Windows Tips

As I find all the tips I have scattered all over my computer, I'll stick some of them here

What to do it your desk top stuff disappears

( Not sure if this works with Vista)

Now just "occasionally" you may end a process, or terminate a program, and then you lose everything! By this I mean you just have a desktop but NO task bar at the bottom of the screen and NO icon's on the desktop.

If this happens then start up the Windows XP Task Manager by pressing   Ctrl + alt+delete

This his will launch task manager on home editions or the menu where you can select task manager on pro. Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to go straight to the task manager on XP Pro, Vista

Select the Applications tab.

Now select the New Task button at the bottom of the window. A new smaller window will appear. In it simply type:

explorer.exe

explorer.exe is the Windows Program Manager (or Windows Explorer.) It manages the Windows Graphical Shell including the Start menu, taskbar, desktop, and File Manager. By restarting this process the graphical interface for Windows will reappear.

It's Magic