Start buttons and desktop are missing on xp

[raviranch]

hi
i am having problem with my windows xp, strange thing is start buttons and desktop are missing i lost my all desktop icon can any one help me to solve it ?
thank you

[Calvin K]

Press CTRL + ALT + DEL end task explorer.exe then go to new task and explorer.exe and hit enter. That should bring up your desktop but if that not works there there must be some application conflict with operating system so try to undo latest installed application.

[timon]

Try using the System Restore to go back to a date when you had the Taskbar working . also try with the bootable disk to use repair console with chkdsk command where %SystemRoot%\System32\restore\rstrui.exe is the location of the program.

it can be due to virus that virus may corrupt your windows files so better to can your hard drive with updated and latest antivirus on another computer by using it as slave i think there must me default registry to restore desktop settings are present but need to search ..