Windows XP: Explorer crashes after boot

I don’t know what went wrong with my Windows XP Home desktop. This is just a 6 months old desktop updated with all recent Windows Update patches and drivers. Since yesterday whenever I boot my system, all desktop icons, start menu and every disappears except the Task Manager. After a minute or two even Task Manager goes away.

However I can click Ctrl + Alt + Del to bring up task manager where I see the epxloree.exe is loaded but it keeps disappearing. So I guess my Explorer is crashing. How can I fix the same? Please help.

Hello Ringo, just try out the following Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Apart from that also go through this article describing how to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Thank you very much for the help Oshea but trying the toolbar repair application dint helped me. yet the Explorer keeps on crashing. I just wanted to know whether Windows Repair will fix the problem? Will I retain the settings and the installed progs with this? Please let me know soon.

By the way is it just me facing this problem? Dint anyone else ever came across this problem? Please help.