Good morning/afternoon/evening, everybody.
I'd like to ask you all a question about WinXP that I just couldn't find an answer for on the internet.I'll try to be as meticulous as I can.
It started some weeks ago. Every time I logon to my Windows Xp, explorer.exe DOES load, but taskbar apparently won't by any means. There is not a thing I can do when this happens but to open Task Manager with Ctrl+Alt+Del (or Ctrl+Shift+Esc) and try opening my common programs by its "run" option. I have no start button, no quick launch icons, no tray system icon nor clock (the latter drives me crazy, I kind of need a clock at all times).
I manage to display taskbar when:
1) I boot in security mode;
2) I run a disk check with CHKDSK -F
The problem is, #2 only works for the 1st boot after the disk check. From the 2nd on, taskbar won't load anymore.I already read on other sites and forums that re-formatting my system could solve my problem. But my pc already came with Windows XP (Service Pack 3, by the way) OS installed, i.e., I don't have a boot cd.
A solution to this would be downloading a pirated .iso of the boot cd, but honestly I didn't - and don't - want to do this.
Also, I realized that, if I create another account and logon to it, taskbar DOES load and then I can go back to my standard account; taskbar will be there, along with an "Active Desktop" warning. I don't know what it means, even though I tried all the steps it tells me to do.
Solutions:
#1 Make a new profile/account and start using it;
#2 Logon and logoff everytime user wants to use pc.
Problems to those:
#1 I didn't want to use another profile due to all my stuff stored in my standard paths and directories;
#2 Logging on and off everytime I want to use my pc is kind of tiring.
So, I think this is it.
OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 Version 5.1.2600
Once again, I didn't manage to find any answers to this by googling it, and if there is already a thread treating of this problem, I apologize and ask for a link.
Thanks in advance,
Fawers
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