Taskbar keeps disappearing and cannot get it back w/out restarting!

Anonymous
2009-11-13T18:05:43+00:00

My taskbar keeps disappearing randomly and will not come back until I restart.  Once I restart the taskbar comes back and then disappears again. I have looked at the other solutions from people having similar problems and the solutions do not work.

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Anonymous
2009-11-15T13:15:31+00:00

My taskbar keeps disappearing randomly and will not come back until I restart.  Once I restart the taskbar comes back and then disappears again. I have looked at the other solutions from people having similar problems and the solutions do not work. 

open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del, click Task Manager)

Click on File>New Task (Run) and enter "explorer.exe" (without the quotes)

Then click OK.

Does it come back?

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-12-20T19:05:34+00:00

    Thanks Dave V-1 for sharing your solution!

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-12-20T16:49:03+00:00

    7-64 bit, same issue, started out rarely, progressed to daily.

    Wasn't a third party firewall

    The fixexplorer batch file helped, but every time I used it, it threw my desktop icons all over the screen.

    I tried something simple that has worked 4 days in a row as of this message.

    Right click Taskbar or Start Menu, Properties, Taskbar tab

    Uncheck - Use small icons, apply, ok..

    Can't say it will work for all, but it sure stopped my frustration

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-12-18T15:20:00+00:00

    Hi bluedolphin2777,

    If the troubleshooting steps in this thread did not resolve your issue, create a new thread here.  This will mitigate confusion caused by more than one posting about similar   topics, allowing us to focus on each customer individually.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-12-17T18:15:04+00:00

    Did not work for me :>(

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