thanks again hi guys i have no start and no cd as xp come wiv the pc?? i only have windows task manager and when i try anythink like accessories i have no system tools sorry i do but all it does is flash at the bottom of the screen when i type it in the start menu comes up but then goes again wot do i do now :-? hey guys when i go to system tools it tells me internet explorer ( no add-ons).ink does anyone know wot that is :-? could this be the prob :-? thanks ill wait to here from you spk soon kerry .

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I rebooted the computer back to an earlier DATE and when i did that, the start menu and all the desktop items were gone, how do i get them back please? I'm running windows xp. we cant get anything up only the wallpaper comes up. only by doing control ALT delete can we open up the internet :-?some one help me plzs.x. really don't wanna take it back to factory settings :-/ help pleasei think that is because of the explorer.exe and i think the problem is that
ur comp doesnt automatically starts explorer.exe Quote

i think that is because of the explorer.exe and i think the problem is that
ur comp doesnt automatically starts explorer.exe

I don't really know how to fix your problem Kerry, but if lodoftheplat is right, then you can put 'explorer.exe' (located in C:\Wondows) in the Scheduled Tasks (located in Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools) and have it run every boot....dunno if it will work thoughTry to go to Start>Run>Then Type "MSCONFIG" then click the startup tab and tell us what is not checked. I know you guys are attempting to help but the above just sounds like poor guesswork...
Kerry try the following: Go to Start/Run and type in sfc /scannow and hit Enter...have your XP CD handy as it will ask for it.
LET it run til it finishes, do not interrupt it. After it's done re-boot and let us know what happens.
How many user accounts are on this machine ? ?
After this we can direct you to some online malware scans to see if you are infected. If not you might be looking at a repair install of Windows...

Let us know. Quote

I know you guys are attempting to help but the above just sounds like poor guesswork...
Kerry try the following: Go to Start/Run and type in sfc /scannow and hit Enter...have your XP CD handy as it will ask for it.
Let it run til it finishes, do not interrupt it. After it's done re-boot and let us know what happens.
How many user accounts are on this machine ? ?
After this we can direct you to some online malware scans to see if you are infected. If not you might be looking at a repair install of Windows...

Let us know.

Who are you to tell us that our ideas are poor guess work pffft. This is a LEARNING forum where if at first you dont succeed you try something else and everyone involved learns something new in the process. Patio you might be a more experienced technician than most here but making the new comers feel un welcome surely isn't the way to proceed. Quote

Quote
I know you guys are attempting to help but the above just sounds like poor guesswork...
Kerry try the following: Go to Start/Run and type in sfc /scannow and hit Enter...have your XP CD handy as it will ask for it.
Let it run til it finishes, do not interrupt it. After it's done re-boot and let us know what happens.
How many user accounts are on this machine ? ?
After this we can direct you to some online malware scans to see if you are infected. If not you might be looking at a repair install of Windows...

Let us know.

Who are you to tell us that our ideas are poor guess work pffft. This is a LEARNING forum where if at first you dont succeed you try something else and everyone involved learns something new in the process. Patio you might be a more experienced technician than most here but making the new comers feel un welcome surely isn't the way to proceed.

Also...you mentioned that you would recommend a malware scan to...The funny thing is that is why I told kerry to check to see what was in the startup...Suspicious programs that a Mal ware scan would turn up. Read post #2 #3 and #4 and tell me he is going to be any closer to a solution...

My statement was an observation nothing more.

And YES this is a learning Forum, i agree. But not to learn troubleshooting at a user's expense.

I stand by what i stated.I'll stand by patio's observations too.
I know you're trying to help, but it does sound like you're guessing.
It's a good place to learn, but not at anyone's cost.
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I don't really know how to fix your problem

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dunno if it will work though

Doesn't sound very confident to me, and if it was my problem I wouldn't be very reassured.
No OFFENCE intended, and I'm sure patio didn't intend any offence either.
Just try to keep it to yourself if you're not sure, or read up a bit before posting, OK?
No hard feelings, eh?Not pressing the "post" button is better than just guessing, and that's a fact. There is a systematic means of problem solving and the suggestions given do not qualify.

The original poster needs to provide a lot more information and we can go from there in a systematic manner.

There is a difference between learning on a forum and a "learning forum" as you envision it. This is the former. If you want the other type there are plenty of those elsewhere you can frequent.

thanks guys and so sorry about the lack of info but a friend put me on to you guys and said you was good and im so not good at coms but love them and at the mo hate them :-?cos i have no idea wot im doing :-? all wot ur saying means goblyed - gop to me is there any one who would like to take over my com and do it for me as im so bad at this stuff but plzs help me and plzs dont do anythink bad to me? Quote

Kerry try the following: Go to Start/Run and type in sfc /scannow and hit Enter...have your XP CD handy as it will ask for it.
Let it run til it finishes, do not interrupt it. After it's done re-boot and let us know what happens.
How many user accounts are on this machine ? ?
After this we can direct you to some online malware scans to see if you are infected. If not you might be looking at a repair install of Windows...

Let us know.

Try patio's suggestions and get back to us.
If you need help with them, let us know and we can try to simplify the instructions for you.
OK? u guys r so sweet thanks ill try it now and get back to u thanks again hi guys i have no start and no cd as xp come wiv the pc?? i only have windows task manager and when i try anythink like accessories i have no system tools sorry i do but all it does is flash at the bottom of the screen when i type it in the start menu comes up but then goes again wot do i do now :-? hey guys when i go to system tools it tells me internet explorer ( no add-ons).ink does anyone know wot that is :-? could this be the prob :-? thanks ill wait to here from you spk soon kerry .

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