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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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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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I have Windows XP and am having the same problem with the occassional disappearing task bar (except for the start button). This problem only started about 2 months ago but has become very annoying since I can only fix it by rebooting and sometimes end up having to reboot several times. I am glad to see that others are having the same issue and that it is not just me but I hope that Microsoft is aware of this issue and will provide an update to fix it?
One thing that I stumbled on is that my screensaver seems to bring the taskbar back. My screensaver comes up before my computer goes into sleep mode. I noticed that if I bring the computer back up while the screensaver is up then the taskbar reappears. I don't now why this worked for me, but I have since set my screensaver to a two-minute delay so that if the taskbar dissappears I only have to wait a couple of minutes and the taskbar is back up. It has worked consistently for about a week now so you might give that a try.
I'm getting the same problem! Guess I'm in the 1%. Did it say anywhere an idea of how long it will take to be fixed?
I am having the taskbar problem, but discovered through your instructions another problem as well.
If I attempt to run Explorer as you instructed above, or click on the icon for it, I get the following error message:
"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program, or if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Programs Control panel."
How do I do that for Explorer?
