Missing taskbar buttons

Posted: 07-15-2003, 04:16 AM
Recently, my 3 month old Dell lost the ability to show
taskbar buttons. The rest of the taskbar is fine. The
other user profiles are fine (they are not "computer
administrator"). I suspect I have corrupt the taskbar
manager, but have no idea where it is so that I may copy
it from one of the other accounts.

Any ideas?
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Ray Taylor
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Re: Missing taskbar buttons
Posted: 07-15-2003, 06:12 AM
By the task bar buttons i would expect you are talking about the quick
launch bar which displays the show desktop / minimise all windows, internet
explorer and the windows media player buttons by default.

Simply right click on the task bar in an empty spot and select toolbars >
quicklaunch.

If that does not help you can try going start > run and in the open box
type:
explorer C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

A window will appear. You can then drag and drop shortcuts into this window
and they will appear on the task bar.


Ray Taylor
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"Russ" <thecains@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Recently, my 3 month old Dell lost the ability to show
> taskbar buttons. The rest of the taskbar is fine. The
> other user profiles are fine (they are not "computer
> administrator"). I suspect I have corrupt the taskbar
> manager, but have no idea where it is so that I may copy
> it from one of the other accounts.
>
> Any ideas?

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Pat Garard
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Re: Missing taskbar buttons
Posted: 07-19-2003, 10:46 AM
There seems to be an issue with the Icon Area of the XP Taskbar.

I deleted my account, after using the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard"
to safely store my settings.

I then re-created the account and restored the settings. This recovered my
Icon Area. Good Luck!

"Russ" <thecains@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:70b901c34a7f$785ba5c0$7d02280a@phx.gbl...
> Recently, my 3 month old Dell lost the ability to show
> taskbar buttons. The rest of the taskbar is fine. The
> other user profiles are fine (they are not "computer
> administrator"). I suspect I have corrupt the taskbar
> manager, but have no idea where it is so that I may copy
> it from one of the other accounts.
>
> Any ideas?

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