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> Yes, I know about the Windows key and I tried that as one of my first
> options. It does absolutely nothing. I am fairly savvy with computers, but
> this one has me perplexed.
>
>

That's a bummer I wasn't sure on if you knew that one... What about screen
resolution? change it down to 640x480? switch to Windows Extra Large Scheme?
You can run restore to get it back for sure... Win XP.

"SonoranDude" <> wrote in message
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> > Yes, I know about the Windows key and I tried that as one of my first
> > options. It does absolutely nothing. I am fairly savvy with computers,
but
> > this one has me perplexed.
> >
> >
>
> That's a bummer I wasn't sure on if you knew that one... What about
screen
> resolution? change it down to 640x480? switch to Windows Extra Large
Scheme?
> You can run restore to get it back for sure... Win XP.
>
>
Negative. It is completely gone. I don't want to restore my system to the
last restore point I have. I'd rather reinstall windows if I'm going to go
through that hassle.

"Stevo" <> wrote in message
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> Henrik wrote:
> > I was experimenting around and I think I deselected "always show
> > taskbar on top." Well, now its gone and I cannot see how to get it
> > back. I cannot find the START button and I cannot right-click where
> > the taskbar used to be in order to "reselect" it back on top.
> >
> > I know this is probably a very simple fix, but for now it is eluding
> > me. Any ideas?
> >
> > BTW, I have WinXP Home.
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> If you have a 'Windows' button on your keyboard, use that to activate the
> start menu, then go to Settings | Control Panel and you can access the
Start
> Menu/Taskbar stuff there..
>
> --
> Stevo

The Windows button does absolutely nothing. I cannot, for the life of me,
find the START button. Do you know of another way to get to the control
panel?

Henrik wrote:
> "Stevo" <> wrote in message
> news:413950b7$0$950$. ..
>> Henrik wrote:
>>> I was experimenting around and I think I deselected "always show
>>> taskbar on top." Well, now its gone and I cannot see how to get it
>>> back. I cannot find the START button and I cannot right-click where
>>> the taskbar used to be in order to "reselect" it back on top.
>>>
>>> I know this is probably a very simple fix, but for now it is eluding
>>> me. Any ideas?
>>>
>>> BTW, I have WinXP Home.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>
>> If you have a 'Windows' button on your keyboard, use that to
>> activate the start menu, then go to Settings | Control Panel and you
>> can access the Start Menu/Taskbar stuff there..
>>
>> --
>> Stevo
>
> The Windows button does absolutely nothing. I cannot, for the life of
> me, find the START button. Do you know of another way to get to the
> control panel?

If you have Windows Explorer or My Computer as an icon on your desktop, you
might be able to find the applet (possibly a .cpl file) - probably in
Windows\System32..

--
Stevo
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In message <qu6dnULdZu6KoqTcRVn-> "SonoranDude"
<> wrote:

>I'm not a rocket scientist but have you tried pressing the Windows Key on
>your keyboard?

Why do people start off by mentioning that they're not in a completely
unrelated field?

Imagine if you were sitting in a restaurant and asked the waiter if he'd
recommend the steak or the lobster and he said "I'm not a urologist, but
I'd go with the steak"

Would you order the steak?


--
"Gee, Bill what do you want to do tonight?"
"The same thing we do every night Steve. Try to take over the world!"

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 19:30:07 -0700, "Henrik" <> wrote:

>I was experimenting around and I think I deselected "always show taskbar on
>top." Well, now its gone and I cannot see how to get it back. I cannot find
>the START button and I cannot right-click where the taskbar used to be in
>order to "reselect" it back on top.
>
>I know this is probably a very simple fix, but for now it is eluding me. Any
>ideas?
>
>BTW, I have WinXP Home.
>
>Thanks!
>
Press Cntrl and hit Esc.
That SHOULD bring up the Start menu...

Simultaneously hit CTL-ESC - the start menu should come up. If it doesn't
let us know.

Maybe you've auto-hidden the taskbar by accident.

"Henrik" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Stevo" <> wrote in message
> news:413950b7$0$950$. ..
>> Henrik wrote:
>> > I was experimenting around and I think I deselected "always show
>> > taskbar on top." Well, now its gone and I cannot see how to get it
>> > back. I cannot find the START button and I cannot right-click where
>> > the taskbar used to be in order to "reselect" it back on top.
>> >
>> > I know this is probably a very simple fix, but for now it is eluding
>> > me. Any ideas?
>> >
>> > BTW, I have WinXP Home.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>>
>> If you have a 'Windows' button on your keyboard, use that to activate the
>> start menu, then go to Settings | Control Panel and you can access the
> Start
>> Menu/Taskbar stuff there..
>>
>> --
>> Stevo
>
> The Windows button does absolutely nothing. I cannot, for the life of me,
> find the START button. Do you know of another way to get to the control
> panel?
>
>

"Unk" <> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 19:30:07 -0700, "Henrik" <> wrote:
>
>>I was experimenting around and I think I deselected "always show taskbar
>>on
>>top." Well, now its gone and I cannot see how to get it back. I cannot
>>find
>>the START button and I cannot right-click where the taskbar used to be in
>>order to "reselect" it back on top.
>>
>>I know this is probably a very simple fix, but for now it is eluding me.
>>Any
>>ideas?
>>
>>BTW, I have WinXP Home.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
> Press Cntrl and hit Esc.
> That SHOULD bring up the Start menu...
>
>

OK try this.

Restart the PC as it starts to boot keep pressing F8. This should bring up a
menu. It is a bit different to win98 etc but it does allow you to select
safe mode.

In safe mode you should have a task bar. If not you really do have a problem
rather than a bad setting.

If you have a task bar you can now easily check the settings.

Often just going into safe mode corrects some problems so that when
restarting normally the problem has gone away.

"Dean C" <_> wrote in message
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> Simultaneously hit CTL-ESC - the start menu should come up. If it doesn't
> let us know.
>
> Maybe you've auto-hidden the taskbar by accident.
>

CTRL-ESC does not bring up the START menu, nor does it do anything else. I
have to switch programs with ALT-TAB (which works) since I don't have a
taskbar to select from.

> OK try this.
>
> Restart the PC as it starts to boot keep pressing F8. This should bring up
a
> menu. It is a bit different to win98 etc but it does allow you to select
> safe mode.
>
> In safe mode you should have a task bar. If not you really do have a
problem
> rather than a bad setting.
>
> If you have a task bar you can now easily check the settings.
>
> Often just going into safe mode corrects some problems so that when
> restarting normally the problem has gone away.
>
>

I booted into SAFE MODE and my taskbar was there. I right-clicked the START
button to check the settings and it looked fine. I think what I accidentally
did was check "auto-hide the taskbar" just to see how it would function
(perhaps I would like it).
But, in SAFE MODE this isn't checked. I am almost positive I checked it and
this is why I am having trouble.

So, even though all looks fine in SAFE MODE, when I boot into normal mode
the taskbar still is not there.