Task bar not showing

[Yogi_b]

Im running Win XP PRO, i have SP2 which was running fine until i changed some of the sharing properties on My Documents and then the task bar stopped showing up next time i booted. it is for all 3 users that use the computer. any help would be appreciated.
yogi B

[radspanner]

not sure if this is the answer to your problem but it worked once for me

right click the start button >properties and you should see a tab marked taskbar...look down the list and check that the 3rd box down... (keep taskbar on top etc)...has a tick in it.if not check it and see if that helps you.....


BTW welcome to the forum, if my solution is not the answer, then some of the bods on here are brilliant... and no doubt know what the answer is.keep checking back to see....they've saved me no end of times

[Yogi_b]

thanks for the welcome and the idea but i can't see the start button. the whole taskbar is gone. start button and all. the windows key doesn't work either. and there is no usual blue line alone the bottom when you shrink the task bar. i can stll access my programs but i haveto go through task manager/new process and the find it in prog files. really annoying

[qfisheye]

Have you tried bringing up in safe mode? As you power up keep tapping the del key

[buck]

I've lost my Windows Taskbar how do I get it back?

This is caused by either the Taskbar being on Auto hide or the computer user accidentally hiding the taskbar by dragging it down too far.

Verify Auto hide is not activated by following the below steps.

1. Press CTRL + ESC or your Windows key to make Start menu appear.
2. Click Settings and choose Taskbar & Start menu
3. Verify that Auto Hide is not checked.

If Auto Hide is not enabled move the task bar up by following the below steps.

1. Press CTRL + ESC or your Windows key to make Start menu appear.
2. Try to notice where the Start menu appeared generally it should be the bottom left corner.
3. Click somewhere other then the Start menu to make the menu disappear. You should now notice a small gray line at the location of where the start was.
4. Move the mouse over that gray line, when in the appropriate position your mouse cursor should change. Once the mouse cursor changes click and hold the mouse button and move the bar up.

Still unable to get the task bar to move up.

If after following the above two recommendations you are still unable to get the task bar to be displayed reboot the computer and load the computer into safe mode. Once in safe mode reboot the computer once again and the task bar should be restored.

[Yogi_b]

ty il try rebooting in safemodebnext time i get access to the machine. thanksfor your help

[ultrasolve]

If the above suggestions fail to resolve the problem, then try the tool at this link.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm