How to Retrieve taskbar and desktop after Explorer crash

[Mr Alfa]

Sometimes that Explorer crashes and the taskbar icons and desktop Disappear from your screen. Now there is a protection function built into Windows XP that allows the recovery of Explorer in such a situation, but it does not always work perfectly.

For example, if a window Separated from Explorer is open, the option Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View tab -> Launch folder windows in a Separate Process is activated and the taskbar disappears Windows open by mistake, a second window of Explorer rather than restoring the current window and refresh the taskbar and desktop.

[Mr Alfa]

How to get the taskbar and desktop

1. Close all windows visible from Explorer. Do not worry about running applications.
2. Press keys Ctrl-Alt-Delete on the keyboard tab and select Task Manager.
3. In the Windows Task Manager, select the menu File> New Task (Run).
4. Type the word explorer, and then click the button OK.

Quitting and reopening a session without leaving Windows

1. Press keys Ctrl-Alt-Delete on your keyboard and select the Processes tab. Do not worry about running applications.
2. Click on the header of the column Image Name to sort the names alphabetically.
3. Put explorer.exe is highlighted, then click End Process. (Do not confuse explorer.exe and iexplorer.exe.) Repeat for each instance of explorer.exe.
4. Unless the open windows of running applications, while temporarily disappear from the screen.
   
5. Click the Applications tab, then click the News button task ... (bottom right) and type the word explore (the addition of the suffix Exe is not necessary).
6. All respawn in a fresh copy of Explorer.
7. Finally Click the OK button and exit Task Manager.
8. A reopening of the session by this method has the advantage of not closing open applications, or break the connection internet.