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
    2013-05-27T09:18:28+00:00

    Wish I knew who sent me this 

    "This can be associated with 3rd party screensavers.  I would start by disabling your current screensaver and replacing it with a preloaded one.  "

    It was really helpful. I had downloaded a screensaver and since I took it out and returned the default Windows 7 screensavers my taskbar has never disappeared again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-05-16T18:42:09+00:00

    This can be associated with 3rd party screensavers.  I would start by disabling your current screensaver and replacing it with a preloaded one.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-03-13T12:15:37+00:00
    1. Right click on the task bar.. 
    2. Properties. 
    3. Click 'Auto-hide task bar' so it has a tick in it.. 
    4. Apply.
    5. Click 'Auto-hide task bar' once again so tick disappears.
    6. Apply.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-02-26T17:36:23+00:00

    ABSOLUTE GENIUS! YOU GOT MY TASKBAR BACK!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!

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