Thanks much...any help greatly appreciated...Dave
Missing Taskbar and Start Button
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dreed2440
, Oct 12 2012 02:34 PM
#1
Posted 12 October 2012 - 02:34 PM
Thanks much...any help greatly appreciated...Dave
#2
Posted 13 October 2012 - 04:17 PM
Hi Dave..... sorry to hear of your problems. So... your problems started immediately after your daughter loaded some songs onto your computer? If that's the case, I suggest bouncing over to the Malware forum and having them check out your unit for viruses. If you are running an antivirus program ( I sure hope you are) boot into Safe Mode, make sure all the indexes are up to date, and order a complete AV scan of your hard drive. If your problems started before your daughter's music download, try a system restore to a date immediately before all this started. Start with the easiest thing to do first. Your problem sounds like a system corruption or a poorly instigated virus attack which did not hijack your computer but damaged the system. Post back with your results.
As far as losing data, there are several ways we can pull that data off your hard drive. The data is still there, you just can't get to it. But let's see if we can get up & running first.
By the way, if you have been keeping regular imaged backups of your hard drive, a restore can make things a lot easier.
As far as losing data, there are several ways we can pull that data off your hard drive. The data is still there, you just can't get to it. But let's see if we can get up & running first.
By the way, if you have been keeping regular imaged backups of your hard drive, a restore can make things a lot easier.
Edited by ranchhand3, 13 October 2012 - 04:19 PM.
#3
Posted 14 October 2012 - 06:14 PM
Do you get the "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect..." error when you try to run any programs?
Or just specific ones? If so which?
Download this to your desktop and double click on it to add it to the registry.
Then reboot your computer and see if the problems with your taskbar are resolved.
Or just specific ones? If so which?
Download this to your desktop and double click on it to add it to the registry.
Then reboot your computer and see if the problems with your taskbar are resolved.
#4
Posted 14 October 2012 - 07:14 PM
Yes I get the error message when trying to open any program. I'm not able to get on the internet or run any programs on her computer. Can only boot in Safe Mode and then not sure what to do from there.
Thanks...Dave
Thanks...Dave
#6
Posted 15 October 2012 - 02:00 PM
Thank you guys so much, I will do that.
Dave
Dave
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