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
    2012-09-30T10:36:48+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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    No!

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-06-20T18:37:27+00:00

    Hey guys, I found out the possible cause of the task bar disappears!!!  I don't know if all windows sevens are the same, but mine disappears when my scream completely dims out right? But that's not what makes it disappear, it's the screen saver that activated right AFTER it dims out. If you want the task bar from disappearing, either remove your screen saver, OR set it to activate in a longer period of time!! Hope this might help!

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-05-22T09:53:30+00:00

    Thanks very much, the temporary fix works! Hooray! Great help!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-05-12T15:26:05+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?


    VP Tech Services

    It comes back but goes again when my computer goes on sleep mode.

    Ain't there any way to fix it permanently?

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