jimmie
join:2001-12-01
Sault Ste Marie, ON
| reply to Sparrow
Re: [XP Home] Start and Taskbar obliterated.
Does explorer.exe exist in the windows directory? If so what happens if you try to run it from the command prompt? Same goes for taskmgr.exe (system32 directory)
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Sparrow
Crystal Sky
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join:2002-12-03
Sachakhand
| said by jimmie  :Does explorer.exe exist in the windows directory? If so what happens if you try to run it from the command prompt? Same goes for taskmgr.exe (system32 directory) Yes, I can run programs from taskmgr.exe in safe mode only though. Explorer.exe refuses to run in safe mode and that is what's baffling me. It shows "Desktop" in Task Manager, but it simply cuts out by saying can't be run in safe mode, etc...
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jimmie
join:2001-12-01
Sault Ste Marie, ON
| So explorer.exe does exist. NO error when you try to run it? Did you make and registry changes?
Make sure the Key 'Shell' exists and the value is 'explorer.exe' under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
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Sparrow
Crystal Sky
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Sachakhand
| The error I get is that explorer.exe can not be run in safe mode, believe it or not.
Yes, I just checked in regedit and the key exists as stated. To make sure we are on the same page, above the key "Shell" (with explorer.exe as the value) is SfcSetting and below it ShowLogonOptions. Double checking to make sure I am in the right place.
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