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May 1, Like this: Like Loading The trick for restoring it is similar to that for Windows XP, but with an extra step […] by Lost your Vista taskbar and desktop icons? Hi Richard Try this step before 2: Kill all Explorer. Any help would be great by Lee May 29, at am. Lots of thanks. I have wasted many hours before i came to this really simple solution.

Second opition worked! Thank you by Rachel July 2, at pm. Now to work on the personal laptop that has the more major issue… by Randman July 8, at am. No idea how to get to settings or search from an unresponsive desktop! Hey Rhonda, I lost my taskbar only due to a antivirus scan.. Tried ur second step…d taskbar appeared only to disappear after a split second…Plzzzzzzzz help… by Monisha September 28, at pm. Hi Monisha If neither tips 1 nor 2 work, try shutting down and rebooting your computer.

This was infinitely helpful and easy. Thank you so much. I rebooted in safe mode and did a system restore to a previous date. That done it rebooted fine. I had this problem and this sorted it out. Cheers by james September 15, at am.

Thank so much x by Alex December 11, at pm. The second solution worked for me, thanks! Thanks Carol Palmer! Thanks a TON!!!! Thank you…Helped me a lot : by Rajeev Pentyala March 9, at pm. My desktop icons disappear whenever i power on my pc….. Thanks for the help. Hi Peter It sounds like something more serious is happening here. I lost my desktop icons. On desktop I did right click and refresh and they all came back. Many thanks, saved me alot of headaches… by Ben June 11, at am.

Thanks Ben. Worked like a charm. How do i start up in safe mode using the task manager? It was blocked for some reason. That lead me to this page but there was no sollution for my problem.

Everything is back to normal. So if somebody had this problem which I just described in my best english possible, there is a sollution even for that! Greetings, Vantazzy! Sounds like the malware damaged your windows installation. Have you ever had multiple monitors set up on that computer? It sounds like the Taskbar may have been moved to a monitor that is no longer connected. If you see the Multiple Displays options there, select the drop down menu and click the Show Desktop only on 1 option.

Thank you soo much Leo! Your solution has help me a lot. Thanks a bunch. God bless you buddy. Again thanks a bunch!!!! Just fixed on my win7 laptop. Found the fix fairly easy. The taskbar was missing and whenever i ran start explorer. THEN run start explorer. This should make your taskbar appear again. This happened to be — the taskbar disappeared on an Alienware Windows 8 computer a week after I got it when an automatic update was made. I simply went to the white desktop button at the bottom left of the computer screen, clicked it once.

When the Windows screen came up that lists all the programs and apps, I went to the icon that looks like a little magnifying glass the search tool and wrote: explorer. The screen turned green, then my taskbar reappeared. I had this issue when I installed a dual monitor video card in my Optiplex I fixed it by changing the 4th entry in the screen resolution dialogue for Multiple Displays so that it had the Show desktop only on 1 selected.

This worked! I was so relieved when I realized, all I had done was accidentally closed out the program on task manager when I was trying to kill an unresponsive page. I was glad to have it fixed, I rate this article 5 stars and recommend it to anyone who likes to play around with their settings. Hello from the Island of Malta in Europe. BTW: I listen to your podcast while driving along with the network of podcasts.

Was searching for a solution. I also found the following link useful. I was just about to fly out to give a presentation and all my desktop icons and my taskbar vanished. Luckily still had a web browser open and found your suggestion via a google search. Instantly fixed everything! Heading to airport with full intention of nominating you for sainthood, sir. Not sure if this will help anyone but my granddaughter was banging on my daughters windows 7 laptop keyboard and her task bar completely disappeared.

I tried to no avail, all the above. But when I restarted the laptop and her login came up I noticed her user name and the change user button. So having clicked her user name before and the task bar was still missing I decided to hit the change user button and low and behold her desktop came up task bar, start menu and all.

I restarded windows explorer and it just came back with the things that were pinned to it still pinned to it. Windows Explorer in Win 10 Pro hung. I opened task manager and ended it with the intention of running it manually, but the Start button and task bar disappeared. No way to run Explorer manually came to mind. A search quickly turned up this page and your solution worked perfectly. You installed a Windows 11 thing on Windows 7? Comments violating those rules will be removed.

Comments that don't add value will be removed, including off-topic or content-free comments, or comments that look even a little bit like spam. All comments containing links and certain keywords will be moderated before publication. I want comments to be valuable for everyone, including those who come later and take the time to read. Search Ask Leo! The case of the missing taskbar. Screenshot: askleo. Taskbar and Start button disappeared?

We'll look at solutions for several reasons why this might happen. Applies to Windows: 10 , 8 , 7. All of a sudden my taskbar is gone. How do I get it back? Do this Subscribe to Confident Computing! I'll see you there! Podcast audio. Related Video. What Do I Do? Dick W. Steve Reply. Thanks — Dennis Reply. Thanks a lot Reply. Hi, All. By changing an option for the Taskbar, you re-enable the taskbar Reply.

For anyone who needs step by step instructions on how to fix your missing taskbar. Greets Reply. Please, help me Reply. Jim Reply. Thanks Reply. OK, I had something similar just now. Unusual error, but what can I say….

To get it back 1. Open Magnifier. If you have your other screen on then you can skip step one and two Reply. Thank you, it worked for me. My Documents is an Explorer window, so it is behaving correctly. Thanks guys. What do I do? Thank You Peter Mundreon Reply. HB Reply. The task bar will reappear. Thank you very much, Chaz Reply. Lynda Reply. Hi Have you ever had multiple monitors set up on that computer?

Right click an empty spot on the Desktop and select Screen Resolution. And the Taskbar appeared again. I restarded windows explorer and it just came back with the things that were pinned to it still pinned to it Reply. Leave a reply: Before commenting please: Read the article. Comment on the article. No personal information. No spam. Right click on the menu bar, and make sure the Address bar is checked.

However, that is not a resolution for what I have. For all applications? Some applications specifically do not allow themselves to be shown in the task bar. I had a sneaky feeling that there must be at least one other person in the world suffering the same malfunction!

And it turns out that there are at least scores of us! Its been bugging me for months, and its been a real pain having to Alt-Tab everything just to get the minimised program back to full screen. Thanks for the posting Nazir — worked for me!

I can only see my task bar when the wallpaper is the background. When I pull up my e-mail or anything it covers it up. I use to be able to see while on line or checking my e-mail. Can you help please? All of minimized windows disappear and there is no way to get them back onto the task bar. My Task Bar is non existant. All the above symptoms happened after i got a virus scan prog to delete a group of P.

Virus scan found numerous trojan horse progs. My taskbar was hidden as well. Uncheck the extend windows desktop to this monitor , click apply, and my taskbar jumped right back onto my main monitorl.

After doing everything suggested above, my taskbar was appeared about 1 mins after reboot, then vanished again. Please help me, ASAP. My taskbar is completely gone i have tried all the taskbar property things and all that it doesnt work its still gone. My taskbar has disappeared. Nor does dragging from either of the screen margins. I have no way of getting to the start menu.

My task bar is also hidden and I have tired everything suggested and nothing brings it up. What now? Thanks for these tips, and I know about these. Its really wiered. Thanks for these tips, But nothing happened with this tips, my task bar is still missing,the task bar apper when i restart my computer but for some seconds and the option on task bar and start up menu which says auto hide the task bar is not checked.

I have my pc linked to my tv as a second monitor and my task bar is showing on there? I also have a machine that displays no taskbar, not even a double-arrow cursor on any edge where a taskbar might be. I can only get to Control Panel from a Windows Explorer desktop icon. Update: I found that the video card on the problem system supports multiple monitors and that a second monitor was enabled. Same as others: when i minimize things they no longer go to my task bar and i cannot see where they go.

I see my start menu, but it no longer shows any runninga applications. I have tried various changes, such as grouping and things. Anyone know how to get that back? A bar located at the bottom by default of Microsoft Windows operating systems that displays the programs that are currently running. The taskbar also displays the Start , time , systray and, in later revisions, the Quick Launch. Below are examples of how the taskbar may appear in Windows. A missing taskbar can be caused by either the taskbar being on Auto hide or the computer user accidentally hiding the taskbar by dragging it down too far.

After that, select Taskbar and Start Menu in the Control Panel, and then verify auto-hide the taskbar is not checked. If you still cannot get the taskbar to show, reboot the computer and load the computer into Windows Safe Mode.

Once in Safe Mode, restart the computer once again and the taskbar should be restored. If, after trying the above three options, the taskbar is still not showing, your computer may have corrupt system files that are preventing the taskbar from showing.

To fix this issue, you can try restoring Windows to an earlier version or previous restore point. Restoring Windows may fix the issue by going back to a version of Windows when the system files were not corrupt. It's common to mistakenly move the taskbar to the left, top, or right side of the screen while working on the computer. If you want to return the taskbar to the default position the bottom of the screen , follow the steps below.