cannot unlock taskbar

I reloaded my laptop using the dell recovery disks and
now, my taskbar is permanently locked. I right click on
the taskbar, uncheck lock the taskbar, but it never
unlocks.

Also, any changes I make to the folder view goes away as
soon as I close the window even though I go into tools,
apply to all folders, and click apply to make the
changes. As soon as I close the window, the changes I
made are lost.

Make sure the account has administrator rights.

"Bill" <wbaker@cetc.uscg.mil> wrote in message
news:070801c35a92$2c54b5e0$a501280a@phx.gbl...

> I reloaded my laptop using the dell recovery disks and
> now, my taskbar is permanently locked. I right click on
> the taskbar, uncheck lock the taskbar, but it never
> unlocks.
>
> Also, any changes I make to the folder view goes away as
> soon as I close the window even though I go into tools,
> apply to all folders, and click apply to make the
> changes. As soon as I close the window, the changes I
> made are lost.